Obituaries
Veteran Bernard Royer, 52 Was Island Tradesman
Bernard Peter Royer of Summit avenue in Oak Bluffs died March 16 at his home surrounded by his loving daughter, Kendal Royer, his former wife,...
Oak Bluffs Born Mary Ellen CamposBarbera Dies at 74
Mary Ellen Campos Barbera died March 14 in Northridge, Calif., after a period of declining health. She was 74. Ellen was born in Oak Bluffs on...
Dorothy Perry Costa
Word has been received from Santa Maria, Calif., of the death of Dorothy Perry Costa, a former resident of Oak Bluffs, on March 14. She was 85...
Mary Joy Bergstrom
Mary Joy Stuart Bergstrom died Feb. 4. She was 93. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Saturday, March 15, at 11 a.m. at the...
Marion Lair Woods, 84, Operated Mansion House
Marion Lair Woods died March 3 in Naples, Fla., after a very full life. Marion was born on June 26, 1923 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital to...
Virginia F. Poole, 73, Touched Island With Enthusiasm for Life
Phyllis Meras
Virginia Fedor Poole of Chilmark, whose life touched virtually every Island resident, died March 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a long...
Cary W.L. Scheller
Cary W.L. Scheller, 97, died peacefully Monday, March 10 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. A memorial gathering will be held later this spring. An...
Islanders Recall Herb Putnam, 59
One measure of a well-lived life is not just accomplishment but how one’s work affected people met along the way. Several hundred people who...
Edvard Meisner Helped Preserve Cranberry Bogs
Word has been received from Tartu, Estonia, of the death of Edvard Meisner. Edvard was a frequent visitor to the Vineyard during the 1990s. Here...