Obituaries
Candymaker, Columnist Catherine Nelson Dies at 89
Catherine Elizabeth Nelson died peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010.
Sportswoman Hope Slater Loved Edgartown Sailing
Hope Welch Slater died on Saturday, Dec. 25, at the age of 81. Mrs. Slater was born in Boston on August 24, 1929, a daughter of the late Charles...
Eleanor Pearlson, 89, Trailblazer in Women’s Rights, Business
Eleanor D. Pearlson, the realty firm Tea Lane Associates’ cofounder who personally helped thousands of people to fall in love with the Island and...
Geraldyne DeBettencourt
Geraldyne G. (Gerry) DeBettencourt of Oak Bluffs died on Dec. 19 at the Cape Heritage Nursing Home in Sandwich. She was 79 and was a well-known...
Diana Hope Helfrich
Diana Hope Helfrich (nee Greene) of Ellicott City, Md., formerly of Martha’s Vineyard, died on Dec. 20. She was the beloved wife of the late Harry...
Doreen Clauson, 63, Was Devoted Mother and Friend
Doreen (Dory) P. Clauson died peacefully at her home in Hatchville on Nov. 27 after a courageous five and a half-year battle with cancer. She was...
Heather Jardin, 29, Artist, Farmer, Designer, Friend
Heather D. Jardin of Oak Bluffs died on Dec. 8 at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital after a courageous battle with leukemia. She was 29. Heather was...
Marjorie Masek
Marjorie Gibbon Masek died at her Vineyard Haven home after a long illness on Sunday, Dec. 12. She 70 and was the beloved wife of James G. Masek. A...
Doris Billings, 80, Was Devoted Wife, Mother
Doris Mae Billings, beloved wife of the late Raymond Billings Jr., both of Vineyard Haven, died on Monday, Dec. 6 in Boston after a long struggle...