Obituaries
Elizabeth D. Puwal Was Active Church Member
Elizabeth D. (Betty) Puwal of Edgartown died April 26 at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston with her husband, Anthony (Tony) Puwal, at her side. Betty...
George Martin Duarte, 77, Enjoyed Art, Outdoors
George Martin Duarte, 77, died April 17 in Oceanside, Calif. He was born in Oak Bluffs on Nov. 20, 1929. Mr. Duarte was a loving husband, father...
Isabel Washington Powell, 98, Worked with Harlem Students, Prized Vineyard
Isabel Washington Powell, a vibrant and familiar figure in the Oak Bluffs African American summer colony that traces its origins to the early...
Walter Leo Cook Jr., 86, Served in Coast Guard
Walter Leo Cook Jr. of Oak Bluffs, formerly of Malden and Wakefield, died April 20. He was 86. Walter was born on July 26, 1920 in Chelsea and raised...
John L. Saltonstall Jr., 91, Represented Gay Head; Defended Freedom of Speech
John L. Saltonstall Jr. of Westport Point, formerly a prominent Boston lawyer, civil libertarian, and former member of the Boston City Council, died...
David Arapene Cuch Attended Schools, Was Active In Native Issues
David Arapene Cuch, son of Carla Giles Cuch and Forest Cuch, brother of Cameron Cuch, uncle to Jay Ryder Cuch, cousin and friend to so many, died...
June Ditchfield, 56, Ran Island Framing Business
June Ditchfield, 56, died April 19 at home in Edgartown, surrounded by her family. In 1965, June moved to the United States from England at the age...
Horticulturist Polly Hill Dies at Age 100
Polly Hill, the pioneering horticulturist whose internationally acclaimed work raising trees and shrubs from seed began 50 years ago on a former...
Robert A. Palowski, 78, Was Equipment Operator
Robert A. Pawlowski, 78, of Holbrook died April 18 at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton.