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Rachael Fawn Lawry, 33
Was Loved by Her Family
Rachael Fawn Lawry of Vineyard Haven died unexpectedly at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs on April 29. She was 33 years old.
Born and raised on Martha's Vineyard, she was the daughter of Amy and Harold B. Lawry 3rd of West Tisbury.
Rachael attended the Edgartown Elementary School and the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, from which she was graduated with honors in 1989. She graduated one year after her class, however, due to her battle with mental illness.
In the 1980s, when Rachael was just a young girl, she enjoyed working with her family at Lawry's Seafood Market and Restaurant in Edgartown.
In the early 1990s, Rachael helped out in the office at the Martha's Vineyard Boys' and Girls' Club in Edgartown for a time and then went on later to work in the deli section at the Edgartown A&P. When Rachael stopped working, she always enjoyed the friendly "hellos" she received from former co-workers.
The Daybreak Program, a branch of Martha's Vineyard Community Services, provided Rachael with many happy memories, from visiting Nantucket, to trips off-Island to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the New England Aquarium, to exciting whale-watching trips. Every moment was cherished by Rachael and all captured beautifully on film. Her friends there meant a lot to her, as did the invaluable staff.
A loving daughter, sister, granddaughter, cousin, sister in law and aunt, Rachael loved spending time with her nephew, Harold. He was the light of her life. She will truly be missed.
She is survived by her mother and father, Amy Asselin Lawry and Harold B. Lawry 3rd of West Tisbury; her sister, Lindsey Lawry of Chilmark; her brother and sister in law, Harold B. Lawry 4th and Melissa Merry Lawry of West Tisbury; a nephew, Harold B. Lawry 5th, also of West Tisbury; an aunt, Elizabeth Ventura, of Edgartown; an aunt and uncle, Sandra Kenney and Douglas Asselin of Vineyard Haven; and many great-aunts, great-uncles and cousins. She was the granddaughter of Eva and Hector Asselin of Vineyard Haven, Elizabeth Lawry of Edgartown and the late Harold (Turtle) Lawry, Jr., formerly of Edgartown, and the step-granddaughter of Beatrice Lawry, also of Edgartown.
A graveside service was held on May 4 at the Oak Grove cemetery in Vineyard Haven with the Rev. Roger Spinney officiating.
Donations in Rachael's memory may be made to Daybreak Clubhouse, P.O. Box 369, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.
Reginald Ivory, 71
Was Vineyard Haven Resident
Reginald H. Ivory of Vineyard Haven, 71, died on Monday, May 26, at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility. Mr. Ivory, born Oct. 11, 1931 in Lebanon, N.H., was the husband of the late Laura A. (Costa) Ivory. He was a kind and gentle man, and will be greatly missed.
He is survived by his son, Kenneth A. Ivory, and his wife, Kathryn M., of Edgartown; two granddaughters, Kristina Abigale and Kelsey Anne; his brother in law, George A. Costa of Naples, Fla.; brother in law and sister in law, Robert J. and Louise Costa Yapp of Vineyard Haven; brother in law and sister in law, Joseph A. and Vivian of Vineyard Haven, and many devoted nieces and nephews.
His funeral was held on Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m. at the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. Interment followed at the Oak Grove cemetery in Vineyard Haven. Visiting hours were held Friday evening at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial donations may be made to the Windemere Nursing & Rehab Van Fund, Attn: Betsy Burmeister, P.O. Box 1747, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 or Hospice of Martha's Vineyard, P.O. Box 2549, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Oak Bluffs.
Richard E. West, 76
Had Long Marketing Career
Richard E. West of Edgartown and Lynchburg, Va., died quietly on May 7, 2003.
Born in Edgartown on Jan. 10, 1927, to Richard and Ann West, Dick (as both he and his dad were called) grew up in Edgartown where he attended the Edgartown School from first through 12th grades, graduating in 1944.
The industrious and hard-working youngster held many jobs during his school years which included delivering newspapers and clerking at Pete's drugstore and Connor's Market. Most notably, he worked at the Vineyard Gazette where he was mentored by owner/editor Henry Hough to continue his education.
Mr. West attended Fordham University in New York for a year before applying to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Following graduation from the academy in 1948, he did a stint in the Merchant Marines. His first full-time employment was as deck officer for the Isthmian Steamship Line. This job took the adventurous young man to the far corners of the world.
Following a commission in the U.S. Navy, Mr. West served in the Korean conflict during the early 1950s. The young lieutenant was executive officer on the USS Cross, a destroyer escort. Later, he served as an instructor at the Navy War College in Newport, R.I. It was during this period that the young officer met and married
Miss Claire Guillet of New Bedford. The couple's first child, Andy, was born at the Newport Navy Hospital.
Following his naval service, Mr. West moved the family to the Cape where he pursued a career in sales and marketing as a salesman for the Proctor & Gamble Distributing Company. It was here that daughter Andrea was born. A promotion moved the growing West family to Bryn Mawr, Pa., where second son, Michael, was born. A second promotion took the young family to the Buffalo area where Mr. West worked in the capacity of office head salesman.
Mr. West's career in sales and marketing spiralled upward, taking many twists and turns. The young salesman left Proctor & Gamble to work for the Mead Johnson Company as sales manager, followed by a management position with the River Rice Company in Atlanta, Ga., as vice president of sales. He rose to executive vice president of sales when he moved to the Castleberry Foods Company in Augusta, Ga. By now, Mr. West had become a formidable golfer and the myriad opportunities to play the Augusta National Golf Course (host to the annual Masters Tournament) honed his golf skills upward by several notches. While playing in Pro-Ams, he met and played with golf greats Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.
Mr. West finished his full-time working career in Houston, Tex., while working, once again, for the River Rice Company, now Riviana Foods, as executive vice president of marketing and sales. In 1984, he retired and moved to West Tisbury. His wife, Claire West, continued her avocation as an antiques dealer and set up shop on the Island in The Red Barn in West Tisbury. Having become full circle, the retiree now shifted his focus from sales to service to the Island community he loved. Hoping to give something back to the Vineyard, he was elected to the Martha's Vineyard Commission where he served one year.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Claire West, of Lynchburg, Va.; his oldest son, Richard Andrew West, of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughter, Andrea West Hansen, and three grandchildren, of South Lake, Texas; and son Michael West, of Winder, Ga.; a sister, Joyce West Erdman, of Carmicle, Calif., and Edgartown; a brother, Peter C. West, of Edgartown and Fort Myers, Florida; and 10 nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at noon Friday, June 20, at the West Side cemetery off Robinson Road in Edgartown. The family invites all back to Peter West's residence on Hillman Drive, Katama, following the service.
Ruth L. Siegel, 85
Was Friendly, Artistic Person
Ruth L. Siegel of Vandrow Lane in West Tisbury died unexpectedly at Hartford Hospital on Saturday, May 17, at the age of 85. Ruth moved to Martha's Vineyard from Brookline with her late husband, Jerry, in 1997.
First and foremost in any summation of who she was must be an acknowledgement of her generosity. Her enthusiasm for family and friends seemed to be limitless. Any time "for as long as you like" was always implicit in her welcome.
Throughout her life, she exhibited a fine sense of aesthetics, although she had received no early formal training in the arts. Each house she lived in, each garden she cultivated, each room she furnished revealed her special gift. In midlife she became a potter. With customary zeal she worked long days and nights at Radcliffe Pottery in Cambridge and at Florida Atlantic University. Not only was she devoted to her craft, she loved the community of a working clay studio. Over many years she produced a body of work that gave her, her family and her friends much pleasure. During the last decade of her life she worked with her daughter, Ellen, in all phases of their Edgartown gallery, Once in a Blue Moon.
But her concerns did not revolve solely around the arts. She was also passionately committed to issues of social justice - active in the Civil Rights Movement from the early 1960s, an advocate of women's rights and an outspoken peace activist. With her husband, she repeatedly demonstrated her unusual spirit - trekking to Machu Pichu and through the Amazon, rafting the Colorado in her mid-60s, participating in archeological digs in Israel. She was a bold and beautiful lady.
She is survived by her elder daughter, Temmy Acton, and Temmy's husband, John, and by her younger daughter, Ellen Wolfe, and Ellen's husband, Edward Zlotkowski. She gave greatly of herself to her grandchildren, Matthew, Jon and Michael Naiman and Gavriel Wolfe, and to her great-grandaughter, Misha Naiman. She will be greatly missed.
A memorial celebration will be held later this summer at a date to be announced.
Tom Maley, Artist
The artist Tom, best known for his big, joyous sculptures at the Field Gallery, died Sunday night at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Although Tom had been ill with prostate cancer, he spent recent weeks eagerly working and looking forward to a retrospective exhibit of his paintings at the gallery, scheduled to open this weekend. The exhibit has been postponed until late September. Since he began in the early 1960s to make his big white figures in the gallery garden next to his home, for many years Tom worked outdoors behind the gallery, pausing happily throughout the day to chat with passersby about his methods.
The charm, wit and welcoming smiles that Tom shared with visitors to his work site were kindnesses he continued to bestow on all his guests through the long months of his illness. Visiting nurses, aides, Hospice volunteers, family and friends all marveled at his grace and good humor, when Tom was clearly very ill.
Tom was born in Chicago on May 10, 1911, the youngest child of Clarabelle and Thomas E. Maley Sr. Tom claimed his interest in art developed when he literally wore kneepants, and dabbled inkblots on the skin of his calf to cover the holes in his socks. From there, his work evolved toward caricature, creating unflattering portraits of his teachers as he was dispatched from one Chicago private school to another.
One of the most memorable achievements of Tom's childhood was in recruiting a cousin and two friends to ride the Interurban to Kankakee, with blankets under their arms, bread and a few cans of beans in a bag, and lofty plans to steal a boat and sail down the Mississippi. Tom was elected captain because, according to his cousin, he had seen the river before. But one of the boys had left behind a note saying goodbye and relating details of their plans. Before the first night was over, and before the boys got their feet wet, the police found their campsite and took them home.
After the Mississippi River incident, Tom was not allowed to return to his school. In fact, he was enrolled in so many prep schools and military schools it was said he never bought a one-way ticket. In his senior year at Lake Forest Prep School, Tom was voted "in worst with the faculty," another distinction proudly recalled by his cousin, although Tom himself modestly eschewed the honor.
Nonetheless, Tom became a student at Brown University, where his life was substantially and irrevocably changed. He met and fell in love with Pembroke student Helen Bonime. Colleges in those days forbade the marriage of women students, so Tom and Helen eloped one weekend in 1933, lived off-campus and didn't tell anyone they were married
for two years.
They seemed to know what they were doing. Author/photographer Mariana Cook overheard them shopping in Cronig's one afternoon a few years ago and invited them to represent a well-married
couple in her book, Couples, slated for publication next month. Tom and Helen would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary in October.
With their children, Sandra and Timothy, the Maleys lived in Ossining, N.Y., and first came to the Vineyard in 1946. They purchased and restored a West Tisbury barn the following year, and in 1964 bought their present house, next door to their original summer camp. Tom and Helen also lived in New York city and in Boston before moving year-round to the Vineyard in 1971. Tom worked at his art all his adult life. He enrolled in classes at the Art Students League in New York, but quit after one day, deciding there was more value in examining every work in every museum, and practice, practice, practice. Tom worked as a photographer for Collier's magazine, but mostly he loved to draw and paint — in oils, watercolors, pastels, pen, pencil or crayons, or any instrument that made a mark on paper.
He also loved the mechanics of making sculpture. He was known to soften a slab of lead in Helen's oven while she was at work, and turn the molten metal into an unselfconsciously euphoric dancing woman with oversized hands, feet and behind.
When the Maleys bought their present house and the open land around it, Tom began to experiment with larger-than-life sculptured figures. His first, the original He Loves Me, was a scientific experiment he created from a variety of industrial chemical materials whose creative potential remained a mystery to their manufacturer. They were meant for industry, not for art. Midway through the sculpting and shaping of the figure in the field, she burst into flames, spontaneously. Tom put her out, reconsidered his recipe, finished the artwork and, continuing to experiment with new materials, made a few hundred more, which cavort in the Field Gallery gardens, as well as at poolsides, in garden nooks and on tabletops from here to California and Europe.
In the mid-1970s, the owner of the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Alan Tremaine, purchased a dozen of Tom's big white figures from the Field Gallery field. The art was the motif for a new restaurant and nightclub called Whimsey's, and for several years, images of Tom's familiar figures frolicked on billboards and subway placards throughout the Boston area. During the height of the restaurant's fame, someone kidnapped one of Tom's sculptures, and the hotelier paid a substantial ransom for her return. Sadly, the food wasn't very good, the nightclub suffered from social problems, and in the end, Tom's Whimsey figures were stolen from a storage warehouse, never to be seen again.
Tom is survived by his wife, Helen, his daughter Sandra Caruso and her husband Dee Caruso of Los Angeles, his son and daughter-in-law Timothy and Eileen Maley of West Tisbury, and granddaughter Chloe Maley, also of West Tisbury. A memorial celebration and full-scale retrospective will be held at the Field Gallery on Sunday, Sept. 24.
John D. Mathews
Was Resident of Cambridge
John D. Mathews of Cambridge, 88, died at Somerville Hospital on May 28 after a brief illness.
Born in Dallas, Tex., on Dec. 24, 1914, he was the son of the late John D. and Martha Williamson Mathews. He lived in Weston before moving to Cambridge many years ago.
Mr. Mathews had been an electrical engineer at General Electric in Lynn and later an agent for Penn Mutual Insurance Co.
He had a special love of gardening, and his beautiful flower gardens were enjoyed by his family and friends.
He is survived by three sons, Scott Mathews and his wife, Tia, of Saunderstown, R.I., William Mathews of Cambridge and Bruce Mathews of Oak Bluffs; a daughter, Martha Mathews Maynard and her husband, William, of Wareham; his former wife, Alice M. Cassidy of Weston; three granddaughters, and his longtime companion, Ann Merriman of Cambridge.
His private memorial service was held Saturday, June 14, at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleboro.
Abram N. Williams
Was Nurse, Avid Fisherman
Abram Nesbitt Williams, 70, died peacefully on Saturday, June 7, after a successful evening of fishing.
Born in the mountains of Pennsylvania on August 16, 1932, Abe found his way to the beaches of the Vineyard 20 years ago. Originally a farmer, he later became a registered nurse at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, working in various psychiatric facilities in that area as staff, supervisor, educator and administrator.
He received his BSN from Wilkes College and studied for his MSN at the University of Minnesota. He was always eager to learn, always willing to teach and share his many skills and broad knowledge with others.
In later years, he returned to working the land and with his hands as a self-employed tree farmer and contractor. He built and restored several houses, including his own log home in Berks County, Pa., and his cottage in Oak Bluffs.
He loved his family, friends and fishing -- he was a familiar sight on the beaches with J.R., Jo, Doug, Dennis, Dan and Greg, his children; with his grandchildren, and with Maryann, his life partner of 35 years. His was a life well spent; he enjoyed it, and his energy and positive attitude spread to all who knew him.
A memorial service will be held this fall. Donations in his name may be made to the Awards Committee, Martha's Vineyard Bass and Bluefish Derby, c/o Ed Jerome, P.O. Box 2232, Edgartown, MA 02539, or to the Martha's Vineyard Sportscaster's Association, c/o Walter Sison, RR1 Box 217A, Edgartown, MA 02539.
Frank W. Crossland, 75
Was Active in Civic Life
Frank Wallace Crossland died Monday, June 16, at Falmouth Hospital. He had been successfully treated for cancer a year ago, but recent complications developed. Wally, as he was known, was 75.
Wally was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and grew up in Mt. Lebanon where he was graduated from high school. He then joined the United States Navy and saw active duty in the Mediterranean from 1946 to 1948. After serving in the Navy, he attended Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pa., and then the University of Pittsburgh. He was graduated with a B.S. in engineering from the University of Miami at Coral Gables, Fla., in 1953.
He was employed at U.S. Steel Corp. in management long range planning for 14 years and then joined Blaw-Knox Corp. of Pittsburgh in steel sales.
Wally and his wife spent two years on the Vineyard before moving to Clearwater Beach, Fla., where he was national sales manager for Island Packet Sailboats and later national sales manager for Allmand Sailboats. He and his wife and son, Alan, returned to the Vineyard and have lived here for the past 17 years. He was elected to the Edgartown planning board in 1989 and served until 1991. He had been an active member of the Rotary International in Washington Crossing, Pa., and joined the Rotary here. He was president in 1993 and 1994 and was named a Paul Harris Fellow.
Wally was an avid fisherman, loved golf, hunting and cooking and most of all he loved Martha's Vineyard and living here.
He is survived by his wife, Suzanne (Bowden) Crossland, whom he married
52 years ago; his son, Mark and his wife, Bernadette, son Kurt and son Alan and his wonderful grandchildren, Kyle, Keith, Zoe, and Kane, Mark and Bernie's children; Kristina and Joshua, Kurt's children; and Caitlin, Alan and Jody Drake's daughter. He also had five step-children, Joe, Shaun, James and Luke DePriest and Nick Drake.
A graveside service will be held at New Westside cemetery at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 5. Following will be a gathering of family and friends for a celebration of life at Mark Crossland's home at 459 County Road, Oak Bluffs.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Lifeline Pilots, 6100 Dirksen Parkway, Suite 307, Peoria, IL 61607 or to an organization of your choice. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Oak Bluffs.
Eloise D. Allen, 80
Was Active as Church Leader
Eloise Downing Allen of Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa., and Oak Bluffs, died on Wednesday, June 23, of sepsis, at Albert Einstein Medical Center. She was 80 years old.
She was born Sept. 7, 1922, in Roanoke, Va., the daughter of the late Dr. Lylburn C. Downing, surgeon, and Helene King Downing, a University of Pennsylvania graduate. Mrs. Allen was reared in Roanoke, then attended Howard University and was graduated in 1943 with a B.S. in home economics and dietetics. She married
G. Wesley Allen, then a lieutenant in the Army, in 1944. While her husband finished law school at Case Western Reserve University, she worked as a dietitian in the Burrell memorial Hospital that her father founded and served as superintendent. The couple settled in North Philadelphia in 1947 and moved to West Mt. Airy in 1956.
Mrs. Allen was the first African American woman to serve as moderator of the 68,000-member Presbytery of Philadelphia. She was elected in 1982. She helped reunite the northern and southern branches of the church in 1983, divided since before the Civil War. The new branch was called the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
She was an elder of her own church, Germantown Community Presbyterian, as well as a member of the bell choir and met with a circle of members monthly to discuss the Bible. Mrs. Allen was also a member of the Germantown Relief Society, as well as the Northwest Philadelphia interfaith Hospitality Network, giving aid to the homeless. In the 1990s, she was honored by the Philadelphia prison system for her work with women who had been incarcerated; the Chapel of the Four Chaplains and Carson Valley School, which trains nurses. She was a member of the Links Inc., the Circle-Lets Inc., Club Original, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Garden Club and the Polar Bears of the Vineyard, and Camp Atwater.
Her favorite activity was the early morning swim, rain or shine, at the Oak Bluffs town beach and with the Polar Bears. Eloise wasn't one to let obstacles keep her from doing what she set out to do. She was a sweet, kind, compassionate, determined woman.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Wesley C. Allen, an attorney, and his wife, Renee Kyle Allen, and Mark D. Allen, an orthopedic surgeon, and his wife, Kim Sledge Allen; a brother, Lewis C. Downing, a physician, and his wife, Patricia Sandridge Downing of North Haven, Conn.; a sister, Gloria Pope of Oak Bluffs; her late brother, Lylburn K. Downing, a dentist, whose widow is Jean Patterson Downing of Hamden, Conn.; two cousins, Letitia Johnson of Philadelphia and Morease Downing of Washington, D.C. Her adored grandchildren are Candace, Annice and Cecily, Wesley's children, and Mark, Laura and Julie, Mark's children.
Her nieces and nephews are Gloria's children, Lincoln of Denver, Colo.; Lance; Leland and wife Julie of La Quinta, Calif.; Lewis's children, Robert and friend Michelle of Hamden, Conn.; Charles and wife, Anne, of Vineyard Haven; Lylburn's children, King of New York; Kenneth of Connecticut; Jeanette and husband, Dr. Joel Park of Barrington, R.I., and Stephanie and her fiancé, Troy of Connecticut. Also surviving are a host of friends, among them Joe and Terry Allen of New York, Suzanne Price of Maryland and Lee of France.
A memorial service will be held on June 28 at the Germantown Community Presbyterian Church. Another service will be held on the Vineyard in August at a date to be announced later. Donations may be given in her memory to her favorite charity, which the church oversees. That address is 6141 Greene street, Philadelphia, PA 19144.
Frederick W. Hehre III
Had Island Law Practice
Frederick W. Hehre, III died suddenly on Friday, June 20. A resident of Oak Bluffs, he was the beloved son of Mrs. Frederick W. Hehre Jr. of Vineyard Haven, and the late Dr. Frederick W. Hehre Jr. He was born June 12, 1949 in New York, N.Y., and grew up in North Haven, Conn. He was a graduate of Hopkins Grammar School in 1967 and proceeded on to Columbia College where he received his B.A. in political science in 1971. He receive his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston in 1977.
Between college and his graduation from law school, Mr. Hehre was a policeman in Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs. From 1978 to 1988 he was in the private practice of law in Raleigh, N.C. In 1988 he moved again to the Vineyard following cancer treatment at the Mayo Clinic and began his private law practice on the Vineyard.
A lifelong lover of the Island, he was a third-generation summer resident, spending his summers on the beach at the family cottage in Eastville. At a young age he learned to fish and to sail, both of which remained lifetime hobbies and sources of great enjoyment. He sailed competitively from the age of 15 at the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club, where he eventually taught sailing and was a fleet captain. He was also a member of the crew representing the VHYC at the Sears Cup North American Junior Sailing Championship in 1966. Later in life, he participated in numerous 'Round the Island Races, as well as participating in other parts of the Edgartown Regatta.
The Vineyard held a special allure for Fred, in that it allowed him to indulge in many of his favorite indoor and outdoor activities. To fill his love of nature, there was sailing, clamming, fishing, lobstering, gardening and saltwater fly-fishing. In his early years he could often be found on the shores of Wasque fishing for bluefish and striped bass. His interests spilled over to woodworking, fashioning everything from rocking chairs to cribbage boards of various styles. He was also an avid bridge player, playing duplicate bridge and participating in many tournaments.
The Honest Fisherman was his first business venture, crafting custom fishing rods of all sizes. Through the years he was owner or co-manager of several businesses, including the 1720 House, the Wooden, Potter, the Waves Edge Motel, and Fred's Martha's Vineyard, a landscaping business.
Through the years, Mr. Hehre was actively engaged in many facets of the Vineyard community. He was a member of the NAACP and the League of Women Voters. His membership and interest with the American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA) took him beyond the Vineyard community, to conferences in San Antonio and Washington, D.C. Over the last few years, Fred had become a supporter and good friend to the Brazilian community of the Vineyard. His distinguished voice, at a dinner grace or in casual conversation, was one of the many reasons people sought him out for counsel and support.
He is survived by his mother, Josephine Hehre of Vineyard Haven; daughters, Pamela Hale of Reading, Rachel E. and Victoria S. Hehre of East Dennis, twins Eleanor J. and Margaretta C. Hehre and son, Frederick 'Ned' W. Hehre 4th of Vineyard Haven. He also leaves his brother, Richard C. Hehre of Milton; his sister, Carol H. Slocum of Vienna, Va., and his close companion, Nancy Gardella of Vineyard Haven.
Visiting hours were held on Thursday, June 26, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. The graveside service will be private. Donations may be made in his memory to the Martha's Vineyard Cancer Support Group, Box 2214, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 or to Hospice of Martha's Vineyard, Box 2549, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.
