Obituaries
Charles Lloyd 3rd, 56, Was Pressman and Outdoorsman
Charles Lloyd 3rd died unexpectedly at his Falmouth home on Sunday, Jan. 18 at the age of 56. He was born in Atlantic City, N.J. After three...
Harry M. Hess Jr. Dies in New York at Age of 94
Harry M. Hess Jr., journalist, actor, photographer and an East Chop seasonal visitor in the 1950s and 1960s, died Jan. 6 in Far Rockaway, N.Y.,...
Shelton Bank
Shelton Bank Shelton Bank of Oak Lane in West Tisbury, professor emeritus of chemistry at the State University of New York at Albany, and chairman...
Kimo McNaughton
Kimo McNaughton of Edgartown died on Jan. 7 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 54 and was the husband of Karen (Koster) McNaughton...
Labor Movement Head Lawrence N. Spitz Dies
Lawrence N. Spitz, a pioneer of the labor movement in New England, died on Dec. 5, surrounded by his family, in Sun City, Ariz. Born on Feb. 19,...
Menemsha’s Richard Reiss Dies at 91, Loved the Sea
Richard Reiss, a summer resident of Larsen Lane, in Menemsha for nearly 40 years, died of cancer on Jan. 5 at the age of 91. He died peacefully at...
Dolores A. Burkhardt
Dolores A. Burkhardt Dolores A. Burkhardt of Vineyard Haven died Jan. 6 at the Haborside Nursing Home in Falmouth. She was 76. A graveside service...
Neurosurgeon Saul Frankel Was Island Summer Sailor
Dr. Saul A. Frankel died peacefully on Monday evening in his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 87.
Esther Freitas, 78, Leaves Deep Roots on Vineyard
Esther R. Freitas died in her home in Vineyard Haven on Dec. 29, 2008. She was 76. Born on Martha’s Vineyard on Feb. 26, 1932, she was the daughter...