Obituaries
Lucy Abbot Dies
Lucy Abbot Dies Lucy Hart (Bideau) Abbot died Oct. 3 in her sleep at home in Oak Bluffs. She was 87. A complete obituary will appear in a future...
Jacqueline Ann Pimentel
Jacqueline Ann Pimentel Jacqueline Ann Pimentel of Edgartown and formerly of Winthrop died on Friday, Oct. 2. She was 59. A funeral service will...
Nationally Known Poet Margery Benjamin Dies
Margery Benjamin, an accomplished poet and resident of Boston, formerly of West Tisbury, died Sept. 25 in Boston. Margery Rose Hofstatter was...
Beloved Oak Bluffs Native Jean E. Gomes Dies st 71
Jean E. (Costa) Gomes of New Bedford died suddenly on Sept. 21. She was the widow of John P. Gomes. Jean Elizabeth Costa was born in Oak Bluffs...
Wilson Thomas Jr. Was Dedicated Family Man
Wilson J. Thomas Jr., known as Bill, died peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 20, at his home in Largo, Fla., surrounded by his family. He was 67.
Jean Collison Dies at 68, Was Edgartown Native
Jean Ann Collison, born Dec. 28, 1940 in Edgartown, died on Sept. 18 in New Bern, N.C. Mrs. Collison received her associate degree in nursing...
Bill Honey, Longtime Banker, Farmer, Man of Land Dies at 89
Julia Wells
William Honey, the quiet, bespectacled, former longtime president of the Martha’s Vineyard National Bank and one of the last of a breed of small-...
Shellfish Constable Derek Cimeno Dies
Derek Cimeno, the well-known Tisbury shellfish constable who worked tirelessly to monitor and constantly improve conditions on the ponds in...
Beloved Island Character William Norton Dies at 80
William D. Norton, 80, died peacefully on Sept. 7 at his home in Oak Bluffs. An 11th generation Islander, Billy Norton was born on Oct. 5, 1928,...