Obituaries
Dora Grain Was Teacher, Active Across Community
Dora Grain, a longtime resident of Vineyard Haven, died on Sept. 9, 2008 in Sarasota, Fla., where she spent her final years. She was 86. Dora was...
Born in the White House, Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr. Dies at 93
Julia Wells
The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr., former Dean of the Washington National Cathedral, grandson of the late President Woodrow Wilson and the last...
Patia Waring
Patia Gerth Waring died peacefully Tuesday morning at the Evergreen Woods Health Center in North Branford, Conn. She was 90. She was the mother...
Ann Lucille Baker Was Lifelong Cape Codder
Ann Lucille (Grew) Baker died on Monday, Sept. 29 at the age of 83. She was the wife of the late W. Paul Baker, mother of eight children and a 13th...
Robert Quinn Was Cheerful Town Tax Assessor
Robert Francis Quinn of Exeter, N.H. and Punta Gorda, Fla., died on Sept. 22 in Newburyport. He was 72 and was the husband of Betty (Robinson)...
President of Edgartown National Bank Dies at Home on Tower Hill at Age of 97
Phyllis Meras
Donald W. Vose, for 51 years the president of the Edgartown National Bank and for a dozen years the chairman of the board, died peacefully in his...
Hy Hoffman Was World Traveler and Adventurer
Hyman U. (Hy) Hoffman died on Wednesday in the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a heroic fight against cancer. He first became a resident of Oak...
Capt. David Willey Was a Family Man
David Willey, a longtime resident of Vineyard Haven, died on Sept. 26. He leaves his wife, Jackie R. Willey; three children, Megan, Ross and...
Joanne Horgan
Joanne Horgan of Vineyard Haven died Saturday, Sept. 20, after a short illness. A full obituary will appear in a future edition of the Gazette.