Edith Marguerite Radley, age 80, a longtime resident of Edgartown, died on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, as a result of complications from an infection.

Born on Sept. 16, 1938, in Stamford, Conn., to Eleanor Bartram Radley and John J. Radley Jr., Edie graduated from the Greenwich Country Day School and Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conn. She received her associate’s degree in liberal arts from Colby Junior College in 1958. Edie held nonprofit jobs in New York City, including volunteering for the Lighthouse Guild. She worked for New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay, ultimately serving as one of Mayor Lindsay’s appointment secretaries. Edie worked on Mayor Lindsay’s 1972 presidential campaign, as well.

Edie moved to Edgartown full-time in 1973. She was co-owner of a craft and gift shop, and volunteered as an emergency medical technician. She also became very involved at St. Andrew’s Church in Edgartown. Serving on the vestry, singing in the choir, and most notably creating the Mission Shop, which sold gifts, cards, and items of a religious nature, Edie very much enjoyed giving back and supporting the church as well as other Island charities. She also served on the advisory board of Sail Martha’s Vineyard.

Edie loved to surround herself with family and friends, inviting them for a meal or to stay in her home. An avid reader, Edie enjoyed discussing the events of the day. She was very loyal to the people and animals in her life. She will be greatly missed, and remembered for her generosity of spirit and caring nature.

Edie was predeceased by her parents and three sisters, Harriet Windsor Wrightson, Eleanor Windsor White, and Elizabeth Radley Anderson. She is survived by her family, Katy and Chris Gray, Mary and Sam Boothby, Ann Wrightson and Tim Maloy, George and Kathy Wrightson, Peter and Jill White, Sherm and Pat White, David and Sue White, and many great-nieces and -nephews, as well as a large circle of friends.

A memorial service is scheduled for June 10 at 11 am at St. Andrew’s Church in Edgartown, and interment at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, Conn., on June 13 at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Edie’s name to Sail Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1998, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568, or the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1829, Edgartown, MA 02539.

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Daniel E. Harnen Sr., 82, of Vineyard Haven died on Jan. 14, 2019, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

He was born on Feb. 7, 1936, in Kingston, N.Y. He grew up in Butler, N.J., and graduated from Butler High School in 1954.

He was the consummate salesman, who loved people and loved the art of the sale. He began his sales career at the Colonial House furniture store in Bloomingdale, N.J. After several years in retail sales, he became a sales representative for several large furniture manufacturers. He then branched off into industrial sales, culminating in his retirement from W.W. Grainger in 2000. He was also very proud to have served in the U.S. Air Force, and was deployed to Europe in 1960 in support of the Berlin Crisis.

He and his wife Barbara retired to Martha’s Vineyard in 2001. There he took on many hobbies, including woodworking, furniture refinishing, and cultivating bonsai trees. He was a founding member and past president of the Martha’s Vineyard Bonsai Club. He made many of his closest friends at the club, which is still very active today.

He was always the life of the party, and he loved to entertain. He and Barbara hosted numerous gatherings at their homes in New Jersey and on the Vineyard. He was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, who will be forever missed by his family and all of his wonderful friends.

Survivors include his son Dan (Peggy) Harnen, and their children Ben, Emily, John, and Abbey of Centerville, Ohio, and son Mark (Jane) Harnen, and their children Kyle and Kaylee of Canonsburg, Pa. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara (Dahill).

A memorial Mass will be celebrated at Grace Episcopal Church, at the corner of Woodlawn and William streets, Vineyard Haven, on Saturday, June 1, at 11 am. Burial will follow in the Memorial Garden of the church, where his beloved wife was also laid to rest.

Donations in his memory may be made to Grace Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 1197, Vineyard Haven MA 02568, or Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1748, Vineyard Haven MA 02568. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.

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Barbara Tyack Hull died on Monday, May 20, 2019, at the age of 95, at Falmouth Hospital.

Barbara (“Bobby”) Hull was born to Hilda Malsch Tyack and Charles Dana Tyack in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 7, 1923.

She was a graduate of Northfield School for girls in Greenfield, a school both she and her sister Janice held very fondly in their memories. Bobby later attended Skidmore College. She met her beloved husband of 63 years, Richard, while visiting her sister and fiancé at the Dartmouth College Winter Carnival. She claimed he was “a very smart guy, but so poor he didn’t even own a decent suit, but he wrote a damned good letter.” They dated, and soon were devoted.

In Richard’s junior year at Dartmouth and Bobby’s second year at Skidmore, Pearl Harbor was bombed. Richard enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He and Bobby decided to get married right before his induction. Bobby traveled with him to the various pilot training bases throughout the South until the bases were no longer open to wives. She returned to her family in Waterbury, Conn., and worked as a riveter with the millions of other women working in the war effort. She remembered the camaraderie of the defense factory fondly, and the support they gave each other.

Richard remained stateside after receiving his wings, because he had been chosen to train other bomber pilots. Bobby discovered she was pregnant with their first child by this time. The war was ending, and Richard Michael was born in July of 1945. They moved to Hanover, N.H., so that Richard could resume his last year of school on the Gl bill. After his graduation, Bobby and Richard later moved to Manchester, Conn., where Richard worked for the Hartford Courant.

Bobby was a stay-at-home mom for the early years, having two more children, Cecily Dana in 1950 and Daniel Jared in 1953. She became an active volunteer in the years that followed. She joined the Kennedy campaign in 1960, and the League of Women Voters, and became active in the local hospital auxiliary. She was a huge support of Sargent Shriver’s initiative program for child enrichment, which was later named Head Start. She helped set up one of its first classrooms in Hartford’s North End neighborhood. Bobby was an avid gardener, and later on would join the West Tisbury garden club.

In 1962 she answered an ad for a young veterinarian who was looking for a receptionist for his brand-new practice. Within a year of taking the job, she was assisting him in surgeries. He was both a small and large animal vet so this sometimes involved rural surgeries on farm animals and flock vaccinations, a job she loved.

Martha’s Vineyard had been a part of Richard’s childhood, his family renting God’s Pocket in West Tisbury for summer months off and on over the years until his family acquired the Captain Slocum House in West Tisbury during the early 1940s. Bobby fell in love with the Island, and very soon she and Richard vowed to one day retire there. They started building a summer house in the meadow sectioned off from the Slocum House in the 1970s, retiring there for good in 1980.

They had collected antiques for decades, and decided to set up an antique shop and appraisal business in 1984. Hull Antiques was located on the West Tisbury–Edgartown road in West Tisbury, and became an icon with its blue chair hanging from a tree, always with a basket of flowers under their sign. Bobby learned the silver business, and in the process made a good friend in Norma Salop of Tiahs Cove, who taught her patterns and hallmarks. Bobby knew close to 100 marks and their makers. Their business thrived in the 30 years that followed. Bobby and Richard enjoyed doing the Chilmark flea markets and the Grange Hall shows for years, and made a lot of good friends through the trade.

Bobby moved to assisted living at Atria in Falmouth in 2016 at the age of 92. Bobby was predeceased by her brother-in-law Daniel Hull, her sister Janice Hull, and her husband Richard in 2006.

She is survived by her son Michael Hull and his wife Hermine, her daughter Cecily Hull Bryant, her son Daniel Jared Hull and his partner Sue Hruby, her grandchildren

Joshua Hull Bryant and Charlotte Sanger Hull, her nephew Daniel Hull and his wife Xioshi and their daughter Sunday, her grand-niece Stephanie and husband Mike and their children Alexander and Claire, her niece Hannah Beecher and children Christopher Bump and family and Richard Bump and family, and her nephew John Beecher, his wife Dolly and family.

A private graveside service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, all gifts may be sent to the Perkins School for the Blind, 175 North Beacon St., Watertown, MA 02472, or at perkins.org. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.

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A graveside service for Arthur J. Lenna, who died on March 6, 2019, will be held on Tuesday, June 4 (his birthday), at 2 pm in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven, officiated by the Rev. Michael Nagle, and with military honors provided by the veterans of Martha’s Vineyard.

Donations can be made in his memory to Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1748, or to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, 111 Edgartown–Vineyard Haven Road, both in Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.

Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com.

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John T. Chirgwin, 83, of Edgartown, died at his home on Saturday, May 25, 2019. He was born on April 22, 1936, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Lucille (Hoyt) and Frederick Chirgwin.

John is survived by his daughter, Melissa H. Thorkilsen, of New Canaan, Conn.

Services will be held at a later date, and a full obituary will appear at that time.

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Hilary G. Walton (“Ri”), 47, died unexpectedly on May 8, 2019.

Hilary was born on June 3, 1971, in Boston, to Natalie (Melhorn) Kelloway of Wolfeboro, N.H., and the late Russell R. Walton of Chilmark.

Hilary graduated from Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro in 1988, received a bachelor of science degree in biokinesiology in 1993 from Gordon College in Wenham, and a master’s degree in exercise physiology from California State University, Los Angeles, in 2012.

Hilary loved teaching, and was a dedicated personal trainer with several certifications, including ones from the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the American Council on Exercise. She also held several martial arts degrees, and was a Society of American Fight Directors–trained fight and stunt instructor.

From 2003 to 2009, Hilary and her husband, Dennis, developed and supervised the curriculum for the Southern California vocational schools, and traveled to Turkey to teach doctors, physical therapists, and personal trainers at the prestigious Hillside Sport University in Istanbul.

From 2006 to 2011, Hilary taught multiple science classes at Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles. During this time, she developed the school’s first-ever forensic science program, which uses CSI techniques. She and Dennis worked with Eagle Rock Stage, teaching stunt training. Hilary also formed the Student Emergency Response Team, to teach students to prepare for and respond to school and community emergencies.

From 2012 to 2017, Hilary was a lecturer and research assistant at California State University, Los Angeles.

Recently Hilary was working with Cindy Patten, Blacks Paper Store, opening and managing Paper, Pen, and Palette, a creative boutique on South Main Street, Wolfeboro.

Hilary leaves her husband of 14 years, Dennis M. McLaughlin, of Glendale, Calif., her mother, Natalie M. Kelloway of Wolfeboro, aunt Carla M. Zwahlen of Mont Vernon, N.H., uncle and aunt Keith and Donna Kelloway of Tuftonboro, N.H., and cousins Stefan Zwahlen of Boseman, Mont., Jurg Zwahlen of Mont Vernon, his wife Lourinda, and their six children. She will also be missed by her many other cousins, including Peter and Denise Batchelder of Wolfeboro, as well as her many friends.

A memorial service is being planned at a future date at First Christian Church in Wolfeboro.

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Chip Anthony Leonardi of Chilmark passed away on May 13, 2019, in his home, surrounded by his family. He was 70 years old.

He leaves behind three children, Josh Kochin and wife Heather of West Tisbury, Alex Leonardi and wife Amelia of Conway, and Gina Solon and husband Davis of West Tisbury; his former wife, Michele Leonardi, also of Chilmark; his very best friend Robert Iwaskiewicz and wife Michele Bessett; and six grandchildren whom he adored, Simone, Beckett, Isla, Anthony, Levi, and Enzo.

A celebration of his life will be announced at a later date.

Donations can be made to Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1748, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.

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William J. Dias Jr. (“Billy”), 77, of Vineyard Haven, died on Sunday, May 26, 2019.

A funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, June 8, at 11 am at St. Augustine’s in Vineyard Haven. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven.

A full obituary will be updated in a future edition of this paper.

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Eugene O. Defelice, 98, of Oak Bluffs and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., died on May 31, 2019, at his home in Florida. He was the husband of Constance V. Defelice.

Visiting hours in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs will be held on Thursday, June 6, from 5 to 7 pm. Gene’s funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, June 7, in St. Augustine’s Church, Franklin Street, Vineyard Haven, at 11 am, with burial following in the Oak Grove Cemetery, State Road, Vineyard Haven. A Masonic funeral service will be performed at the graveside, with military honors provided by the veterans of Martha’s Vineyard.

Donations in his memory may be made to the American Legion, P.O. Box 257, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568. A complete obituary will appear in another edition of this paper. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.

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Kathleen S. (Selover) Stevenson, 83, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was married to Samuel H. Stevenson of West Tisbury.

Her memorial service is pending, and a full obituary will appear in another edition of this paper.

Donations in her memory may be made to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 1287, Edgartown, MA 02539, or to Polly Hill Arboretum, P.O. Box, 561, West Tisbury, MA 02575, or to the Visiting Nurse Association (check payable to Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation), P.O. Box 370, Hyannis, MA 02601.

Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.

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Barbara Mae Schoeneberg, age 88, a longtime summer resident of Edgartown, died on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, from natural causes.

Barbara was born on March 31, 1931, in Long Branch, N.J., to Fredrick and Gladys (Grant) Schoeneberg. Barbara attended some grade school years in Edgartown before her family moved to Barnegat, N.J., where she graduated from high school and enlisted in the Air Force as a first class airman at Sampson Air Force Base in New York. After her honorable discharge, she moved to California and worked for Chevron Oil until her retirement in 1979. She then returned to live with her parents and help care for her ill father. In 1980, Barbara and her mother Gladys purchased land in Edgartown and built a summer home. Each year they would spend their summers on the Island and winters in Laughlin, Nev.

Barbara was predeceased by her parents, and by her brother, Fred Schoeneberg Jr. She was also predeceased by many Island uncles and aunts: Ralph Grant, Cecil Grant, Kenneth Grant, Mansfield Grant, and Ruth (Grant) Duncan, all Island residents. She had many fond memories of her grandparents Lyman and Achsalt (Perry) Grant. Barbara is survived by many cousins and second cousins. Our memories of Barbara include her wonderful sense of humor, quick wit, and love of sunny days.

A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 am on Tuesday, June 11, at Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road in Oak Bluffs, followed by burial in the New Westside Cemetery, Robinson Road in Edgartown at 11:30 am, with military honors provided by the veterans of Martha’s Vineyard.

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Steven E. Ruley, 64, of Oak Bluffs, died on June 4, 2019.

Steven is survived by his former wife, Jayne Ruley of Port Charlotte, Fla., his son Ryan P. Ruley, and his wife Christine of Oak Bluffs, and by his daughter Shelly Mayhew and her husband Daniel of West Tisbury.

Services will be private, and a full obituary will appear at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Steven’s name can be made to the Visiting Nurse Association (check payable to Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation), P.O. Box 370, Hyannis, MA 02601, or to the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, P.O. Box 2101, Edgartown, MA 02557 (mvderby.com).

Arrangements are under the care of Chapman, Cole, and Gleason Funeral Home, Oak Bluffs.

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Graveside services for John Joseph Klingensmith Sr., 73, who died August 3, 2018, will be held on Saturday, June 22, at 10 am in the New Westside Cemetery, Robinson Road, Edgartown, officiated by the Rev. Michael Nagle, with military honors provided by the veterans of Martha’s Vineyard.

He was predeceased by his wife Rita (Viggiano) Klingensmith, and is survived by his two sons, Mark Klingensmith and John Klingensmith Jr. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.

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John Thomas Chirgwin died unexpectedly, but peacefully, in his home on his beloved Martha’s Vineyard on the morning of Saturday, May 25, 2019.

He had so many things he was looking forward to this summer. The day he died, he was planning on attending the reopening and the traditional start to the Edgartown Yacht Club season commissioning, where he had been a member since 1965. He was looking forward to attending his 60th Cornell School of Hotel Administration Alumni Reunion in early June, and seeing friends from his fraternity, Theta Delta Chi. His fall plans included a cruise with his brother Jim and his wife Margaret, whom he will be missed by, as well as his nephew Andrew and his niece Jane.

The Golden Door, the unusual retail business he created in Edgartown (and briefly on Nantucket) from 1965 to 2009 (at its many locations from Dock Street to North Summer Street) was filled with a fascinating selection of objects collected over the years, from the highly sought-after Jim Thompson Thai Silk bikinis in the ’60s and ’70s to the more extensive recent collection of African tribal art. The store was ably assisted over the years by a fabulous staff of what for many summers came to be known as the “Golden Girls,” among them Sherri, Tuna, Lucy, Mimi, Peggy, Cynthia, Susan, Debbie, Jennifer, Robin, Susie, Marjorie, Laura, Thea, and many more.

Sadly, his dear friends on the Vineyard will now also be deprived of hearing the latest tales of his travels and art acquisitions from the far corners of Asia and Africa, not to mention missing the extraordinary yarns he weaved, from his meeting heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in the nightclubs of Fidel Castro’s Cuba, the wild festivities of many a time spent at Carnival in Rio with his friend Jeff, to the joy of the idyllic retreats he indulged in on the beaches of Bali. Many of his Vineyard friends could tell tales from the times they visited him abroad, enjoying activities like boating on the Khlongs of Bangkok, trekking through the temples of Cambodia, or dancing the night away at the clubs in Hong Kong. His debonair presence at every prominent Vineyard summer party, decked out always in a different colorful ensemble, or a natty double-breasted blue blazer, will also be missed.

Across the ocean in Bangkok, a place that had been a second home for many years, a fraternity of brothers known fondly as the “Bachelors of Bangkok” (John, Niphon, Davis, Shrimp, Ed, Kurt) and friends at Bangkok Rotary who shared many an adventure, among other things, will hold true to absconding from recanting those stories inadmissible to the general public. He will be most sorely missed by friends across the U.S., especially John Williams, who saved his life over two years ago after a heart attack, which spurred his quest to increase his travel schedule to ensure there was not a country, town, or adventure to be missed.

He came from three generations of Martha’s Vineyard innkeepers on his paternal side, starting with great-grandfather and -grandmother Thomas and Anne Cleveland Chirgwin (owners of the former Edgartown Inn and the Colonial Inn), grandparents Thomas and Lisa Shute Chirgwin (also at the Colonial Inn), and lastly his beloved parents Fred and Lucille Hoyt Chirgwin, owners of the former Daggett House. This legacy will be carried on by his daughter Melissa Chirgwin Thorkilsen, her husband Eric and their sons, Christopher and Nicholas, and Eric’s daughter Erin, as they will continue to keep the Lightkeepers Inn running, with the strong hand and huge heart of Heidi Raihofer and her husband Joe, who have been assisting John for 30 years in this and most aspects of his singular and varied existence. His was a bucket-list life filled with exotic places, wild escapades, friendships across the world, epicurean delights, and curiosity satiated. We are all richer for having known him.

A celebration of life will take place on August 23 at 1 pm at the Federated Church in Edgartown. All are welcome.

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Judith Phillips Neeld, 90, a longtime resident of Martha’s Vineyard, died on April 18, 2019, at her home in Vineyard Haven.

Judith was born in Norwood to Carleton Warburton Phillips and Edith Wilson Phillips on August 24, 1928. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, and attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where she met her husband of 53 years, Richard Hoagland Neeld. They married on Sept. 11, 1948, and started their lives together, settling into Madison, N.J., where they would raise their family. She worked at Drew University for 10 years as communications coordinator, then assistant director of public affairs until 1972, when she left to pursue her career as a writer and poet. In 1974, she launched Stone Country: A Magazine of Poetry, Reviews, and Graphics, which she edited and published for the next 20 years. Devoted to her own writing, Judith enjoyed wide recognition, and in 1984 received the Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America for her poem “Her Topography.” She also saw six books of her poetry published, including a most recent anthology of her life’s work, compiled by her Island poetry group, the Cleaveland House Poets.

She and her husband moved to the Vineyard in 1982, summering in Menemsha and wintering in Vineyard Haven. Although an avid traveler, she always considered the Vineyard home. Judith’s other interests included birding, cooking, leading wildflower walks, and watching tennis or the Boston Red Sox.

Judith was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Hoagland Neeld, and her son, Gordon Phillips Neeld. She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Neeld Vander Veen and husband Mark of Saint Augustine, Fla., daughter-in-law Lisa Pagano Neeld of Belle Mead, N.J., and three grandchildren, Sara Michalec and her husband Mark, Scott Vander Veen and his fiancée Sabina Camponogara, and Harrison Neeld.

A memorial service, with a reception to follow, will be held at 4 pm on Monday, June 24, at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs, preceded by a private graveside service for family at Abel’s Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Judith’s name to the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, P.O. Box 1088, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568, to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Martha’s Vineyard, 238 Main St., Vineyard Haven, MA 02568, or to the charity of your choice.

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Eric Thorsin Farr, known as “Thor,” died at home on June 2, 2019, after a lengthy illness. He was 59 years old.

Thor’s quick wit and amazing wisdom were always present during his unique and challenging life. He served in the Air Force for 10 years, based in South Korea, translating documents for the NSA. He returned to the U.S. and applied his passion for computer programming and technology in several positions, including teaching graduate students at Boston University and working as a freelance consultant in IT.

Thor’s love of fishing and Martha’s Vineyard drew him to settle on the Island in the late 1990s. He managed to work remotely and in flexible ways, giving himself the ability to pursue his interests in fishing, piloting his Cessna 182, riding his Harley with a sidecar, and spending time with family and friends around gourmet meals and exotic drinks. Many were lucky enough to avoid his fiery hot crayfish parties, yet enjoyed his blackened swordfish and famous pig roasts. Thor could create out-of-this-world delicious culinary experiences.

As his nieces and nephews grew, Uncle 4 would perform as a magician at their birthday parties, teach them astronomy, take them on fishing adventures, and shower them with the most unusual and fantastic gifts. Incomparable to other uncles, Thor was the smartest, most fun, and larger-than-life character with a deep belly laugh. He loved them all unconditionally.

Thor touched many people in a myriad of ways. Most saw the good in Thor, and valued his generosity and sharing of knowledge and intelligence. Thor truly loved the Edgartown Yacht Club, volunteering during regattas, helping the club with computer systems, and serving on the race committee, as well as fishing local waters. Spending the end of the day at Bar One or the String Piece gave Thor great pleasure. He will be remembered as a salty, colorful, and eccentric character with a heart of gold.

He leaves behind his mother, Gail Farrish of Edgartown, and her friend of many years, Warren Morse. Thor was predeceased by his father, Grover Farrish. He also leaves behind two sisters, Kristin Shaw and her husband Tiger, of Park City, Utah, and Heidi Laub and her husband George, of New Canaan, Conn. Thor loved and enjoyed so much his seven nieces and nephews, Gunnar, Kara, and Eva Shaw, and Nick, Kristin, Andrew, and Elizabeth Laub. They fondly referred to Thor as “Uncle 4,” a nickname that Thor gave himself during their youth.

A celebration of his life is being planned for later this summer.

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Family and friends are gathering at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, 130 Center St., Vineyard Haven, this Sunday, June 23rd, at 1 pm to celebrate the life of beloved husband Paul Pimentel. The family thanks all who have so generously donated to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services in Paul’s memory. For more information and to read more about Paul’s life, visit www.paulpimentelmemorial.com.

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Doris A. Long, 84, of the Campgrounds in Oak Bluffs, died on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Gordon R. Long, and is survived by her children, Raymond B. Long and Donna Cummens.

A memorial service will be held at a later date, and a complete obituary will appear at that time. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.

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James H. Brownlow, 85, of North Haven, Conn., and summer resident on Hines Point in Vineyard Haven, died on Sunday, June 16, 2019, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was the husband of Allison (Dwyer) Brownlow.

Jim’s funeral service is pending, and a complete obituary will appear in another edition of this paper. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.

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A funeral Mass for Jane W. Shelley, 93, who died April 22, 2019, will be held on Saturday, June 29, at 9:30 at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Oak Bluffs, celebrated by the Rev. Michael Nagle.

Jane was predeceased by her husband, Henry C. Shelley, and is survived by her four children, Henry Jr., Mary Elizabeth, Frank, and Mark, their spouses, and eight grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Elizabeth Deyo, of North Andover.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, 111 Edgartown Road, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.

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