Obituaries
Ranger Dot King Was Caring, Can-Do Islander
Dot King of Santa Ana, Calif., died Sept. 15 after a brief illness at the age of 80 and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Born in...
Joan I. Riseman Kogos Lived in Chestnut Hill
Joan I. Riseman Kogos of Chestnut Hill died on Wednesday, Sept. 29. The former wife of the late Leonard L. Kogos, she is survived by her children...
Joseph McCormick Was Family Man and Friend
Joseph T.G. McCormick of Cranston, R.I., died Sept. 25, after a hard-fought battle with colon cancer. He was 53. He was the son of Lorraine...
Elio Centenari, Self-Made Man Full of Compassion
Elio Giovani Felice Centenari died on Sept. 26 in his home in Mays Chapel, Md., following a battle with lung cancer. Born and raised in Venice,...
Robert Carl Palmer Jr. was Community Banker
Robert Carl Palmer Jr. died on Sunday, Sept. 26 on the Vineyard. He was 69 and was a loving husband, father of four and grandfather of eight. He...
Dorothy Ott
Dorothy Ott Dorothy E. Ott, 87 of Vineyard Haven, died on Sunday, Sept. 26 at the Henrietta Brewer House. She was 87 and was the beloved wife of...
Samuel Leighton, Veteran, Family Man and Islander
Samuel Leighton died on Sept. 13, surrounded by his family at his home in Edgartown.
Michael Bacon, Longtime Islander With Big Heart
On Sunday, Sept. 19, Michael Bacon, a longtime summer resident and later resident of Martha’s Vineyard, died in his sleep in Medford. He was 61 and...
Edward Harris Was Ocean Heights Summer Resident
Edward F. Harris of Statesville, N.C., where he was a resident for the past five years, and formerly of Shillington, Pa. died Sept. 4 in the Wake...