Obituaries
Sis Singer of West Chop, Bridge Master, Dies at 83
Susanne Speakman Denham Singer, known to all as Sis, of Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, Boca Grande, Fla., and West Chop, died on Oct. 21,2009,...
Mary Cavert O’Hayer Drew Gels for Terrytunes
Mary Cavert O’Hayer, 83, of Oak Bluffs, died at her home in Woodside Village last week. She was the great-niece of Cora, Helen and E. Mae Cavert...
Albert F. Premo Jr. Was Avid Vineyard Fisherman
Albert F. Premo Jr. of Oak Bluffs died on Nov. 30 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was born in Springfield to Albert F. and Estelle Premo...
Bonnie Meras Dies at 78, Was Kind, Spirited, Smart
Gertrude Harned (Bonnie) Bunting Meras of East Chop, the wife of the late John E. Meras, died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Sunday...
Nancy H. S. Zamarro Summered in Oak Bluffs
Nancy H. Subolosky Zamarro of Shrewsbury and Oak Bluffs died on Wednesday, Nov. 25, in Wachusett Extended Care Center in Holden. She was 63. Born...
Madeline Blakely Heath: Artist, Technician, Wife
Madeline Blakely Heath died early Tuesday morning, Dec. 1, on the Vineyard, the place she loved more than any other. Though not a native Islander...
Sardar Thanhauser Was Charismatic, Curious Man
As a boy growing up in the mountains of Pennsylvania, Ralph Joseph (Sardar) Thanhauser was interested in the rivulets of water caused by rain. He...
Dilly Walsh Was Rich With Friends, Courage and Love
Thomas Aquinas (Dilly) Walsh died at his home in Chilmark on Dec. 1 after a two and a half-year journey with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,...
Joan Hills Murphy, 84, Was Active Across Island
Joan Hills Murphy of West Tisbury, died on Monday, Nov. 16 at Windemere Nursing Home at the age of 84 after a long illness. She still enjoyed...