Thursday, March 28, 2024

Obituaries

Natalie King

Natalie Dickinson King of Vineyard Haven died on Dec. 25.  Born in Boston in 1932, she was the widow of Frederick D. King.  King is survived by her brother Joseph C. Dickinson, of Northborough, Mass., her...

Arthur Costa

Arthur V. Costa passed away on Dec. 12, 2023 in Florida.  He was born to John Costa and Mary Rezendes on June 9, 1938 in Oak Bluffs and graduated from Edgartown High School. He was...

Corliss Maciel

Corliss R.(Corly) Maciel, 66, of Vineyard Haven, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023 at Mass General Hospital. He was the brother of Neal J. Maciel; the father of Denver Maciel and uncle of Curtis...

Harriet Dorsey

Harriet Patricia (“Pat”) Valarie Morello Dorsey, 85, passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 14, 2023, surrounded by her family. Pat was born Jan. 14, 1938, in Hartford, Conn., to the late Joseph Michael Morello...

Dr. Edward S. Sternick

Dr. Edward S. Sternick ("Ned"), 84, of Vineyard Haven, passed away on Nov. 30, 2023.  He was born on Feb. 10, 1939, in Boston, the son of Charles and Adele Sternick of Brookline, and was...

Antone H. Rezendes Jr.

Antone H. Rezendes Jr., 80 years old, son of Gertrude and Antone Rezendes Sr., passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Dec. 14, 2023, at Mass General Brigham in Salem. Antone, known as “Tony,” was...

Leonard R. Jarek

Leonard R. Jarek (“Lenny”), 82, part-time resident of Oak Bluffs and lifelong resident of Lowell, died Thursday, July 6, 2023, at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln, following a brief illness. He was the...

Barbara Carrier Block

Barbara Jean (Carrier) Block, beloved wife of Waldemar L. Block Jr. for 71 years, died on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. She was born June 21, 1925, in Springfield, the daughter of F. Lawrence and Genevieve...

Christopher Michael Arms

Christopher Michael Arms, 43, of Harwich, passed away on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.  Chris was born on Cape Cod on Dec. 6th, 1980. He was educated in the Martha's Vineyard...

Clifton H. Athearn

Clifton H. Athearn, 100, of West Tisbury, passed away on Dec. 12, 2023, at his home.  A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of this paper, and services will be held at a...

Thomas Page Barrett

Thomas Page Barrett passed away peacefully at Windemere, where he was beautifully cared for, on Dec. 8, 2023, after a long fight with Alzheimer’s disease. An obituary will follow in a future edition of...

Robert Michael Flanagan

Robert Michael Flanagan passed away peacefully on Dec. 8, 2023, surrounded by family, after a yearlong illness. Bob was 79 years old. Born on Feb. 5, 1944, in Memphis, Tenn., Bob grew up in South...

John Paul Sullivan

John Paul Sullivan, resident of Edgartown, devoted family man, avid golfer, distinguished legal mind, and consummate professor, passed away on Nov. 27, 2023. Born in Boston on May 23, 1931, to Marjorie Doherty and...

Jacqueline F. Baer

Jacqueline Frances (Lair) Baer died peacefully at her home in Vineyard Haven on Nov. 25, 2023. She was 90. Jackie was born in Oak Bluffs to H. Stanton (“Stan”) Lair and Phyllis Lightowler, and aside...

Edward T. Medeiros

Edward T. Medeiros, 77, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, July 18, 2023, at his home in Edgartown. Ed was born to Edward and Anna Medeiros in Oak Bluffs on August 20, 1945. He graduated...

Irene Price

Irene Price (“Daisy”) of West Tisbury, formerly of West Roxbury, passed away on Nov. 27, 2023, surrounded by her children.  Daisy, a former Boston Public School teacher for more than 30 years, dedicated herself to...

Travis Scott Macomber

Travis Scott Macomber, 37, passed away on Nov. 29, 2023, while visiting his sister in Boynton Beach, Fla.   A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of this paper, and a celebration of life...

Lucina Johnson Lewis

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, great-aunt, sister, and consumer of life experience, Lucina Johnson Lewis (“Tina”) died suddenly of natural causes on Sept. 29, 2023, at age 77, at her home in Durham, N.C. Born...

Services Thursday for Randy C. Gibson

Randy C. Gibson, 59, of Edgartown passed away on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, after a prolonged battle with cancer. Born on Oct. 3, 1964, in Oak Bluffs, Randy was an Islander...

Walter R. Eglinas

Walter R. Eglinas (“Terry”) of Williston, Fla., formerly of the Vineyard, passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. He was 80.  Born on June 1, 1943, in Oak Bluffs, he was the son of...