Thursday, March 28, 2024

Obituaries

Meverell “Mev” Locke Good Jr.

Meverell “Mev” Locke Good Jr. died in Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a brief illness on Feb. 9, 2015. He was 91. Son of Dorothy Stewart Good and Meverell Locke Good, Mev was born on Jan....

Barton B. Skeen Jr.

Barton B. Skeen Jr. of Wayland and East Chop died in Wayland on Feb. 7, 2015. Mr. Skeen was born on Sept. 25, 1936, in Baltimore, Md., to Barton B. Skeen Sr. and Mary...

Mary Anna Fischer

Mary Fischer died peacefully in her sleep on Monday Feb 9, at the Falmouth Hospital following a brief stay. Mary Anna Fischer was born at the Oak Bluffs Hospital on April 18, 1948. She started...

Richard Sher

Richard Sher, 66, of Weston, died on Feb. 9, 2015, with his family at his bedside, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was a constant summer visitor to the Vineyard, usually residing...

Chester J. Wisniewski

Chester J. Wisniewski died on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at his winter home in West Tisbury. He would have been 94 years old in March. His sons will hold a gathering for Island friends on...

Louise Curme Horton

Florence" (Flip) Louise Curme Horton, 89, of Vineyard Haven, died peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2015, after a short stay at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Martha's Vineyard. The daughter of Dr. George...

Ellen (Reidy) Wetherbee

Ellen (Reidy) Wetherbee, a resident of the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven, died peacefully on Monday, Feb. 2, at Falmouth Hospital following a brief illness. She was 88. Ellen was born in Laconia, N.H.,...

Calvin T. Hughes Jr.

Calvin T. Hughes Jr., M.D., 88, of West Hartford died at his home on Jan. 26, 2015. Dr. Hughes was a retired ophthalmologist who practiced in Hartford and was a longtime summer resident of...

Marilyn (Hardester) Dawson

Marilyn (Hardester) Dawson died peacefully at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs on Jan. 20 at the age of 82. She waited for her husband, the Rev. Paul S. Dawson, to be at her...

Margaret Peak

Margaret Peak, whose life epitomized the American 20th century experience, died Monday, Feb. 2, with her son L. Anthony Peak at her side. She was 95. Margaret was born on Christmas Eve in 1919 to...

Estelle R. Robinson

Estelle R. Robinson died quietly at home in West Orange, N.J., on Feb. 6, just weeks from her 94th birthday. Born in Trenton, N.J., in 1921, she was proud of her many achievements in...

Selina Trieff

Selina Trieff, 81, a renowned artist, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 14, at her home in Wellfleet. She had struggled for many years with neurological and respiratory decline, but continued to paint,...

Ellen Reidy Wetherbee

Ellen Reidy Wetherbee of Vineyard Haven passed away at Falmouth Hospital on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. She was 88. Funeral services are being planned, and will be held in Laconia, N.H., at a later...

Claire S. Gibson

Claire S. Gibson, 85, of Oak Bluffs died on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in the company of family members at the JML Care Center in Falmouth. Born Claire Shirley Darling on July 9, 1929, at the...

Sonya Norton

Sonya Norton died peacefully in her home in the arms of her loving husband in Vineyard Haven on Jan. 30, 2015. She was 82. Born Sonya MacDonald Spencer at Boston Women’s Hospital on May 1,...

Betty Robichau

Betty Robichau, 98, of Edgartown died on Friday evening, January 23, 2015 at the Henrietta Brewer House. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph B. Robichau, Jr. in March of 2006. She is survived...

Beatrice Duart Viera

Beatrice Duart Viera died peacefully on January 19, 2015 at Windemere Nursing Facility. She was 89. Services are being planned and a complete obituary will be published in the next newspaper edition. Arrangements are...

Edith Lillian (Drake) Bennett

Edith Lillian Bennett, or Edie as she was better known, died from heart failure at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. Her Island family was gathered around her, and had an...

Virginia A. Hall

Virginia A. Hall of Oak Bluffs died peacefully at home on Monday, Jan. 12, surrounded by family and friends, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 74. Born in Oak Bluffs to Manuel and...

Virginia A. “Ginny” Hall

Virginia A. “Ginny” Hall died on Monday evening, Jan. 12, 2015, at her home in Oak Bluffs at the age of 74. She was predeceased by her husband, Fred C. Hall, and she was the...