Memorial service rescheduled for Susan Allyn Safford
Updated May 30
Susan Allyn Safford (“Susie”) died in her sleep at her West Tisbury home on Feb. 11, 2023, with her husband Tony Omer by her side, after a courageous two-year struggle with pancreatic...
Lois Alexander Kelley-Stout
Lois Alexander Kelley-Stout passed away peacefully on Martha’s Vineyard on Feb. 14, 2023, at the age of 93.
Born April 15, 1929, in Marblehead, she was the daughter of Dr. Peter P. Alexander, a renowned...
Lynn C. Tuck
Lynn C. Tuck, 79, of Vineyard Haven, died on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
Her memorial service will be private, and a complete obituary will appear in a later edition of...
Marilyn Meyerhoff
Marilyn Meyerhoff (née Shemer) of Palm Beach, Fla., passed away on May 26, 2023, at the age of 93.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Marilyn loved to travel. Acapulco, Mexico, held a special place in...
Frances Elizabeth Maciel
Frances Elizabeth Maciel, 89, of Vineyard Haven, passed away on May 25, 2023, at Windemere Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late William F. Maciel.
A complete obituary will appear in a later...
Service for Stephanie Holmes Elliott
A graveside service for the burial of the ashes of Stephanie Holmes Elliott will be held on Saturday, June 10, at 11 am in the Holmes Hole Cemetery on West Chop. She died on...
Thomas Anthony Wetherall
We are heartbroken to share that Thomas Anthony Wetherall, 73, of West Tisbury, passed away peacefully at home on April 30, 2023.
Tom was born in Boston on April 17, 1950, and raised in Watertown,...
John Louis Zannini
We mourn the loss of John Louis Zannini, a beloved individual whose vibrant spirit touched many lives. John passed away from sudden cardiac arrest on May 20, 2023, on Martha’s Vineyard, his cherished home....
Beatrice S. Amaral
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Beatrice S. Amaral will be held on Wednesday, June 14. There will be a graveside service at the West Tisbury Cemetery at 1 pm, and a...
Mary Jane Croft Burgoyne
Mary Jane Croft Burgoyne, 71, of Oak Bluffs, passed away peacefully on May 25, 2023, at her home in Aidylberg Village.
She was born to parents Doreen and John Burgoyne Sr., in Clinton. The simple...
Carolyn LaCombe
Carolyn A. LaCombe, 86, of Boynton Beach, Fla, passed away on May 13, 2023, in Boca Raton, Fla.
Carolyn was born on Feb. 11, 1937, in Cambridge. She was the beloved wife of Michael (Montcalm)...
Barbara B. Pesch
Barbara B. (Baumhoefner) Pesch, 92, of Chilmark, died on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven.
Her memorial service will be held at a later date, and a complete obituary...
Thomas E. Carroll
Thomas E. Carroll (“Tommy”), 70, of Oak Bluffs, passed away after a long fight with multiple myeloma on May 21, 2023.
He was born on May 1, 1953, to Barbara and Harry Carroll of Brookline....
Susan Allyn Safford
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Susie Safford will be held on Sunday, June 11, at 2 pm at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury. There will be time for anecdotes...
Edith Graham Blake
Edith Graham Blake of Edgartown passed away on Feb. 25, 2023, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 97.
A celebration of her life will take place on Sunday, June 4, from 1 to 3...
Alvida Cleaveland Riggs Jones
Alvida Jones, 99, passed away peacefully at her West Tisbury home on May 8, 2023.
She was born in Passaic, N.J., on June 28, 1923, to Dionis Coffin and Sydney Noyes Riggs. Alvida graduated with...
Paul Harry Thoutsis
Paul Harry Thoutsis, 85, of Worcester and Oak Bluffs, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, April 13, 2023, with the people he cherished most in life — his family — close by...
Thomas Edwin Benedict Jr.
Thomas Edwin Benedict Jr., a lifelong adventurer, musician, writer, artist, avid reader, and lover of learning, passed away on April 29, 2023, in Oak Bluffs, on the Island he loved, leaving behind a legacy...
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin, known to everyone as “Lynie,” passed away peacefully of natural causes on May 12, 2023, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, with her children by her side, holding her hands. She was 95...
Services Saturday for Brian D. LeBeau
A celebration of life for Brian D. LeBeau will take place on Saturday, May 20. There will be a short ceremony at Gay Head Lighthouse at 12:30 pm, and afterwards, a reception at the...