Obituaries
Vanda Fanelli Lucas, 81
Vanda Fanelli Lucas, a big-hearted native of Italy who lived on Tea Lane in Chilmark for the past 15 years, died at Massachusetts General Hospital in...
Christopher Edward Hall, 54
Christopher Edward Hall died suddenly at his home in Everett, Wash., on Nov. 21. He was 54. The son of Joan Finnegan Hall and William Hall of William...
Michael F. Gatto, 51
Michael F. Gatto, a longtime Island resident, died suddenly on the night of Sept. 14, 2013 from an accidental drowning at age 51. He was predeceased...
Edith Chilewich Exton, 92
Edith Chilewich Exton, longtime Vineyard seasonal resident, died Nov. 1 in Cambridge after a long illness. The Russian-born editor and writer and...
Alma Benson, 93
Alma L. (Spearwater) Benson died on Nov. 19 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 93. She was predeceased by her husband Franklin W. Benson in...
Vera Mikush, 85
Vera Scheibe Mikush died Saturday, Nov.16 at the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, Md. She was 85.
Volker Kaempfert, 59
Volker Kaempfert of Martha's Vineyard and Scottsdale, Ariz., died peacefully on the morning of Nov. 18 at his home in West Tisbury after fighting a...
Mabelle Medowski, 93
Mabelle Benson Medowski died peacefully in her Lambert’s Cove ancestral home on Nov. 12 attended by family and friends. She was 93.
Ralph Royal Jenney, 95
Ralph Royal Jenney of McLean, Va., died peacefully on Wednesday, Nov. 13. He was 95. He was a summer resident of Martha's Vineyard for 38 years.