Obituaries
George (Pidge) Dowley Had East Chop Childhood
George Butman Dowley of Skaneateles, N.Y., died Jan. 7 peacefully at his home. He was 93. He born in Worcester on Jan. 12, 1917. He attended...
Arrowhead Farmer Raised Food, Family
Mary Morrill Elwell Sands of Wayland, Lincoln and Westwood died peacefully Jan. 7 in her 92nd year with family by her side. She was the wife of...
John Wajda
John Wajda, a former longtime resident of Vineyard Haven, died at the Tufts Medical Center on Wednesday. He was 40. A complete obituary will appear...
Patricia Mello Was First Lieutenant Flight Nurse
Patricia C. Mello of Edgartown died on Jan. 2 at the Falmouth Care and Rehabilitation Center where she had been residing for a number of years....
Palmira Spencer, 93, Was Beloved Matriarch
Palmira (Pal) Elinor Spencer of Newport, R.I. died on Dec. 30 at the age of 93. She was the wife of the late Stanley Spencer Sr.
Marjorie Masek, Was Teacher and Artist
Marjorie Gibbon Masek died on Dec. 12 at her home in Vineyard Haven with her family gathered at her bedside, supported by Island Hospice nurse...
Helen White, 85, Was Independent Spirit
Helen P. (Benefit) White, 85, died peacefully with her family at her side on Dec. 29 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 85. She was born...
Teacher, Storyteller, Chilmarker Barbara Lipke
Storyteller, teacher, great-grandmother, activist and kibitzer, Barbara Stix Lipke died on the morning of Jan. 3 of complications of old age. She...
Barbara F. Seward
Barbara Flanders Seward, 87, of Menemsha died after a long illness, at Tobey Hospital in Wareham, on Monday, Jan. 3. She was the beloved mother of...