Obituaries
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...
Dancer, Founder of The Yard, Patricia Nanon Dies at Age 84
Lauren Martin
Patricia N. Nanon, the modern dancer and choreographer who created the Chilmark performing arts colony The Yard, died peacefully last Friday at her...
Virginia Poole
Virginia Poole of Chilmark died peacefully at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on March 5 after a long illness. She was 73 and was well known on the...
Dr. Gabriel J. DeBlase
Dr. Gabriel Joseph DeBlase, 76, of Vineyard Haven died March 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was the husband of Helen Van Allen DeBlase.
Fred Jordan Schatz, 60, Was Psychiatric Nurse
Fred Jordan Schatz of Billerica and Oak Bluffs died surrounded by family and friends on Feb. 29 at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading...
Carlton J. Condon, 89, Served in World War II
Carlton J. Condon died at his home on the Vineyard on Feb. 19. He was 89. He was predeceased by his wife Mady in 2004. He was born in Boston,...
Helen B. Olcott, 95, Was a True Nantucketer
Helen B. Olcott, a true Nantucketer, died Feb. 20. For the last decade, she had been living at Windemere Nursing Home on the Vineyard to be...
Charles Leighton Jr., 85, Was Retired Police Chief
Charles Leighton Jr. died Feb. 27 at Windemere Nursing Home with his family at his side. He was 85. Charlie was born in Oak Bluffs on Nov. 21,...