Obituaries
Mary Jardin Taylor, 87, Was Island Native
Mary Jardin Taylor died on May 6 in Gainesville, Fla. She was 87.
Joyce L’Heureux, 93, Received Nurses’ Training at Royal Perth Hospital
Joyce P. L’Heureux of Oak Bluffs, died on May 11 at Windemere Nursing Home surrounded by her family. She was 93.
Donna Vose was Accomplished Nurse, Civil Rights Activist
Donna Vose died at her home in Edgartown on May 16 after a long illness. A native of Edgartown, she was very active in the 1960s Civil Rights...
Penn Kimball Remembered on Memorial Day
A memorial gathering for Penn Kimball, longtime Vineyard resident who died last November, will be held at 4 p.m. on Memorial Day (Monday, May 26) at...
Francine Fischer, 85, West Tisbury Artist
Francine Fischer, a longtime resident of West Tisbury, loving wife of Abel Fischer and mother of Judy and Rick, died on May 9. She was 85.
Marion Strauss, 90, Organized All-Island Art Show
Marion (Johnson) Strauss of Oak Bluffs died peacefully on Wednesday, May 7, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 90.
Karl Burgess, 78, Loved Sports and Sailing
Karl John Burgess died peacefully at his home in Aquinnah on April 29 after a lengthy illness. He was 78.
Ann Thompson, 91, Spent Summers on the Island
Ann Elizabeth (O’Brien) Thompson of Barrington, R.I., and Edgartown died on April 29. She was 91. Ann and her husband, the late Hon. Oliver L...
Dorothy Daman, 74, Member of Farm Neck Country Club
Dorothy Daman died April 20 in Martha’s Vineyard after a long illness. She was 74.