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Obituaries July 21, 2005 Elinor Muller A memorial service for Elinor (Nora) Muller will be held at the East Chop lighthouse on Saturday, July 23, at 10:30 am. Nora died on April 30. Immediately following the brief ceremony, friends and family are welcome to gather at Susan Collinson's A-frame house for light refreshments and conversation. For any further information, please contact Barbara Willmott at 508-696-0271.Wilton R. Flippin, Sr Wilton R. Flippin, Sr., a World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient, died on July 13 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y. He was a homeowner and summer resident at 9 Midland Avenue, Vineyard Haven since 1972 and a lifelong resident of New Rochelle, N.Y. He was preceded by his wife, Pauline Flippin. He is survived by his sister, Gretchen Jackson of Milford; his daughter, Merle Cumberbatch, and two sons, Rendi and Paul; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He loved his family, jazz, and Martha's Vineyard very dearly. A memorial service was held July 19 at the McClanahan Funeral Home, New Rochelle, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Calvary Hospital, 1740 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461. Ernesto Franco-Holguin Ernesto Franco-Holguin, longtime Vineyard resident, died on Friday, July 15 at his home in Chilmark, surrounded by his family. He was the son of Dr. Roberto Franco of Bogotá, Colombia, a physician, authority on tropical diseases, and rector of the University of Los Andes. Mr. Franco's mother, Matilde Holguin de Franco, was the daughter of Jorge Holguin, three-time president of Colombia in the early 1900s. Mr. Franco was born in Paris on December 3, 1916, and was educated in Europe and in Bogotá where he graduated in law from the University of El Rosario. He came to the United States in 1941 to study at Bowdoin College and met his wife, Frances Walbridge Montignani, in New York City where she was working for Nelson Rockefeller's Inter-America Program. He worked for W.R. Grace and Co. in New York and Mobile, Ala., and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1950 to work at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He worked as well for the International Finance Corporation and then served as the World Bank Special Representative to the United Nations in the1960s. He was the first staff member of the bank to rise to membership on the Board of Directors, where he served until his retirement in 1979. His retirement years were spent on Martha's Vineyard, which he had first visited in the 1940s. Before moving to the Vineyard permanently, he spent many summers in East Chop where he was known for his legendary stories and his enthusiasm for tennis. He was a member of the Chevy Chase and Metropolitan Clubs in Washington, the Edgartown Golf Club, Edgartown Yacht Club and Edgartown Reading Room, and the East Chop Tennis Club. He is survived by his daughter, Maria Franco Granquist and her husband Charles of Hamden, Conn.; his two grandsons Charles and Peter Granquist, his sister and brother, Maria Victoria de Jaramillo and Jorge Franco-Holguin of Bogota, and his devoted friend Elizabeth Smith of Edgartown. A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury on Saturday, August 6 at 3 pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice of Martha's Vineyard, P.O. Box 2549, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 or First Congregational Church of West Tisbury, West Tisbury, MA 02575 or Martha's Vineyard Community Services, 111 Edgartown Road, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs. Visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com for online guest book and information. Suzanne L. Richardson A memorial service for Suzanne L. Richardson of Jamaica Plain and West Tisbury who died on June 30 will be held on Saturday, July 23, 1 pm, at St. Andrew's Church, North Summer Street, Edgartown. A visitation will held at the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 56 Edgartown- Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs, on Friday, July 22, 6 to 8 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Pain and Palliative Care Service, The Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, 44 Binney Street, SW 402A, Boston, MA 02115. Visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com for online guest book. Joan Benjamin Joan Benjamin died on July 16 while swimming in the pool at her home in Garrison, N.Y. Born Joan Braxton Ellett on June 23, 1918, an only child to the architect Thomas Harlan Ellett and Jane Bigelow Ellett, Joan attended the Chapin and Madeira Schools in New York and Bennington College in Vermont. It was clear from an early age that Joan had considerable artistic talent, which was nurtured by her parents who were both accomplished painters. After college, Joan studied drawing and painting at the Art Students League in New York where she became proficient in pencil sketching and watercolor. But it was not until the late 1950s when she discovered her real passion for sculpture. Carving in marble and alabaster as well as walnut, angelique and purple heart, she has created numerous pieces both abstract and representational. Her drawings, paintings, and sculpture have an unlabored expression of the freedom of form and composition of a true artist. In 1940, the strikingly beautiful Joan Ellett married W. Hoffman “Hoff” Benjamin, also of Garrison, N.Y. Not long after their marriage, Hoff was sent overseas with the Allied Forces and Joan assisted the war effort with her design skills in lofting aircraft wing sections. By 1947, Joan was the mother of three, living in a modest one-story home surrounded by dozens of her newly acquired Benjamin relatives. As the 1950s rolled in, her artistic talents turned to the local Highlands Drama Workshop theater production where years of great entertainment - mostly hilarious - ensued. She was a founding member of the Garrison Art Center - a thriving community program of art classes and exhibits. Another burst of creative energy transformed her home into a thoughtfully orchestrated arrangement of gardens, terraces, and interior grace. A frequent entertainer, Joan brought to the table sophistication and warmth along with culinary expertise. As the 1960s witnessed the unraveling of our nation and generational gaps became chasms, Joan began to really focus on her sculpture and create a significant body of work that has been widely recognized for its standard of excellence. At the same time, she embarked on another “extreme makeover” of the old, run-down Benjamin homestead, “Hayfields,” creating another gem of architecture and landscape design. Joan and her husband Hoff, who predeceased her in 1997, were great travelers and eager for adventure. They made several trips to the Triton Club in Canada where days of canoeing and portaging with Indian guides would take them deep into a wilderness teeming with wildlife, exceptional trout fishing, and natural wonders. Joan was usually the only woman on these excursions, but as game as any man. Always looking for new territory, Joan would organize trips to Europe, Russia, Egypt, Cuba, Japan and Africa and numerous visits to their sons in the high plateau of Colorado to the trade wind sailing in the Caribbean. Joan's life is a celebration of intellect and beauty, humor, confidence, devotion, and uninhibited artistic expression. Joan is survived by her three children, Beverley Goodwin of New York City, John Benjamin of Garrison, N.Y., and Nathaniel Benjamin of Vineyard Haven. She also leaves six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 11 am, Saturday, July 23, at St. Philips Church in Garrison, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in her name to the Hudson Highlands Land Trust, Garrison, NY 10524.
Gilbert Anthony Pinto Halloman, 56, of Vineyard Haven died July 16 at home after a long battle with diabetes. Born and raised in New Bedford, the son of Malvina “Molly” (Delgado) Martin of New Bedford and John Anthony Pinto, he had lived on Martha's Vineyard for the past 12 years. Mr. Pinto Halloman was a self-employed automobile mechanic. He had also served as a police officer for the city of New Bedford for a short time. During the Vietnam War, he served in the United States Army as a member of “The Falcons,” an elite helicopter crew. He was featured in the book “The Falcons” by Dominic Fino. He was awarded the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation Badge, the Expert Qualification Badge with Auto Rifle Bar, the Sharpshooter Badge with Rifle Bar, and the Aviation Badge. Mr. Pinto Halloman was a member of the Cape Verdean-American Veterans Association. He especially enjoyed NASCAR racing, baseball, and football. Survivors include his mother; three sons, Tyrone Caswell and Ryan Mello, both of New Bedford and Damon Mello of Vineyard Haven; a daughter, Kristen Mello of New Bedford; two brothers, Leonard Pinto of North Dartmouth and Wayne Martin of New Bedford; three sisters, Cynthia Chumack and Renee Stevens, both of New Bedford, and Tammy Harris of Rochdale; two grandchildren, Destiny Caswell and Tyrone Caswell, Jr. He also leaves many nieces, nephews, and cousins, including his special cousin Anthony A. Soares of New Bedford; and two great-nieces. He was the brother of Daniel Halloman and stepson of Everett J. Martin, who predeceased him. Funeral from the Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 495 Park St., New Bedford, this Friday, July 22, at 8 am. A Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of the Assumption Church at 9 am. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours will be on Thursday, July 21, from 4 to 8 pm. Burial with Military Honors will be in the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. For directions and guestbook, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com.
Henry Clay Smith, a year-round resident of West Tisbury for 20 years and summer resident for the preceding 30 years, died peacefully at Hearthstone Alzheimer's facility in Marlborough on July 15, at the age of 92. Henry strove to achieve a richly balanced life in the manner of his idol Thomas Jefferson. As a scientist, writer, husband, father and grandfather, intellectual, amateur architect, and farmer, he was a beloved member of the West Tisbury community and proclaimed himself to be a happy and fortunate man and an optimist about the human race. Henry was born on May 9, 1913 in Catonsville, Md. One of six children, he was raised by maiden aunts after his mother died when he was nine. A diligent student in a family of modest means, he attended St. John's College on a scholarship. He later earned his PhD at Johns Hopkins. During his years of graduate study, he met Nancy Woollcott and was introduced through her family to Martha's Vineyard. Nancy and Henry married in 1938 and with their three children, David, Woollcott, and Barbara, became regular summer Vineyard residents. They were part of a family clan that included Nancy's three sisters, Polly Murphy, Joan Jennings, Barbara Scannell, and their families. For 38 years, Henry was a professor of psychology at Michigan State University. He taught, did research and published books on industrial psychology, personality development, and sensitivity to people, which he defined as the ability to predict other people's behavior. His early work on the effects of music on productivity of assembly-line workers helped make music part of the background of daily work life. His love for small close communities was echoed in Nancy and Henry's approach to life in a big University. In East Lansing, he helped plan the cooperative faculty housing development where they lived. The Smith home, with its field next door, was the gathering place for Henry's well-known athletic competitions, volley ball, touch football, and hockey, depending on the season. Henry's life on the Vineyard as a summer resident and as a full-time resident in retirement always involved writing, building, and self-improvement projects. He designed and built a house based around a three-story tower, which was his home for the past 30 years. His self-improvement projects ranged through yoga, developing a legacy blueberry patch, reading 19th century novels, the health benefits of regular consumption of red wine. and were always supplanted by some new enthusiasm. He was an avid player of tennis, golf, and croquet throughout his time on the Vineyard. Among his publications were three major textbooks and numerous articles. He made much use of social occasions, dinner conversations, and casual interchanges on the street to gather and test ideas. For the uninitiated, the interrogations from the professor with his raised Albert Schweitzer eyebrows could be startling. The last of his writing projects, a biography of Thomas Jefferson, was in progress as his illness progressed. Henry is survived by his wife Nancy of West Tisbury, by his three children, David and his wife Joan of Swarthmore, Pa.; Woollcott and his wife Leah of West Tisbury; and Barbara and her husband Jon of Key Biscayne, Fla., and by eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A memorial service is scheduled for 1 pm on Aug. 14 at the West Tisbury Public Library, State Road. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the West Tisbury Library Gift Fund, P.O. Box 190, West Tisbury, MA 02575. |
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