Obituaries
Doris West Nevin, 93, Daughter Of Island’s Last Whaling Master
Doris West Nevin of Chilmark, whose father at his death in 1949 was the last whaling master living on Martha’s Vineyard, died on May 8 at...
Florence Lavelle
Florence Campos Lavelle of Hyannis and formerly of Vineyard Haven, died on Tuesday, May 17, at the Cape Cod Hospital. She was 87. A memorial mass...
Mary Snyder
Mary Haggerty Snyder died at her Vineyard Haven home on Tuesday, May 17. She was 87. A visitation was held at the Chapman, Cole and Gleason...
Phyllis Jardin
Phyllis (Dube) Jardin, 78, of N. Ft. Myers, Florida and Edgartown died on Wednesday, May 18 in the Hospice House, Cape Coral, Fla. She was the wife...
Emil San Soucie Enjoyed Camp Ground with Family
Emil Roland San Soucie of Ambler, Pa., died on Easter Sunday, April 24, after an extended illness. He was 79. Emil and his family were former...
Hunter and Harley Rider Jean Levesque Dies at 64
Jean Marc (Frenchy) Levesque of West Tisbury died on May 4 at Massachusetts General Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was 64. He was...
Arthur Railton, Editor of Intelligencer, Chronicler of Island History, Dies at 95
Tom Dunlop
Arthur R. Railton of Edgartown and Chilmark, who wrote and published more original Vineyard history than anyone, and who crowned his career as...
Lillian Bush Was President Of VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lillian L. Bush of Edgartown died on Tuesday, April 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 85. She was the daughter of Leo and Lilliane (...
Violinist Barbara Barstow Ran Music Box
Barbara Barstow, a well-known concert violinist and symphony musician, of Delano Road in Vineyard Haven, died on April 16 in Martha’s Vineyard...