Obituaries
Psychologist, Educator Inge P. Stafford Was 76
Inge Paul Stafford, a psychologist, educator, and philanthropist of Essex Fells, N.J., and Edgartown, died peacefully at home, surrounded by her...
Harriet Boyd Dies at 100, Was Summer Resident
Harriet Franklin Boyd of Litchfield, Conn., formerly of Woodstock, Conn., died April 24 in Litchfield, where she recently celebrated her 100th...
Terry Beach Was a Talented Artist
Terry Beach (born Betty Jean Hehl), 91, died peacefully at her home on the Edgartown Great Pond on April 17.
John Ebbs: Engineer, Singer, Family Man
John Wirth Ebbs, an electrical engineer who in his free time served on community boards, sang in choruses, enjoyed photography, and above all,...
Sheryl Jaynes Andrews, Helped Violence Victims
Sheryl Jaynes Andrews, daughter of the late Allen and Florine Jaynes, died on Apr. 12 in Nashville of lymphoma. She was 70. Sheryl first saw...
Maestro Hugo Fiorato, Noted Musician
Maestro Hugo Fiorato, principal conductor and conductor emeritus of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, of Southport, Conn. and Martha’s Vineyard,...
Mildred Mayhew, Chilmark Educator
Mildred Cushman Mayhew, former principal of Menemsha School and a longtime Vineyard resident, died peacefully in her sleep at the Henrietta Brewer...
Kappi Getsinger, Chappaquiddick Fixture
Katharine (Kappi) Getsinger died peacefully on April 7, surrounded by family and loved ones at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 84. Born...
Donald L. Thompson, 79, Was Honored Physicist
Donald L. Thompson of Edgartown and Naples, Fla. died after a long illness on Saturday, April 21, in Naples, Fla. He was 79. He leaves behind his...