Obituaries
Edward J. Murphy Sr., 67, Enjoys Vineyard Stays
Edward J. Murphy Sr. of Oak Bluffs died Feb. 28 at the Tippett Home, a hospice care facility, in Needham. He was 67. He was born in Boston on...
Audrey M. Finnegan, 84, Celebrated Irish Roots
Audrey M. Finnegan of Pensacola, Fla., died Feb. 27. She was 84. Audrey was born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Jan. 24, 1924. She was a resident of...
Janet West, 96, Worked For Benefit of Animals
Janet West, lifelong summer resident and retiree to the Vineyard, died Feb. 16 at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 96. Born...
Helen B. Olcott
Helen B. Olcott, 95, died Feb. 20 in the Windemere Nursing Home. She was the grandmother of Janet Packer and her husband John of Vineyard Haven....
Edith G. Kopans Sailed Coast of New England
Edith Gellis Kopans of Falmouth, Me., formerly of Newton Centre, the Vineyard and Sarasota, Fla., died Feb. 13. Born in Claremont, N.H., Mrs....
Richard Darman Was Presidential Advisor
Richard Darman, of McLean, Va., and Edgartown died of acute myelogenous leukemia on Jan. 25 in Washington, D.C. He was 64. A member of President...
Mary Joy Bergstrom Was Active in Theatre
Mary Joy Stuart Bergstrom died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Feb. 4, shortly after celebrating her 93rd birthday. With her ever-present...
Emily Searle Giusti Loved Her Family
Emily Searle Giusti died Feb. 20. She was born Feb. 8, 1932 to Theresa DeMassi and Luigi Giusti. They had come from Italy to settle in West...
Elizabeth W. Borges, 91, Was Native of Oak Bluffs
Elizabeth Webb Borges died Feb. 25 at the Life Care Center of Plymouth. She was 91. Born in Oak Bluffs on March 4, 1916, she was the daughter of...