Obituaries

Published: May 15, 2008

Lloyd M. Mayhew

A memorial service for Lloyd M. Mayhew, a well-known Islander, will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery on State Road in Vineyard Haven, at 11 am on Saturday, May 17.

Lois A. DeBettencourt

Lois A. DeBettencourt of Oak Bluffs died Wednesday, May 7, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a short illness.

Macio "Bunny" Jackson

Macio "Bunny" Jackson born March 24, 1932 at Harlem Hospital in New York, son of the late Nathaniel and Mamie Cambridge Jackson, and died on Jan. 27 in New York after a long illness.

Laura F. Garneau

Laura Fontes Garneau, age 88, died peacefully at the Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, Fla., on May 5.

Carabelle (Toni) B. Neil

Carabelle Blake Neil of East Chop died on April 5, at the age of 85.

Alvar W. Polk, Jr.

Alvar "Jim" Whittington Polk, Jr., a longtime summer resident of Harthaven in Oak Bluffs, died on May 5, in Delray Beach, Fla., at the age of 94.