Obituaries
James Joseph Gillis Was Respected Attorney
James Joseph Gillis Jr. died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 72. A well-known Island attorney, Jimmy had...
Jane Cole Bunzel Was Longtime Visitor
Jane Cole Bunzel Scott of Pacific Palisades, Calif., died suddenly on Oct. 11, 2012, 10 days short of her 83rd birthday, quickly succumbing to a...
Anne Stockton Milnor
Anne Stockton Milnor of Peabody died peacefully on Feb. 21 at Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. She was 87. In her final days she was...
Sara Jane Sylvia
Sara Jane Sylvia, lately of Boca Raton, Fla. and Vineyard Haven, died Feb. 14, lovingly supported by her son, William Binzen, and daughter in law...
Blaikie Purvis Lived Life to the Fullest
Blaikie Purvis, a longtime summer resident of Edgartown and Chilmark who raced dinghies in Edgartown harbor as a boy, was married at St. Andrew’s and...
John Miles McSweeney
John Miles McSweeney, formerly of New York, Greenwich, Conn., and Chappaquiddick, died Monday, Feb. 11 on the Vineyard. He was 67.
Gloria Scher Was Painter, Sculptor, Activist
Gloria Scher, painter, sculptor, ardent progressive activist and a longtime seasonal resident of Aquinnah, died unexpectedly Jan. 26 in New York. She...
Katherine Walker, 92, Was Devoted Mother and Artist
Katharine Margaret Walker died peacefully on Jan. 3 of complications following pneumonia at Glenbrook Skilled Nursing Center in Carlsbad, Calif. She...
Norma Johnston Had Great Love For Family
Norma W. Johnston, a longtime resident of Bridgton, Me., died Feb. 10, 2013 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 82. Norma was born...