Obituaries
Mary H. Gillette
Mary H. Gillette Mary Hale Gillette, 90, of New Haven Conn., formerly of Chestnut Hill and West Chop, died peacfully on August 4. A full obituary...
Island Summer Sailor Frank B. Jewett Dies
On May 3 while riding his bike with a friend outside his summer home in Camden, Me., Frank B. (Terry) Jewett 3rd, died suddenly. He is being buried...
Ifetayo (Peggy) Wright Yancey Dies at 74
Ifetayo (Peggy) Wright Yancey, 74, a retired special education teacher from Oak Bluffs and Clearwater, Fla., died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, at her...
Muriel Lear
Muriel Lear Muriel C. Lear of Oak Bluffs died on Sunday, August 2 at the Falmouth Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Ulysses J. Lear. A...
Budd Schulberg
Budd Schulberg Budd Shulberg, writer of the award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront and a longtime seasonal visitor to the Vineyard, died...
Gerald L. Sullivan
Gerald L. Sullivan Gerald L. Sullivan of West Tisbury died at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston on Wednesday, August 5. A gathering will...
William G. Tapply Wrote Brady Coyne Mysteries
William G. Tapply, age 69, writer and professor of English at Clark University, died at his Hancock, N.H., home on Tuesday, July 28 following a two...
Paul Parks, Noted Engineer Devoted to Good Works
Paul Parks died at his home on July 31. He was born on May 7, 1923, in Indianapolis, Ind. At the time, the family home had no running water, heat...
Jacqueline Norton Jensen Dies in Santa Barbara
Jacqueline Norton Jensen died unexpectedly on Sept. 19, 2008 at her home in Santa Barbara, Calif. Jackie had just returned from her annual summer...