Obituaries
Peter Appeldoorn Mead Dies in Grenada at Age 85
Peter Appeldoorn Mead died unexpectedly in Grenada, West Indies on Jan. 28 at the age of 85.
Audrey Richard Dies, Was Former Gazette Employee
Audrey Jean Wagner Richard of Pease’s Point Way in Edgartown died on Friday, Feb. 5 at the Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Oak...
Robert J. Silva, Lifelong Vineyard Resident, Dies
Robert J. Silva of Chilmark died on Monday, Feb. 8 at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven. He was 81. Bobby was born in Oak Bluffs on Oct...
Rodman Chamberlain Lived With Zeal, Poetry
Rodman Chamberlain of Suches, Ga., died on Feb. 10, following a brief illness. He was 86.
Nancy Ann Abdelnour Was Island Native, Sportswoman
Nancy Ann Abdelnour died on Jan. 2 at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston after battling a long illness. An Island native, Nancy was the daughter of...
Gerald Chipperfield Was WWII Veteran, Fisherman
Gerald Harold Chipperfield died peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 4, surrounded by his loving family members and the care of Island Hospice. He was 81...
Sam Jackson Dies
Sam Jackson Dies Samuel Jackson Jr. of Edgartown died on Feb. 9 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton after a lengthy illness. He was 68....
Daniel Emerson Prowten Was Builder and Fireman
Daniel Emerson Prowten of West Tisbury died in a house fire at his Christiantown Road home on Saturday morning. He was 63 and had lived in West...
Bold Educator, Oak Bluffs Cottager Mikki Webb Dies
Helen (Mikki) Webb of Oak Bluffs died on Jan. 9 at Massachusetts General Hospital following a brief illness.