Obituaries
Stanton C. Richards
A graveside service for Stanton C. Richards, 88, of West Tisbury, who died Jan. 20 will be held on Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m. in the Abel’s Hill...
Constance Leonard, 98, Dies at Home in Tisbury
Constance Downs Leonard, 98, of Vineyard Haven died on Saturday, April 11 at home surrounded by her family. She was 98. She was the wife of A....
Sally McLean Kraetzer Of Chilmark Dies at 100
Sally McLean Kraetzer, wife of the late Joseph Gibbs Kraetzer of Chilmark, died peacefully at the age of 100 on April 5 at Long Hill in Edgartown...
Moira Filley, 82, Always Had Something in Bloom
Moira L. Filley, 82, of Far Hills, N.J., and Chappaquiddick died on Wednesday, March 25 at her home, Oldacre Farm in Far Hills. She was born in...
Elizabeth Benedict
Elizabeth Benedict A memorial service will be held for Elizabeth Cameron Benedict on Friday, April 24, at 53 South Circuit avenue, Oak Bluffs, at...
Miriam Gibbon
Miriam Gibbon Miriam (Mimi) Gibbon died suddenly on March 21 while traveling in Tunisia with Jerry Gratch. She is mourned by him, by sons Andrew...
Famed Painter and Old Sculpin Director Fred Messersmith Dies
Phyllis Meras
Fred Messersmith, from 1984 to 1994 the director of Edgartown’s Old Sculpin Gallery and before that its artist in residence, died in his sleep at...
Upbeat Golf Caddie Leaves Infant, Friends
Caddies, members and staff at the Vineyard Golf Club were saddened by the recent death of John (Golf Ball) Cathcart, who died recently at the Good...
Joseph Stewart Jr. Loved Summer Activities on Island
Joseph Turner Stewart Jr., a summer resident for 50 years who loved sailing, lobster dinners with his family and gray, rainy Vineyard days, died...