Thursday, July 25, 2024

Obituaries

Services Saturday for Joseph John Prebeg

There will be a celebration of life for Joseph Prebeg on Saturday, June 8, at 2 pm at the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Hall on Panhandle Road in West Tisbury. A reception will follow at...

​​Lois Marie

​​Lois Marie of Westborough, wife of the late Bob Marie, died on May 22, 2024.  Born and raised in Lynn, Lois lived in Northborough, and in retirement spent many years living in Oak Bluffs. Funeral services...

Services for Walter R. Eglinas

There will be a dedication and graveside memorial service for Walter R. Eglinas at the cemetery on Vineyard Avenue in Oak Bluffs, on Saturday, June 22, at 11 am, officiated by Father Chip Seadale...

Services for Richard Dana Sherman

There will be a graveside service for Richard Sherman on Monday, July 8, at 11 am at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven. A casual reception will be held directly following the service...

Laura Lee Barbera

Laura Lee Barbera, 60, passed away peacefully at her home in Vineyard Haven on May 18, 2024.  Laura was born on July 13, 1963, in Natick to Sarah Blanchard (Betro) and Arthur Blanchard.  Over the years...

Robert Sherman Daniels

Robert Sherman Daniels (“Bob”) passed away at home in Edgartown on the morning of March 29, 2024. He was 99. Born on Sept. 27, 1924, Bob lived a full life. He was a veteran, a...

Ronald L. Conte

Ronald L. Conte of Oak Bluffs passed away at the age of 88, on the evening of Friday, May 17, 2024, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.  Ronald Conte was born in Worcester, and...

Michael Francis Lima

Michael Lima (“Mike”) was born on Martha’s Vineyard on July 7, 1955, and raised here.  The son of the late Manuel Vincent Lima, Eileen C. White, and her husband George E. White, Mike grew up...

Vita Ripollino Bovio

We are saddened to announce the passing of Vita Ripollino Bovio (Nonna) on May 10, 2024. Vita was born on April 11, 1934, in Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy. She was a child from the World...

Sharon Feldman Rowe

Sharon Feldman Rowe died March 25, 2024, at the age of 67, from a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.  She was born in 1957 in New Britain, Conn. Sharon was a trained actor, entrepreneur, author,...

Pollyann Jenkinson Emin

Pollyann Jenkinson Emin, 92, passed away peacefully at her home in Vineyard Haven after a brief illness.  She was born in Oak Bluffs, a third-generation Islander, to Ernest and Elsie Thomas Jenkinson. With brothers Peter...

Ronald J. Pine

Ronald J. Pine, 85, died peacefully on May 18, 2024, at his home in Vineyard Haven. He was the husband of June E. Pine, and father of Ronald Pine Jr. and David Pothier Sr.  A...

Peter R. Hefler

A celebration of life service for Peter R. Hefler is planned for Saturday, June 1, at 2 pm at Chapman Funerals in Oak Bluffs, with burial of ashes to follow in Oak Grove Cemetery...

Robert Smith Bruguiere

A graveside service for Robert Smith Bruguiere will be held at the Edgartown New West Side Cemetery on Monday, June 3, at 11 am. A celebration of life will follow, at the Baylies Room...

Peter Hefler

Maj. Peter R. Hefler, USAF (Ret.), a transportation aficionado and the Vineyard Transit Authority’s biggest enthusiast, died March 24 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.  Peter was born in Boston on...

Gail Knight Derick

Gail Knight Derick, 89, passed away following a brief illness on March 23, 2024, surrounded by her loving family.  Gail was born on May 25, 1934, in Brockton, and attended Middlebury College, where she met...

Diego Messina

Diego Messina, a spirited and adventurous soul, left us at the age of 90 for the great golf course in the sky. Born on a day of hope and joy, Christmas 1933, Diego’s life was...

Services Saturday for Lawrence O. Stearns

A graveside service for Lawrence O. Stearns (“Larry”) will be held at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Oak Bluffs on May 25, at 1 pm, followed by a gathering at the Parish House in...

Jane Street

Jane (Fulton) Street, wife of the late Lawrence Street, passed away peacefully at home, with daughter Cynthia Brown, son Lawrence Street, and daughter Jennifer Street by her side. She is predeceased by her brother,...

Services Saturday for William B. Parry

A graveside service for William B. Parry will be held on Saturday, May 18, at noon at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark. A reception will follow at the Chilmark Community Center.  William was a longtime...