Obituaries
Robert W. Litchfield, 70, Was True Man of the Sea
Robert Whitman Litchfield died on Sunday evening, March 1, 2009 at the Harborside Nursing Home in Falmouth. He was 70. Bob was married to...
James J. Marshall Dies
James J. Marshall, Jr, 44, of Leominster, formerly of Martha’s Vineyard, died unexpectedly on March 4, 2009. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated in...
William J. Jorden was Gazette Reporter
William J. Jorden, U.S. ambassador to Panama from 1974 to 1978 and a former Gazette reporter and seasonal visitor, died Feb. 20 in New Bedford...
Eleanor “Mudd” Harz Jorden Dies at 88
Eleanor Harz Jorden, a summer resident of East Chop, Vineyard Haven or Chilmark all her life, died at home in Andover, Mass., on Feb. 18 at the age...
Islander Walter E. Bettencourt Lived a Life Less Ordinary
Phyllis Meras
Walter E. Bettencourt, for 27 years a member of the Gazette’s composing room staff, and for two of those years its superintendent, died Feb. 5 in...
Lorraine Armitage Dies
Lorraine Norton Armitage, 92, a resident of Windemere and formerly of Vineyard Haven, died on Tuesday morning Feb. 24 at the Martha’s Vineyard...
Margaret Mary Schnetke Dreamed of Island Living
Margaret Mary (Peg) Schnetke, 90, of Oak Bluffs died peacefully at her daughter’s home in Louisville, Ky. on Feb. 12. She was predeceased by her...
Judith Olson was Devoted to Community
Judith Helen Freiman Olson died on Feb. 25 at her home in Edgartown at the age of 66. At her bedside were her sister Susan and her husband Richard...
Ronald Ames, Vineyard Stonemason, Dies at 71
Ronald (Ron) Ames of Mashpee lost his battle with lung cancer and died peacefully in his home on Sunday evening, Feb. 22. Ron was a master...