John Edward Behrle
John Edward Behrle (“Jack”), 74, of Haverford, Pa., and Chilmark, died unexpectedly and peacefully in his sleep on August 11, 2020. He was on Martha’s Vineyard, his “happy” place, where he spent the...
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Luke Declan Ainslee Higgins
It is with deepest sadness that we announce the passing of Luke Declan Ainslee Higgins. Luke shared five years of joy, love, light, and strength with all. The son of Naomi Higgins and Jeremie...
View ArticleLucille G. Whitman
Lucille G. Whitman of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Edgartown, died on August 17, 2020, after a brief illness. She was 91. A full obituary will appear in a later edition of this newspaper. The...
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Florence Lamborn Peters
Florence Lamborn Peters (“Pete”) passed away peacefully in her sleep at Acorn Glen Assisted Living in Princeton, N.J., on July 19, 2020. She had just turned 92 in June. Pete was born June 28, 1928, in...
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Simone M. Prada
Simone M. Prada, 95, of Cape Coral, Fla., passed away on August 2, 2020. She was born June 29, 1925, in Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica, the daughter of Andre Rebhan and Alma Lewis, and grew up in...
View ArticleMary Jane Carpenter
Mary Jane (Scheidhauer) Carpenter, 76, of Edgartown, died unexpectedly on Wednesday evening, August 19, 2020, at Massachusetts General Hospital with her son by her side. She was predeceased by her...
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Shirley W. Mayhew
Shirley W. (Walling) Mayhew, 94, died on Wednesday evening, August 19, 2020, at her home in West Tisbury, with her family by her side. She was predeceased by her husband, John Wesley Mayhew. A...
View ArticleDennis Philip daRosa
Dennis Philip daRosa, 71, died on Thursday afternoon, August 20, 2020, at his home in Chilmark, after a yearlong, courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Candace C. daRosa. A memorial...
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Walter L. Winfree Jr.
Walter L. Winfree (“Sonny”), 85, passed away peacefully while attempting to regain his strength at a health facility in Wayne, N.J., on July 26, 2020. Walter was surrounded by love and family during...
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Mary Jane Carpenter
Mary Jane Carpenter of Edgartown, Mass., died suddenly on August 19, 2020, from kidney failure caused by the tick-borne disease babesiosis. Mary Jane was born in Mercer, Pa. on August 27, 1943, the...
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Zeb Devine
Zeb Devine (“Thadius”) was born and raised on Martha’s Vineyard, a member of the Wampanoag tribe. He was a talented welder, trained in underwater applications. The true measure of a man, however, is...
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Peter Worden Look
Peter Worden Look, of Edgartown, passed away on August 12, 2020, at age 84. He fought a 10-year battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Peter was born April 4, 1936, in Oak Bluffs, to Agatha Worden Look and...
View ArticleServices for Katherine G. Manning
Katherine G. Manning, 96, of Oak Bluffs, passed away on June 23, 2020. Her family will have memorial visitation on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 to 12, in the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home,...
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Ronald Keith Chambers Jr.
Ronald Keith Chambers Jr., 50, of Tecumseh, Mo., died on June 17, 2020, at the Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark. He was born March 12, 1970, in Oak Bluffs, the son of Ronald Keith...
View ArticleLucille G. Whitman
Lucille Gardner Whitman, 91, died in St. Petersburg, Fla., on August 17, 2020, after a brief illness. Lucille was born on Jan. 26,1929, in New Bedford to Gladys Koenig Hillman and John Gardner...
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Brenda Joan Lynch
Brenda Joan (Worden) Lynch, 73, of Rochester, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 29, 2020, at Tobey Hospital, after enduring a long battle with metastatic breast cancer. Born and raised in...
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Robert Chambers
Robert Chambers (“Bobby”), 26, of Gainesville, Mo., passed away on Feb. 12, 2020. He was born on April 26, 1993, in Oak Bluffs to Ronald Keith Chambers Jr. and Nancy Ann (Hathaway) Chambers. Everyone...
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Robert Dutton
Robert Dutton (“Bob”), a writer, teacher, producer, actor, theater and film buff, and a friend to many, passed away in his home on August 27, 2020, surrounded by family, including his beloved dog Pika....
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Roland G. Dumais
Roland G. Dumais of Yarmouth Port passed away on August 26, 2020, at the Cape Cod Hospital, after a brief incident. He was the beloved son of the late Joseph Roland and Lorraine B. Dumais; brother of...
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Autumn McGowan
One week ago, the world grew a lot dimmer when we lost a member of our Island family, Autumn McGowan. Formerly known as Austin McGowan, she was just shy of 24 years old. Autumn was an amazingly...
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