Obituaries
Joseph David Stewart, 63, Buoyed Furniture, Lives
Joseph David Stewart of Oak Bluffs died Dec. 23, surrounded by his wife and daughters at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after battling lung cancer. He...
Oswald Wright Marrin Jr. Summered in East Chop
Oswald Wright Marrin Jr. died peacefully at home Dec. 19. He was born April 20, 1919 in New York city. He was the son of Jean Fyfe and Oswald W...
Peggy Jones, 85, Loved Chappaquiddick Home
Margaret (Peggy) Denham Turnbull Jones, 85, of Concord, N.H., and Edgartown, died Dec. 16 at Havenwood, Concord, N.H. She was the wife of...
Janet E.W. Gibbons, 91, Played Organ at Church
Janet Elliott Whitehill Gibbons of Oak Bluffs died Dec. 19 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a brief illness. She was 91. Janet was born in...
Jean Knapp of Oak Bluffs Dies at 87, Family Near
Jean Murphy Clancy Knapp of Oak Bluffs, the wife of Dr. J. Walter Knapp, died Tuesday, Dec. 25 at her home, surrounded by family. Born Jean Agnes...
Rose Anthony, Dedicated Island Teacher, Author, Dies at Age 79
It was the spring of 1949, and the dean of students at Emmanuel College in Boston was worried. Chester V. Sweatt, superintendent of the Martha’s...
Ruth B. Hughes Was Former Oak Bluffs Treasurer
Ruth B. Hughes died Thursday at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Mrs. Hughes served the town of Oak Bluffs for many years and in many capacities. She...
Julie Hurley Rollins, 73, Was Vineyard Resident
Julie Hurley Rollins, 73, of Venice, Fla., formerly of the Vineyard, died Dec. 17. Born in Cambridge on Oct. 14, 1934, she has been a resident of...
John E. Holmes Jr., 60, Kept the Horses Flying
John E. Holmes Jr., of West Wareham, died Nov. 21 at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston with his family by his side. He was 60. Born on...