Barbara Cottle Child died peacefully on March 3, 2019, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law in Memphis, Tenn.

Barbara was born on Oct. 27, 1925, in Winchester to Lemyra West Cottle and Fred Raymond Cottle. She grew up in Lambert’s Cove, and graduated from Tisbury High School in 1941. Barbara attended Vesper George School of Art, graduating in 1942. Upon graduation, she returned to Martha’s Vineyard, where she worked for Van Riper’s Ship Model and Mosher Photo, where she met Edward Child. Barbara and Ed were married at the Lambert’s Cove Church on June 23, 1946.

Barbara and her husband moved to Troy, N.Y., while Ed attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Upon Ed’s graduation, they purchased a farm in Westfield, and farmed for several years before returning to Barbara’s beloved Lambert’s Cove, where they raised their three sons.

Barbara loved her community, and was an active member of the D.A.R., Martha’s Vineyard Antiques Club, and Martha’s Vineyard Doll Club, and was secretary for the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services board of directors. Barbara was an original member of the West Tisbury planning board. She also worked for Greene’s Hillside Farm and Florist as a floral designer, as well as Bunch of Grapes bookstore. After her retirement, she continued working for Joan Merry, designing and arranging wedding flowers, which she enjoyed well into her 80s.

Barbara returned to school in her 70s, earning an associate’s degree in psychology while working for United Way of Hartford.

Barbara and Ed spent over 30 years as volunteers for the American Red Cross. Ed drove an emergency response vehicle during the aftermath of 9/11, with Barbara working alongside him. Their missions included trips to Puerto Rico and Tennessee, helping with the aftermath of natural disasters. She and Ed drove their camper on four pleasure trips to Alaska. They traveled to France as well. They both enjoyed the adventure of travel and the opportunity to meet new people. Barbara’s greatest love, however, remained her beloved Lambert’s Cove, where she spent her childhood and adulthood monitoring the water, flora, and fauna.

Barbara was predeceased by her husband, Edward S. Child; her brother, Edmund C. Cottle; and her sister, Jane Cottle Baker. She leaves behind her three sons, Henry T. (“Hal”) Child, Clinton R. Child, and Kenneth T. Child; her daughters-in-law, Karen J. Child and Tanya Child; her grandchildren, Brandon West Child, Morgan Child, Jesse Child, Bess Child, Carissa Child, and Hayden Child; ane her great-grandchildren Aiden, Mason, and Camilla Child.

A graveside service will take place at Lambert’s Cove Cemetery on Saturday, May 18, at 1 pm, followed by a reception for family and friends at the home of Ken Child on Holmes Hole Mail Rd. in West Tisbury.

Donations may be made in her memory to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, 111 Edgartown Rd., or Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1748, both in Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.

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Steven (“Brooks”) Chaffee of Boston died on Friday, April 19, 2019.

Born March 2, 1979, in Providence, R.I., he lived in Tiverton, and for many years in Barrington, R.I., and summered in Edgartown. He was an automobile enthusiast, avid hiker, mountain bicyclist, and outdoorsman. He graduated from Woodhall School in Connecticut and Colby Sawyer College in New Hampshire.

Despite his personal struggles, Brooks had a big heart and loved seeking adventure. He loved the sea and ponds of Martha’s Vineyard and the native culture of the Island. He spent many summers working at Adam Cab and Wheel Happy Bike Shop. He enjoyed kayaking and shellfishing in the tranquil waters, sailing Optis, Lasers, and 420s through the Edgartown Yacht Club as a child, and hiking through the sunlit forests and trails of his native home.

He is survived by a loving mother and father, Steven and Sandy; three brothers, Brad, Peter (Jessica), and Ben (Alex), as well as a niece, Hannah. He is also survived by two beloved grandmothers, Anita Hawkins and Dorothy Chaffee, as well as many aunts, uncles, and extended family. He was predeceased by his grandfathers, Henry Chaffee and George Hawkins Sr., and a grandmother, Mary Stearns Chaffee.

His final journey will bring him back home to Edgartown, where burial will be private. A memorial service will be held at the Edgartown Yacht Club on Saturday, June 1, from 12 to 2.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to NAMI Masasachusetts online via namimass.org, with Steven Brooks Chaffee under the memorial option, or NAMI Massachusetts, 529 Main St., Suite 1M17, Boston, MA 02129.

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Lisa M. White died on April 15, 2019, at her home in Edgartown, surrounded by her family, after an 18-month hard-fought battle with cancer. She was 59 years old.

Lisa was born at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Jan. 19, 1960, and was the child of Albert A. White and the late Wilda J. White. She grew up in Edgartown with her three best friends, her sisters Debra Scott, Shauna White-Smith, and Toni White-Hanover. The “sisters,” as they are collectively referred to, were a package deal. They were involved in every aspect of one another’s lives. Lisa spent her early years surrounded by a slew of Norton, White, and Conroy cousins, aunts, and uncles, centered around long beach days out at Oyster Pond and endless cookouts. She would often say she had the best childhood, filled with such wonderful and fond memories. She graduated from the Edgartown Elementary School, and then from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.

Lisa met Donny Morway 29 years ago on the Vineyard, and they built an amazing life together. They spent their days together traveling, gardening, shopping (Donny was a good sport), and building the most beautiful yard and home. Donny always had fresh flowers on Lisa’s table, and she filled the house with the smell of her delicious cooking and fresh blueberry muffins every Sunday morning. They were married on New Year’s Eve in 2017, in a beautiful ceremony with her children and her dad present. They threw a surprise reception the next day for the rest of their family and friends — Lisa always loved a good party! Keeping the surprise from her sisters was a feat like no other!

In 1980 Lisa had her first child, Michael Snowden II, followed by her daughter, Natasha Snowden-Cornock, three years later. While the kids were growing up, Lisa worked in real estate. This allowed her the flexibility to cart her two kids all over the Island for their sporting events, and gave her the opportunity to be at every single game. Her children were her greatest achievement, and she relished being surrounded by them and their growing families.

After her kids graduated from high school, Lisa got her dream job in Boston as an event planner for a pharmaceutical company. This gave her the opportunity to dress up every single day, which she loved, and to travel all over the world, including living in Switzerland for a stint in the most amazing flat above a delicious pastry shop, overlooking a beautiful lake. Lisa was extremely social, loved people, and absolutely loved her job. She had the best boss and co-workers at Shire Pharmaceuticals, and was so sad when her illness prevented her from returning.

Lisa’s most treasured role in her life was being a Mimi to her five grandchildren, Harley, Brynn, Asher, Sloan, and Myles. She loved watching her babies have babies, and lived for seeing those kids. Saying she spoiled them would be an understatement. She was always thinking of the next holiday and birthday, and how she could make it special for each child.

Lisa is survived by her husband, Donald V. Morway of Edgartown; her dad, Albert A. White of Edgartown; her children, Michael Snowden II (Allison Fisher) and Natasha Snowden-Cornock (Bryan Cornock), all of Edgartown; her sisters Debra Scott (Thomas), Shauna White-Smith (Mark), and Toni White-Hanover (Marc); her grandchildren Harley Snowden, Brynn Savva, Asher Savva, Sloan Snowden and Myles Snowden-Cornock; her nieces and nephews Christopher Scott (her godson), Timothy Scott, Jaime Schwab, Samantha Billings, Tony Lima, Brandon Smith, and Lindsay Hopkins; along with many amazing cousins, aunts and uncles, great-nieces and -nephews, and a wonderful community of friends in Natick and Martha’s Vineyard.

Her funeral service was held on Saturday, April 27.

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William E. Carroll Jr. (“Bill”), 83, of Edgartown died on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the Henrietta Brewer House. He was the husband of Leslie (Look) Carroll.

A visitation period will be held in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs, on Tuesday, May 14, from 9:30 to 10:30 am. His funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Augustine’s Church, Franklin Street, Vineyard Haven, at 11 am, also on May 14. Burial will follow in the New Westside Cemetery, Robinsons Road, in Edgartown, with military honors provided by the veterans of Martha’s Vineyard.

Donations in his memory may be made to the Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group, P.O. Box 2214, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568, or to a charity of one’s choice. A complete obituary will appear in another edition of this paper.

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Alita M. Prada died on Sunday, April 28, following an illness.
Alita was born on May 13, 1934, to John and Alita Averil-Moriarty, and raised in Northampton. She married Raymond T. Prada Jr. in September 1952, and they lived in Edgartown until the mid-’60s, when they and their sons moved to Maine, where the couple owned and ran several businesses until they retired.

She is survived by her husband, Raymond Prada, and by her grandchildren. Alita was predeceased by her two sons, Ronald and Alden (Denny) Prada.
A funeral Mass was held on May 3 at Our Lady of the Snow Church in Bethel, Maine.

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Lily Paula Godek died on April 24, 2019. She was 88.

She was born Lily Paula Kryla on Jan. 5, 1931, to Lillian S. and Stanley F. Kryla in Central Falls, R.I. She graduated from Central Falls High School, and then worked with her parents and brother at their family restaurant, Stanley’s, as a counter girl serving their “famous burgers.”

As a young girl, she would spend summers with her beloved grandmother in Harmony, R.I., at her travelers’ lodge. Lily kept busy swimming, sketching the summer scenery, and helping out with the guests, the cottages, the rowboats, and helping to serve dinners her grandmother prepared nightly.

As a member of both the R.I. Speed Skating and Cycling Clubs, her awards included medals and trophies in cycling and skating in short-track competitions. She would train from Providence to Boston and back on her racing bicycle, drafting with the gang behind tractor-trailer trucks on Route 1. Lily was a force to be reckoned with. When Harmony Lake froze, she would train and listen to the crackling ice behind her where it was too thin to support the weight. No fear, she flew past, defying the limits! She won in the Nationals at cycling.

Miss Magee was Lily’s mentor, who taught her etiquette and how to be a lady. She excelled at being classy, yet she was definitely a fiery woman too!

Lily met Walter Godek, the grill man at her parent’s restaurant. They married May 4, 1956, and moved to Cumberland, R.I. Melanie, Gretschen, and Kurt were born, and Lily was full of life. She enjoyed writing, painting, sculpting, sewing, and knitting everything under the sun. She started a bicycle club with all the kids in the neighborhood during the summertime. The winter months brought night skiing after supper with anyone brave enough to stay out in the cold until she was ready to come home. Lily even took up flying at North Central Airport, where she would head into the skies with Sabe, her instructor, and you could ride with her if you dared.

Her traveling experiences brought her to ancestral Poland, and she eventually visited 18 European countries by plane, train, and ship. She also loved going to Christiaans on the East Side of Providence to have her hair done, then over to Federal Hill for Italian food at Angelo’s. And shopping — Lily loved clothes and accessories, and couldn’t resist buying for herself and everyone else!

At one of her visits to the Kentucky Derby, she bet on Winning Colors and won.

The family moved to St. Petersburg, Fla., in 1974. Later on she continued to be a snowbird, but New England was always home.

Her oldest daughter Melanie came to the Vineyard in 1978, and Lily followed, sensing adventure. It was 1982 when Lily and Walter decided to open a hamburger joint like her parents’ place, and found a spot on Circuit Avenue at the Arcade building, with good food, a great breakfast, Walter and Kurt on the line in the kitchen, and the girls out front. Lily established the first nonsmoking restaurant, 10 years before the Massachusetts laws changed. In the meantime, she became a grandmother to Jasmine (great-grandmother to Makenna) and Zenon, who were running in and out of the restaurant with friends, gobbling up Stanley Burgers after playing in the Campground. Her favorite times at Stanley’s were when famous celebs and politicians would walk through the door and she could come out of the kitchen and talk up a storm and snap a pic with them. For 21 summers the ship stayed afloat, and everyone in check. Lily was a proud restaurateur with family at her side.

Her favorite team was the Red Sox. She watched from season opener to the last game, hoping to see her guys make it to the World Series again.

Lily often said, “I want to live to be 100,” and, “Every day is a gift, life is beautiful!” She was always looking forward to the next party, happy, smiling, and anticipating visitors. She loved her family dearly, and gave all she had. Lily will be gone from our world and so very sorely missed, but never forgotten. She is now “one with the Universe” … To all the wonderful people who helped shape Lily’s rich life, a heartfelt thank-you.

Mom, with all the great memories you generously sprinkled throughout our lives, we are forever grateful. Bye for now. We can see you cycling into the heavens to meet Dad up above … We LOVE you always, Melanie, Gretschen, Kurt, Jasmine, Zenon, and M.J.

And your favorite furry friends, Marley and Lucy, “give Grandma kisses!”

A celebration of life for Lily will be held in the summertime, and announced at a later date.

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Lt. Col. William E. Carroll Jr. (“Bill”) of Edgartown died on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the Henrietta Brewer House. He was just shy of his 84 birthday.

Bill was born on May 18, 1935, in Vineyard Haven, the son of William E. Carroll Sr. and Alexandra (McLellan) Carroll. He graduated from the Tisbury High School in the class of 1953. He was also a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, class of 1957.

After graduation from the University of Massachusetts, Bill embarked on a 26-year career in the U.S. Air Force. His career spanned many stops around the country, from Alaska to Florida to California, and several points in between. Along the way, he earned his master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and held several different aerospace engineering positions. He embraced the nomad life that the Air Force provided him, learning to snow-ski in Alaska and water-ski in Florida, becoming a rodeo fan in Wyoming, and a golfer in Ohio. Bill retired from the Air Force holding the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1984, and went on to a second career at Boeing, working mainly in missile defense until his retirement in 1999. In retirement, Bill enjoyed spending time sharing his grandchildren’s activities with them, volunteering with the American Legion, improving his golf game, and spending leisurely days on the Island with his wife Tarzie. Bill was a devout Catholic, and active parishioner of St. Augustine’s Church in Vineyard Haven.

He was married for 62 years to Leslie “Tarzie” (Look) Carroll. Bill was the father of William ‘Bill’ E. Carroll III (Laura) of Oak Park, Calif., and Patricia “Patsy” Bryant (Leon) and Susan Puka (John), both of Dayton, Ohio. He is survived by brother Michael Carroll and sisters Madeleine Carroll and Nancy Carroll, all of Vineyard Haven; and Christine Blanthorn of Pembroke Pines, Fla. Bill was predeceased by his brothers Thomas Carroll and Leigh Carroll, and sister Margaret Schultz. He leaves behind six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A visitation period will be held in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs on Tuesday, May 14, from 9:30 to 10:30 am. His funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Augustine’s Church, Franklin Street, Vineyard Haven, at 11 am. Burial will follow in the New Westside Cemetery, Robinsons Road, in Edgartown, with military honors provided by the veterans of Martha’s Vineyard.

Donations in his memory may be made to the Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group, P.O. Box 2214, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568, or to a charity of one’s choice. Visit ccgfuneralhome.com for online guestbook and information.

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Lucy Lee Abbot, 73, of Oak Bluffs, died on May 1, 2019, in Oak Bluffs from cardiopulmonary arrest. A loving mother and grandmother, Lucy lived on the Island off and on for most of her life, returning to stay for the last 20 years.

Lucy was born on July 17, 1945, to Lucy Hart Abbot and Frank K. Abbot in Albemarle County, Va. Briefly in Texas with her parents in 1955, she then attended Woodbury High School, where she edited the yearbook, and was on student council and in the Drama and Language clubs. After a brief excursion to London in 1961, she graduated in 1963.

When she was very young, she saved up to buy a horse. Her grandfather, William H. Hart, who was called “Pop,” made a deal with her — that if she saved up half the money, he would put up the other half. By the time she had saved enough for a horse, she was a teenager. So she traded her money in for a car.

While living in Bethlehem, Conn., she enrolled in Shimer College, where she received her B.A. in education and history in 1966. She taught from 1966 to 1969 in Illinois and Maryland, and then worked at Texas Outward Bound from 1972 to ’74, where she directed logistics. After brief stints at Hampshire College and Monadnock Family Services, she was the owner of Little Lyford Pond Lodge with her then husband, Joel Frantzman, from 1978 to 1988. It was a rural lodge that lacked electricity, and Lucy is remembered by her siblings for sorting out the gas light fixtures in the 12 cabins and the spring-fed water system. She mourned the untimely death of her brother Kim in 1982.

Town manager of the town of Mount Desert in the early 1990s, she moved to Jerome, Ariz., where she was the town clerk in 1995 before coming back to the Vineyard in 1997. While living on the Vineyard, she helped her mother, Lucy (Bideau) Abbot, renovate her Campground cottage in Oak Bluffs. And she had two businesses here: Genny’s Garden, and Take a Seat.

Over the past 20 years, she worked as a paralegal with Rosemarie Haigazian and Sandy Kenney. She was working at her desk there the final two days of her life.

She loved to solve problems, and ran many different businesses. She was a good observer of human behavior, and her siblings recall her excellent ability to mimic accents, and her love of photography and crafts. She took photos of seabirds doing silly things, put lovely collages together for Advent calendars, made aprons and pillowcases with her photos on them, and even won a contest. Her nephew Jesse Abbot recalled that Lucy gave him confidence as an adolescent. She had a wide range of literary and film tastes — she knew her Coen brothers, Monty Python, and Aeschylus’ “Oresteia,” and she had a generous heart.

As an older sister, she was a surrogate mother to her brother Chris, who recalled her exceedingly generous, humorous, kind, and unfailing ethical sense. She taught Chris his first chords on guitar. She loved the climate of the American West, and traveled often with her son to national parks and historic sites, including trips to Dublin in Ireland and Petra in Jordan.

In the last years of her life she traveled often to Jerusalem to see her grandchildren, and helped raise her grandson Daniel Leo Frantzman. When her doctors told her she couldn’t fly again earlier this year, she thought of ways to travel the world by land and sea.

She will be deeply missed by her siblings, Genevieve H. Abbot, Christopher W. Abbot, and Martha G. Abbot; her brother-in-law, Philip Cordella; she is cherished by her daughter-in-law, Kasaey Damoza Frantzman, and her grandchildren. She is survived by her son, Seth J. Frantzman; and her grandchildren, Daniel Leo Frantzman and Amit Admasu Frantzman; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.

There will be a remembrance of Lucy’s life in July for friends and family. Details will follow in another edition of this paper. Condolences to the family can be sent to P.O. Box 2550, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.

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Arlene Louise Bodge, 80 years of age, of Peabody, died Wednesday, April 23, 2019, surrounded by her family.

Born on Feb. 4, 1939, at Lynn Hospital, she graduated in 1952 from Phillips Grammar School in Salem. After graduation, she played for the Red Hawks basketball team, which captured the city junior championships in 1953 and 1954. Arlene remained lifelong friends with all the members of the Red Hawks team.

Often called a perpetual student, Arlene attended many schools throughout her lifetime, including the Sisters of Charity Preparatory School, Salem Hospital School of Nursing, Newton Junior College, Boston University School of Nursing, and Andover Newton Theological School.

Arlene fell in love in with Martha’s Vineyard Island, and ended up purchasing Webb’s Camping Area in Oak Bluffs in 1971, which she and a business partner owned and operated for the next 34 years. Arlene had a deep appreciation for nature, particularly wild birds, trees, and the other local wildlife of the Island.

It was during these years that Arlene received her master’s of divinity and was ordained as a deacon and an elder by the United Methodist Church. In 1992 she was appointed to serve two churches on Martha’s Vineyard, the Chilmark Community Church and the Edgartown Whaling Church, which she did faithfully for 12 years. “I never planned on becoming a pastor,” Arlene had once observed. “I started at Andover Newton Theological School just for the love of learning. I never in my life thought I’d become a minister. But it fit like a glove.”

After retiring, Arlene moved off-Island to Brooksby Village in Peabody, where she continued her lifelong friendships and remained close with family.

She was predeceased by her mother, Ruth Camire; her stepfather, Raymond Camire; and her sister, Carol Parker. She is survived by a niece, Kathleen Shorten of Hudson, N.H., and a nephew, Russell Parker of Andover, Maine; as well as several great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and beloved friends.

A memorial service will be held on May 29th at 11 am at the Chilmark Community Church, with a reception to follow.

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Dr. James A. Tuck of Vineyard Haven died unexpectedly on Friday afternoon, May 10, 2019, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 78.

Jim was married to Lynn C. (Robins) Tuck, and was the father of James A. Tuck Jr., Michael J. Tuck, Robin L. Tuck, and Laura J. Tuck.

A memorial service will be held at a later date in Newfoundland, Canada. Donations in his memory may be made to Pawssabilities, LLC; c/o Hilary Norcross, 198 Clark St., Gardner, MA 01440, to train a dog for an eligible person. 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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Frederick W.J. Thifault (“Fred”) of Vineyard Haven died on Thursday, May 9, 2019. He was 90.

Fred was born in Chelmsford to Arthur J. Thifault and Ethel (Griffin) Thifault of Westford, the third of five children. The earliest years of his childhood were spent in Waltham, where he attended first grade before moving with his family to Marstons Mills. He was a well-liked and ambitious paperboy, initially delivering papers on foot along his six-mile route. After he saved enough money to afford a secondhand bike he was able to add enough new customers to his route to win a free trip to Fenway Park to see the Red Sox play. He often walked from Marstons Mills to Hyannis to attend the movies, a round trip of approximately 14 miles.

Fred was a veteran of both WWII, serving in the Navy, and the Korean War, serving in the Army. In 1945, at the age of 16, he left school to enlist in the Navy, where he served in the Pacific on the USS Astoria, a light cruiser making patrol runs in the Mariana Islands between Guam and Saipan. After receiving an honorable discharge from the Navy in 1948, he enlisted in the Army, serving four years in Germany in the Border Patrol along the German/Czechoslovakian border.

After his honorable discharge from the Army, he returned to the Cape, where he married his first wife, Janet Frieh. They had two children, (Eugene) Mark Thifault and Nancy E. (Thifault) Andrade. Fred moved his new wife to the Vineyard, where he completed his high school education, graduating from Tisbury High School in 1954. He then attended the New England Institute of Mortuary Science, and graduated with a license as funeral director and embalmer in 1955. After working with his father-in-law, Eugene Frieh, for the next three years as a mortician at the Martha’s Vineyard Funeral Home, he decided to make a career change, and began working as a mason with his buddy Jimmy Kerns. Around that time, he founded Island Masonry and Concrete Form Co., which for the next 40 years remained the largest masonry contracting firm on Martha’s Vineyard. Upon retiring and selling his business, he went to work at Cottle’s lumberyard. He also took up the hobby of picture framing in 1989, doing all the framing for Ray Ellis and the M.V. Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby for many years. Upon his retirement from Cottle’s lumberyard, he promptly took up a new career, driving a bus for the VTA. He retired there after 10 years. Fred simply could not sit still.

In 1979 he married the former Priscilla (Palmer) Habekost. Fred’s marriage to Priscilla came with some significant challenges — namely, eight children. Initially it was quite an adjustment, but eventually his large family became Fred’s pride and joy. He adored his children (all 10 of them), and the grandchildren and great-grandchildren that they gave him. The mere mention of his family would put an ear-to-ear smile on his face.

Fred was very civic-minded. When he returned from service in the Korean War, he participated in the State Guard in Marstons Mills with his brother Arthur Jr. He was an active member of the Legion Pumper crew for more than 20 years in Tisbury, continuing the tradition begun by the veterans of WWI. He remained deeply connected to the Tisbury Fire Department for his remaining years, and was the last surviving member of the Legionnaires for Engine 3. Fred served as commander of American Legion Post 257 for five years, and was instrumental in acquiring the Seamen’s Bethel building and moving it to its present location. He was one of the initial officers who organized the Holy Name Society at St. Augustine’s Church, and was a communicant and collector at the 8 am Sunday Mass for well over 50 years. He served two terms as selectman for the town of Tisbury, from 1969 to 1975. He served as Tisbury DPW commissioner for many years, and on the Finance Committee and as assessor for the town of Tisbury.

Fred had many hobbies and interests that included boating, hunting and fishing, scuba diving, motorcycling, sports, travel, and furniture making. He excelled at everything he did.

Fred was predeceased by his brother Arthur Jr., and his sisters Alice (Thifault) Elskamp and Ethel (Cookie) Thifault. He is survived by his wife of nearly 40 years, Priscilla (Palmer); his brother Charlie of Marstons Mills; his son E. Mark Thifault (Elba) and daughter Nancy Andrade (Bobby); stepchildren Bill Habekost, Madeline Denis (Mike), Linda Habekost, Sally Sylvia, Barbara Fletcher (Jim), John Habekost (Susan), Chris Habekost (Marcela), and Michael Habekost; grandchildren Devin and Annelise Thifault; Jocelyn Alexander (Chase) and Derek Andrade; Jeremy, Heidi, and Alex Searle; Steven and Ken Handy; Jeffrey Sylvia; Nicholas and Todd Willoughby and Amanda Allen; Alex and John Habekost; Andres, Juan, and Maria Sanchez Roa; and Michael and Alissa Habekost, and many great-grandchildren.

A memorial Mass will be held on Tuesday, May 21, at St. Augustine’s Church, Franklin Street, Vineyard Haven, at 11 am. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery, State Road, Vineyard Haven, with military honors provided by the veterans of Martha’s Vineyard. A celebration of life will be held at the American Legion Post 257, 34 William Street, Vineyard Haven, immediately following.

Donations in Fred’s memory may be made to the American Legion Post 257, P.O. Box 257; Good Shepherd Parish, P.O. Box 1058; or M.V. Cancer Support Group, P.O. Box 2214, all in Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.

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“When it comes to living large, I say turn it up till the knob falls off and throw it out the window.” Barret Platten Naylor lived a large, joyful life which was cut short a day after his 57th birthday, Thursday, May 9, 2019 due to complications from a liver transplant.

Barret was a life force who radiated love and selflessness. His spirit is carried on by his wife, Kim and two children, Christian and Whitney , along with many extended relatives and friends whose lives are blessed to have been touched by Barret.

Born in Greenwich, Conn., in 1962, the son of Randolph Naylor and Katherine Tyson, Barret grew up in the Northeast, working in New York City and enjoying summers on Martha’s Vineyard. On Oct. 27, 1990, Barret married his childhood best friend and the love of his life, Kimberly Brainard Naylor at the Federated Church in Edgartown. The love Barret and Kim had for one another was the deepest and most significant type of love one can come across.

Barret was an exceptional father to their children, Christian and Whitney. Everything he did in life was to provide love and support to Kim, Christian, and Whitney. There is nothing he wouldn’t do or didn’t do for them- they were the proudest parts of his life. He supported Christian and Whitney immensely throughout each of their careers, in the sport of rowing, and always gave back to their respective school programs. He became a true shining beacon in each of their communities throughout all walks of their lives.

Barret began his professional career at Grey Advertising in New York City, but soon thereafter brought his skills and passion to the field of finance. In 1998 he became “Co-Founder and Poobah” when he and business partner Doug Lowey started Brownstone Investment Group. Barret became a force to be reckoned with as a bond salesman and industry leader. He was what Doug explains, “the heart and soul of Brownstone,” providing endless mentorship, loyalty, and leadership to the firm. Barret never failed to put the interest of his employees before his own.

There are no adequate words to describe Barret’s immense selflessness and love of life. His greatest joy was mentoring and coaching the “leaders of tomorrow.” He sat as the President of the New Canaan Football Association for 2 years, and was football coach to his son, Christian. Most people in their hometown of New Canaan knew Barret as “coach,” and elsewhere he is simply referred to as “BB.” He mentored his kids and their friends all throughout their lives. “Smart is attractive,” “The best four years of your life are the next four years,” and “We build the beach one grain of sand at a time” were three of his most recognizable BB-isms. Another famous Barret line was, “if you didn’t pour it, don’t drink it,” and his house rule was, “if you can find it, you can have it.” His passion was to teach life lessons of communication, humility, leadership, and balance.

The places you could most often find BB were Norton Point Beach on Martha’s Vineyard with his family and friends in what he called “The Circle of Love,” golfing (he was very proud of his hole-in-one at Pine Valley) or cheering on the New England Patriots with his wife Kim, who he referred to as “coach” when the games were on.

Many define Barret as one-of-a-kind, a legend. He truly left a lasting mark on each person he met. Barret will be missed by so many but will watch over us as he dances above with loved ones in eternal life.

Please join his wife and children in celebrating Barret’s legacy Thursday, May 30, at 4pm at Noroton Presbyterian Church in Darien, Conn.

In lieu of flowers, the Naylor family requests that gifts in memory of Barret be made to the Transplant Program at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Gifts can be directly mailed to: Mayo Clinic, Department of Development, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, Attention: Susan Harris or call 904-953-6393 for further information.

Please visit the online Tribute at www.quinn-shalz.com.

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Marilyn Theresa (Bracy) Maciel died at home in Tisbury, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, after almost six years of fighting lung cancer.

Marilyn was born and raised in the Brewer/Bangor, Maine, area. After the death of her mother, Marilyn moved to Martha’s Vineyard to work with her cousins, Ron and Peg Jackson, at the Ocean View Restaurant. Marilyn met her husband Neal, and they were married in 1989.

Over the years she worked several jobs, including Lift van driver, tour manager for Island Transport, and substitute teaching at the Tisbury and West Tisbury schools. Marilyn was always doing something with crafts or gardening. She loved working with friends, showing them how to knit or crochet.

Marilyn loved to go camping. During the last two summers she camped in several state parks in Maine. Her favorite was Lily Bay State Park on Moosehead Lake, where she acted as a host.

Marilyn is survived by her husband Neal, son Curtis, her beloved Maltese Sadie, her sister Cathy Bishop, and her husband Lester, niece Leslie Bishop Fennell, nephews Bryan Bishop and Daniel McGlew Jr., and her brother-in-law Corly Maciel. Marilyn was predeceased by a son, Michael James Maciel.

A graveside service will be held Saturday, June 8, at 1:30 pm at the Oak Grove Cemetery (State Road entrance) in Vineyard Haven, officiated by the Rev. Michael Nagle.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in memory of Marilyn to the Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1748, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568; Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Oncology Unit, P.O. Box 1477, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557; or to the charity of your choice.

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Primo A. Lombardi, 70, of Oak Bluffs died on Monday, May 20, 2019, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Primo was married to Mary D. (Birchenough) Lombardi.
A celebration of his life will be held at a later date, to be announced.
Memorial donations in his name may be made to Massachusetts General Hospital at giving.massgeneral.org/cancer/donate/; the Cam Neely House, 30 Winter St., 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02108, or camneelyfoundation.org/donate; _Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1748, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568; or the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, P.O. Box 1477, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557; or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.
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 memorial service for Peter Simon will be held on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, from 1:30 to 3 pm at the Chilmark Community Center. For those off-Island who may not be able to attend, please send your thoughts or prayers to share to rssimon@vineyard.net.

If you wish to make a donation in Peter’s name, please give to the Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, M.V. Community Services, or Vineyard House.

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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.

For online guestbook and directions, please visit ccgfuneralhome.com.

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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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Joyce K. Welton, was born in Oak Bluffs on March 5 1942, and died May 14 2019 in Los Angeles CA. She was the daughter of Captain Walter Kszystyniak and his wife Barbara of Vineyard Haven.

She is survived by her brother, Walter Kszystyniak USAF Retired, and her children Mary Beth Hamblen, David L. Hamblen Jr. and Ellie Hamblen all formerly of Edgartown, MA.

For online guestbook and directions, please visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com.

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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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