Obituaries
Peter Barnes Spent All His Summers on the Vineyard
Peter Barnes of Mansfield died peacefully on March 27 at Sunrise Senior Living in Cohasset. He had been ill with cancer and partially disabled for...
Andris Boass Was Avid Outdoorsman, Conservationist
Andris (Andy) Boass, of Hopkinton and West Tisbury, died at home, Glimmerglass, on March 24 after a brief illness. He was 73.
Virginia Blakesley Was an Artist, Teacher and Political Activist
Virginia (Ginny) Blakesley of West Tisbury died of pneumonia on the evening of March 3, 2015, at age 93, just 10 days short of her 94th birthday, at...
Noah Teller Block, Lifetime Vineyard Visitor and Skilled Woodworker
Noah Teller Block, a lifetime seasonal resident of West Tisbury and a year-round resident for the last five years, died Feb. 22.
Virginia Louise Blakesley, 94
Virginia Louise Blakesley of West Tisbury died at Windermere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. She was 94.
Gardner Norton Brown Was World War II Bombardier
Gardner Norton Brown, a 30-year resident of Homosassa, Fla., died in his sleep on Feb. 8, 2015. He was 91.
Mimi Berlin Was Revered by Her Students
Miriam (Mimi) Berlin died of pneumonia at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on Thursday, Jan. 1. She was 88.
Edie Bennett Spent Most of Her Life in Edgartown
Edith Lillian Drake Bennett, or Edie as she was better known, died from heart failure at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 28.
Jeremy Biggs Was Investor and Philanthropist
Jeremy Hunt Biggs died peacefully on Jan. 7 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 79.