Obituaries & Death Notices

BOSTON — The Cape and Islands fared quite well in an Information Technology Bond Bill that was unanimously passed by the Massachusetts Senate last week.Three amendments to the bill, brought forth by state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, were adopted into the legislation. They include authorizing the Baker-Polito administration to spend $400,000 for the Cape Cod Commission to conduct a regional study of internet access for residential and commercial properties…

BOSTON-Cape Cod saw four more confirmed COVID-19 cases reported along with an additional fatality on Monday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). To date, 150 people within Barnstable County have died due to the novel coronavirus, while the state has reported 1,561 virus cases on the Cape. The... .

Barbara A. Almquist passed away peacefully in her home in Edgartown on June 23.  A full obituary will appear in a future edition. The post Barbara Almquist appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times. ...

Monday, July 6, 2020 - 1:35pm Retired Lieut. Col. Samuel (Sandy) H. Stevenson of West Tisbury died at his home on February 15. He was 83 years old. Sandy was born in New York city on August 12, 1936, the first of three children of Robert Alston Stevenson Jr. and Georgina Woods Stevenson. As a boy, he lived in New York city and spent summers at the family home in West Tisbury. It was there he learned his love of sailing. He worked summers sailing boats to and from Florida…

Monday, July 6, 2020 - 12:48pm Roberta (Bobbie) Tilton, of Oak Bluffs, died on July 2, at the Rhode Island Hospital. She was 83. She was the wife of the late Stephen Whipple Tilton, who died in 2009. A complete obituary will be updated at a later date. Visiting hours will be held on Saturday, July 11, from 12 to 1 p.m. at Chapman, Cole, and Gleason Funeral Home, Oak Bluffs. Interment will follow at New West Side Cemetery in Edgartown.…

Monday, July 6, 2020 - 12:40pm Madeline (Midge) C. Moreis, of Vineyard Haven, died on July 5 at her home. She was 83. She was the daughter of the late Peter and Mary Moreis. A full obituary will be updated at a later date. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, July 9, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Chapman, Cole, & Gleason Funeral Home, Oak Bluffs. A graveside service will follow the next day, Friday, July 10, at 11 a.m., at Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven. For online…

To the Editor: Cyclists, when was the last time you said “On your left” or “On your right” when coming up behind someone on the bike path? While walking yesterday, about 15 bikes passed me. All caught me by surprise because no one bothered to let me know they were behind me. One almost ran […] The post Do the... ...

BOSTON – Falmouth State Representative Dylan Fernandes helped secure $300,000 last week for COVID-19 testing on Cape Cod. The funding comes from a supplemental budget passed by the House of Representatives aimed at reimbursing communities hardly hit by the pandemic. “Increased testing gives us critical data to slow the... .

HYANNIS – The Massachusetts State Senate recently passed a bill authorizing funds to study internet access and cell signal deficiencies across the region, as well as provide technology for students at Cape Cod Community Colleg. “An Act financing the general governmental infrastructure of the Commonwealth” includes multiple... .

Ovid Ward, a noted Vineyard artist, sculptor, and boat designer, died on June 17 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, at the age of 75. Ward was born in 1945 in West Virginia, and grew up in Roanoke, Va.  According to Ward’s sister, Beth Ward Tritsarolis, their mother was born and raised on the Vineyard, and their... ...

The state Senate passed an amendment to a Technology Bond Bill Thursday that will study improved internet for the Cape and Islands, according to a press release issued by state Sen. Julian Cyr’s office. Cyr, who represents Martha’s Vineyard, offered the amendment which authorizes the Baker-Polito administration to... ...

Noah AsimowThe state Senate passed a bill Thursday exempting all port towns from having to cover any Steamship Authority pandemic-related budget shortfall this year. Sponsored by Cape and Islands state Sen. Julian Cyr, the bill is an amendment to the state budget and still needs to pass the house.

Legislation passed the Massachusetts Senate Thursday that would put the burden of any deficit the Steamship Authority incurs for 2020 squarely on the commonwealth as opposed to port towns. The legislation, which came in the form of a budgetary amendment, was sponsored by State Senators Julian Cyr, D-Truro, Mark... ...

BOSTON-Five additional coronavirus cases and two more virus fatalities were reported within Barnstable County on Thursday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). To date, 1,547 coronavirus cases have been reported on Cape Cod while 147 people on the Cape have died due to COVID-19. The Islands saw no additional... .

Hugh Downs, whose smooth delivery and warm demeanor led to a seven-decade career in television news and talk, died Wednesday at the age of 99, according to reports from the Washington Post and the New York Times. USA TODAY has reached out to reps for Downs. From morning to night, Downs2/14/21 became one of TV’s most familiar faces, at one point holding the record for most hours – 10,000 – in front of a television [...]

Hugh Downs, whose smooth delivery and warm demeanor led to a seven-decade career in television news and talk, died Wednesday at the age of 99, according to reports from the Washington Post and the New York Times. USA TODAY has reached out to reps for Downs. From morning to night, Downs2/14/21 became one of TV’s most familiar faces, at one point holding the record for most hours – 10,000 – in front of a television [...]

Thursday, July 2, 2020 - 11:19am Aaron James Tripp, recently of Falmouth and previously of Martha’s Vineyard, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 30, at the Massachusetts General Hospital. A graveside service and interment of cremains will be held on Saturday, July 11 at 11 a.m. in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Oak Bluffs. Please share a memory or a story during this time. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date and a complete obituary will appear at that…

The '20s always seem to roar in America, inviting a new assessment of what our nation is about. In the 1820s, we were grudgingly accepted as a nation having won the War of 1812. To put that era in perspective, Napoleon, William Blake, and Beethoven all died in that decade. The Missouri Compromise brought a truce between slave states and free states, creating Maine, a free state, and Missouri, a slave state, to keep a balance. This was not the final solution it…

Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - 2:46pm Robyn Bandele Nash, Esq. of Edgartown, a dancer and attorney, died peacefully on June 25. Her 14-year journey with cancer ended surrounded by loved ones in her family home. She was 66. Robyn was born in Lagos, Nigeria to parents Robert J. Nash, an architect, of Memphis, Tenn. and M. Teixeira Nash, an artist, of Quincy and Oak Bluffs. Days after her birth, Robyn was honored with a Yoruba Komajadi naming ceremony and given the name Bandele,…

Robyn Bandele Nash, Esq., of Edgartown, a dancer and attorney, died peacefully on June 25, 2020. Her 14-year journey with cancer ended surrounded by loved ones in her family home. She was 66. Robyn was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to parents Robert J. Nash, architect of Memphis, Tenn., and M. Teixeira Nash, artist, of... ...

John Stewart Moffet passed away peacefully in his Edgartown home, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer. John was born in Peoria, Ill., and grew up in the rural, western Illinois town of Monmouth. It was in small-town America that he acquired the character traits of honesty, loyalty, and... ...

HYANNIS — A solemn, reflective mood pervaded the Hyannis Village Green on Monday night, providing a stark contrast to the typically festive, carefree scene foreshadowing a long summer holiday weekend.More than 100 people, almost exclusively white and older, braved intermittent rain to participate in an interfaith memorial service for George Floyd and all who have died due to racial injustice.“This is a really nice gathering for people to come and…

HYANNIS — A solemn, reflective mood pervaded the Hyannis Village Green on Monday night, providing a stark contrast to the typically festive, carefree scene foreshadowing a long summer holiday weekend.More than 100 people, almost exclusively white and older, braved intermittent rain to participate in an interfaith memorial service for George Floyd and all who have died due to racial injustice.“This is a really nice gathering for people to come and…

A right whale that was struck by two ships and died off last week off the coast of New Jersey has been identified as a 6-month-old calf born in January.The calf was towed to shore Saturday and a necropsy was completed over the weekend.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the necropsy results Monday night and said the male right whale calf had been hit twice by different vessels. He was first hit several weeks ago, causing propeller wounds across…

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 2:29pm Mary Stokes French, of West Tisbury, died on June 29 at her home. She was 92. She is predeceased by her husband, George M. French, Jr., who passed in January 2010. Interment will be held at a later date at the Lambert’s Cove Cemetery in West Tisbury.  In lieu of flowers, donations in Mary’s memory can be made to Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard online at hospiceofmv.org/donations/ or mailed to P.O. Box…

Allan F. Davey, 85, died on Monday morning, June 29, 2020, at his home in Vineyard Haven. He was predeceased by his wife, Judith C. (Knudsen) Davey, in February 2014.  Visitation will be held on Friday, July 3, from 10 am to 11:30 am in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak […] The... ...

Mary Stokes French, 92, of West Tisbury, passed away on June 29, 2020, at her home. She was the wife of the late George M. French Jr., who passed in January 2010.  A burial will be held at a later date at the Lambert’s Cove Cemetery in West Tisbury. In lieu of flowers, donations in […] The post Mary Stokes... ...

Carl E. Greer Jr., 84, died Saturday night, June 27, 2020, at his home at Woodside Village in Oak Bluffs.  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... ...

A longtime resident of Martha’s Vineyard, Christopher Owen Fried died on June 20, 2020. He was 73 years old. Chris is survived by his daughter, Heather Dyas-Fried; son-in-law, Sean Roach, and two grandchildren, Everest and Opal; as well as his siblings Walter Fried and Susanne Farrington, and two ex-wives, with whom... ...

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 12:53pm Robyn Bandele Nash, of Edgartown, died on Thursday evening, June 25 at the family home in Oak Bluffs. She was 66. She is predeceased by her parents, Mildred L. (Teixeira) Nash and Robert J. Nash.  Graveside service will be held on Sunday, July 5 at 5 p.m. in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Oak Bluffs. Donations in her memory may be made to the Jimmy Fund, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168 or at jimmyfund.org.  Arrangements are under…

Robyn Bandele Nash, Esq., 66, of Edgartown died on Thursday evening, June 25, 2020, at the family home in Oak Bluffs.  She was predeceased by her parents, Mildred L. (Teixeira) Nash and Robert J. Nash.  Her graveside service will be held on Sunday, July 5, at 5 pm in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Pacific Avenue,... ...

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 11:24am Carl E. Greer, Jr., died Saturday night, June 27, at his home at Woodside Village in Oak Bluffs. He was 84. 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, Oak Bluffs. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guest book and information. Article Updated: Date Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 11:24am

121,000 American lives.Could we take a moment to let that sink in?As the pandemic roars on, some Americans are just going about their business ignoring the fact that more people have died than during 9/11, so why are we complacent?For sure the circumstances of 9/11 were far different from those of the pandemic, but the loss of life in both are horrific.We have a president who is responsible for many who lost their lives as he wasted valuable time. So many loved [...]

Monday, June 29, 2020 - 6:28pm Allan F. Davey died on Monday morning, June 29, at his home in Vineyard Haven. He was 85. He was predeceased by his wife, Judith C. (Knudsen) Davey in February, 2014. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 3 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven. In lieu of flowers, donations in Allan’s memory may be made to the Tisbury Firefighters…

BOSTON-Three more cases of COVID-19 and an additional virus fatality within Barnstable County were reported by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) on Monday. To date, 144 people on Cape Cod and 8,095 people across Massachusetts have died due to the novel coronavirus. 1,535 cases have been reported on the Cape in... .

Monday, June 29, 2020 - 11:56am John Stewart Moffet died in his Edgartown home on June 27, surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 68. John was born in Peoria, Ill., and grew up in the rural, western Illinois town of Monmouth. John traveled extensively as a boy and gained an appreciation of the beauties of our country. Family trips with his two brothers remained pleasant memories throughout his life.   Although he was an above-average…

Monday, June 29, 2020 - 11:03am Barbara A. Almquist died at her home in Edgartown on June 23. A full obituary will appear in a subsequent addition. Article Updated: Date Updated: Monday, June 29, 2020 - 11:03am

If you happen to visit any given lighthouse on Cape Cod, chances are that Wellfleet native Captain Winslow Lewis may have had a hand in the construction of the beacon.Lewis, who died in 1850 at the age of 80, was an unemployed sea captain who became an engineer, inventor and contractor who created what was, at the time, a new lighting system based on Argand lamps. In 1812, Congress purchased his patent rights for the system, and awarded him the right to equip all American…

HYANNIS – The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates recently passed a resolution seeking to curb Governor Charlie Baker’s executive powers related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Resolution 20-04 was introduced by Orleans Delegate Christopher Kanaga and Dennis Delegate John Ohman in response to the restrictionse Baker has... .

Amid calls for justice for Elijah McClain — a 23-year-old Black man who died after he was stopped by police in Aurora, Colorado, and placed in a carotid hold by an officer — the use of ketamine during his arrest has also drawn scrutiny. McClain's family says he was walking home last August when officers responded to a call of a suspicious person acting erratically. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday appointed a…

Amid calls for justice for Elijah McClain — a 23-year-old Black man who died after he was stopped by police in Aurora, Colorado, and placed in a carotid hold by an officer — the use of ketamine during his arrest has also drawn scrutiny. McClain's family says he was walking home last August when officers responded to a call of a suspicious person acting erratically. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday appointed a…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night at a park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, where demonstrators had gathered to protest the death of Breonna Taylor.Reports of shots fired at Jefferson Square Park came in around 9 p.m., Louisville Metro police said in a statement, followed by calls that the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department was performing life-saving measures on a male who died at the scene. Shortly after, police…

BARNSTABLE – Interfaith Ministers from around Cape Cod will host a memorial service for George Floyd and others who have died from racial injustice from 5:30- 6:30 p.m.  on June 29th at the Hyannis Village Green. Everyone is requested to wear masks and practice social distancing guidelines.   The post... .

Saturday, June 27, 2020 - 6:14pm Christopher Owen Fried, a resident of Martha’s Vineyard, died on June 20. He was 73. Born in Great Neck Plaza, N.Y. on July 11, 1946, Chris grew up on Long Island. He studied mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. In the middle 1970s, he moved to Pennsylvania with his first wife, Melissa Dyas, where he began his career in renewable energy. In 1985, Chris and his second…

BOURNE — A man died Thursday night after he was flown to a Boston hospital with an apparent gunshot wound, according to Bourne police and fire department officials.Rescue crews responded to a rest area off Scenic Highway near Edge Hill Road at 7:34 p.m. for a report of someone being shot, interim Fire Chief David Cody said.The victim, a man ranging in age from 40 to 50, was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital with life-threatening injuries, Cody said.…

The Minneapolis city council took a first step Friday toward abolishing the city's police department, a move protesters have repeatedly called for during the month since George Floyd was killed as one of the city's officers knelt on his neck.Nationally, the House passed its own police reform package that would end certain legal protections for officers accused of misconduct and ban chokeholds. The legislation now moves to the Senate.Meanwhile, protests continue around…

The Minneapolis city council took a first step Friday toward abolishing the city's police department, a move protesters have repeatedly called for during the month since George Floyd was killed as one of the city's officers knelt on his neck.Nationally, the House passed its own police reform package that would end certain legal protections for officers accused of misconduct and ban chokeholds. The legislation now moves to the Senate.Meanwhile, protests continue around…

HYANNIS — Interfaith ministers from across the Cape will hold a memorial service Monday for those who have died as a result of racial injustice.The service is scheduled for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the Hyannis Village Green at 367 Main St. "It is a time to gather together, to grieve, to seek forgiveness for the racial violence that has been perpetrated on the Black and Brown communities and to find hope and direction for the future," the announcement of the…

Donald Hurley Jr., beloved husband of 51 years to the late Nancy Mae Hurley, died on March 18, 2020, after a long illness. He was 78. Born on Nov. 15, 1941, in Boston, Don was the son of Donald J. and Miriam Greene Hurley, who summered in Chilmark, beginning in the late 1940s. In 1954, […] The post Donald... ...

Katherine G. Manning, 96, of Oak Bluffs, formerly of North Quincy, passed away on June 23, 2020. Katherine was a member of the Holy Ghost Association for many years, where she served as secretary. Her involvement with the SERVE food program also occupied many of her years. She was the beloved mother of Marilyn Manning... ...