Obituaries
Yvonne (Pebbles) Ponte
Yvonne (Pebbles) Ponte of Vineyard Haven died Thursday, April 25, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 40.
Eleanor Bronson Pyle, 79, Summered at Indian Hill
Eleanor Bronson Pyle, a regular visitor to and sometime resident of the Island for the past 51 years, died on April 12 at the age of 79 in Belmont...
William Post Was Lifelong Island Visitor
William G. Post of Naples, Fla., formerly of Stowe, Vt., died at The Arbors in Shelburne, Vt. on March 26 surrounded by his children and...
Veteran Arthur Perry Was Purple Heart Recipient
Arthur Anthony Perry, formerly of Oak Bluffs, died Dec. 6 in Reno, Nev., after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. He was 71. The dedicated...
Blaikie Purvis Lived Life to the Fullest
Blaikie Purvis, a longtime summer resident of Edgartown and Chilmark who raced dinghies in Edgartown harbor as a boy, was married at St. Andrew’s and...
Walter Pizzano Sr.
Walter Pizzano Sr. of Edgartown died peacefully at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 2 after a prolonged illness. He was 84....
Nelson Potter, 70, Was Man of Many Talents
Nelson W. Potter of Chilmark died Jan. 23 in Cambridge, after a courageous four-year battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 70. Nelson was...
Robert Provost Jr., 78
Robert A. Provost Jr., an orthopedic surgeon who combined cutting-edge medical acumen with a compassionate and upbeat bedside manner, died on Dec. 15...
Johnny (Seaview) Perry Will Be Missed
Julia Wells
Johnny (Seaview) Perry, an iconic Vineyard character, home-grown philosopher and friendly street-walker in a cowboy hat, died Dec. 12 at a care...