Obituaries
Alice Scott Dies at 81, Was Lifelong Islander
Alice Scott of Edgartown Road died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on May 31, surrounded by her family and friends. Alice was born on May 25,...
Edith Rosenberg Eber Was Island Conservationist
Edith Rosenberg Eber, of Vineyard Haven, died on June 12, 2009. She was 94. Edith grew up in New York city, graduated from Barnard College with a...
Alice MacMackin
Alice MacMackin Alice Peters MacMackin died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Saturday, June 13. She was 89. A memorial service is planned for...
Chilmarker Cope B. Walbridge Dies at 95
Cope B. Walbridge died at home on April 19 surrounded by his family. He would have been 96 on May 24. He was born in Chestnut Hill, Pa., the son of...
Jena T. Pothier
Jena T. Pothier Jena T. Pothier of Oak Bluffs died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on June 11. Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, June 16,...
Dr. Lane Ameen, Noted Psychiatrist, Dies at 85
Dr. Lane Ameen, a longtime associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale University, fellow of Jonathan Edwards College at Yale, practicing...
Catherine M. Peters Ran Old Variety Store
Catherine M. (Whelan) Peters, 90, died unexpectedly on May 13.
Columnist and Island Historian Isabel W. West Dies at Age 97
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Isabel White West, longtime Gazette columnist, author and Vineyard historian, died on Tuesday at Longhill in Edgartown. She was the wife of the...
Raymond F. Billings Jr. Owned Ray’s Tire Store
Raymond F. Billings Jr. died peacefully at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on April 29. He was born in Oak Bluffs on July 17, 1930, the son of...