Obituaries
R. James Breslauer, Family Man, Student of Life
R. James (Jim) Breslauer died on March 25, early in his 62nd year, from cancer. The loving husband of Patricia, father of Christina and grandfather...
Leigh Carrington Rhett, Veteran, PhD, Philosopher
Leigh Carrington Rhett Sr. died peacefully on March 17, at home on his farm in Halifax County, Va. Born to Albert Haskell and Emma Riley Leigh in...
C. Langhorne Washburn, Edgartown Seasonal Resident
Lifelong Edgartown seasonal resident C. Langhorne Washburn, assistant secretary of commerce in the Nixon and Ford administrations and finance...
Nancy Brumley, 85, Ice Dancer, Homemaker
Nancy Brumley died on March 10 in Vineyard Haven of complications from dementia. She was 85. Nancy was born Dec. 14, 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio...
Edwin F. Koch Jr., 83, Was Physician and Veteran
Edwin F. Koch Jr. MD, died Thursday, March 17 at Royal Megansett Nursing Center in Falmouth. His daughters, Helen Koch of Vineyard Haven, and...
Jonathan Lipsky, Playwright, Teacher
Bill Eville
Jonathan Lipsky, the playwright, director, writer, professor and beloved Island figure known for his generosity of spirit and fierce intellect, died...
Eldon Obrecht, 90, Was Musician, Teacher, Veteran
Eldon R. Obrecht, 90, died Monday, March 7, at Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City, Iowa.
Catherine (Kitty) Baker, Journalist, Theatre Lover
Catherine Baker, of Falmouth, died peacefully, March 8, at JML, from complications of chronic pulmonary disease, at 86 years young. Better known...
Jo-Ann Cargill Ewing Worked for VNA
Jo-Ann Cargill Ewing died on March 18, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after battling bone marrow failure for over a year.