You are here

Obituaries

Geraldine O'Connell

Wed, Jul 20

Category:

Obituaries

Geraldine O’Connell of Old Saybrook, Conn. died unexpectedly at the age of 85 on September 27, 2010. She was a summer resident of Block Island for almost 50 years. Her first home was at Cuttings Cottages, after which she moved to her private residence on Corn Neck Road. She was the wife of the late...
Remembering Helen Slate

Wed, Jul 20

Category:

Obituaries

Helen Slate passed away peacefully on June 9, 2011, at the Scallop Shell Nursing Home in Wakefield. She was 87 years old. Helen was an active member in the Block Island community before moving off the Island in 2000 due to increasing health issues. Helen came to the Island in June of 1947 at the...
Obituary: Veronica Shepherd

Wed, Jul 20

Category:

Obituaries

Veronica Shepherd, 86, formerly a 45-year resident of Huntington, New York, and a 22-year resident of Vero Beach, Florida, died peacefully with her loving family at her side on May 10. Veronica, who grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, was married to her teenage sweetheart Peter Samuel Shepherd, who...
Obituary: George Valentine

Tue, Jul 12

Category:

Obituaries

George W. Valentine, M.D., 81, of Center Road, Block Island, passed away Saturday evening, July 2, at home. He was the husband of Jean Ann (Holm) Valentine. They were married for 60 years. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, a son of the late Earl and Laura (Knollmeyer) Valentine, he resided in...
Obituary: Kristen Reynolds Ruth

Thu, Jul 7

Category:

Obituaries

Kristen Reynolds Ruth, loving mother and wife, gifted teacher and athlete, died June 17 at her home in New Canaan surrounded by her family. She was 50. She battled cancer for seven years, inspiring all around her with her determination to live life to its fullest and serve as a role model for her...
Obituary: Frances Gemma

Sat, Jun 18

Category:

Obituaries

Frances Estelle (Tinker) Gemma, age 90, of Durham, Connecticut, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, at the Madison House in Madison, Connecticut, after a short illness. She was born at the home of her aunt in Apponaug in November of 1920 to Mary Olive (Mitchell) Tinker and Francis Mather Tinker of...
Obituary: Sandra Gaffett

Sat, Jun 18

Category:

Obituaries

Sandra Stokes Madison Gaffett, born May 8, 1936, and a beloved island resident, died at her home on Block Island June 8. A funeral service, enveloped by serenity, the beauty of the Island and nearly 200 friends and family members, was held at St. Anne’s-by-the-Sea on June 12. Sandy was born in...
Sandy Gaffett dies at 75

Fri, Jun 10

Category:

Obituaries

Beloved island resident Sandy Madison Gaffett, 75, died peacefully on Wednesday. Services will be held Sunday, June 12, at 1p.m. at Saint Ann’s-by-the-Sea followed by a graveside interment at the Island Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Block Island Historical Society. A...
Evans memorial service

Tue, May 24

Category:

Obituaries

A Memorial Service for Elizabeth Ann Evans will be held on Thursday, May 26, at noon, at St. Ann's Church on Spring Street. Following the service, there will be a burial at the Island Cemetery.
Everett Doten II, 73

Sun, May 8

Category:

Obituaries

Everett "Dody" C. Doten II, born August 24, 1937, in Plymouth, Mass., passed away from Lewys Body Dementia on April 23, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyfton Orlin and Sarah Elizabeth Owens Doten. He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years,...
Sue Levinsky, 59

Sun, May 1

Category:

Obituaries

Sue Levinsky, one-time columnist for the Block Island Times , died on April 10, 2011, in Connecticut For the last several years she had been the companion and caregiver of part-time island resident Gil Plumb, who passed away in Essex, Conn., 20 days before her death. Sue, who had battled...
Peter Samuel Shepherd, 87

Sat, Apr 30

Category:

Obituaries

Peter Samuel Shepherd, a summer visitor since 1976, died on April 19, 2011. Born in Park Slope, Brooklyn, N.Y., on December 20, 1923, Peter grew up during the great depression and then went on to fight in World War II. Peter first met his wife Veronica when they were teenagers living on 11th Street...
Barbara Ann (Pennington) Sprague — March 5, 1933 - April 27, 2011

Fri, Apr 29

Category:

Obituaries

In the quiet of a foggy morning, Barbara Sprague passed away in the comfort of her home on Old Town Road. A life long resident of Block Island, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lulu (Sellers) Pennington and the wife of the late Adrian (Tiny) Sprague Jr. Barbara was a graduate of the...
Pamela Jean Hughson, 60

Fri, Apr 22

Category:

Obituaries

Former Block Island resident Pamela J. Hughson died peacefully Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, Me. Pam was born May 15, 1950, in Somerville, Mass., daughter of Eugene and Marie (O’Connor) Hughson. Pamela’s love of travel and adventure began in her teens...
Elizabeth Ann Evans passes unexpectedly at 67

Sat, Apr 2

Category:

Obituaries

Elizabeth Ann Evans, of Winthrop, Mass., died unexpectedly on March 19, 2011. She lived on Block Island during her early childhood and moved with her family to Narragansett. She was a graduate of Emerson College and was employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Division of Professional...
Gilbert Allen Plumb dies at 85

Fri, Apr 1

Category:

Obituaries

Gilbert Allen Plumb died peacefully at home on March 21, 2011, in Essex, Conn. Gilbert was born October 6, 1925, in Terryville, Conn. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict. In World War II he served as engineman first-class aboard LST-736 and saw action in the Pacific at...
Elise Smith Lapham passes at 99

Mon, Mar 28

Category:

Obituaries

Elise Lapham, who bequeathed the wonderful Clay Head trail system locally known as “the maze” to Block Island, died of natural causes in her apartment in Bloomfield, Conn., this week. She was an ardent conservationist, philanthropist, active community member and loving mother and grandmother. Elise...
Weld Coxe dies at 81

Mon, Mar 28

Category:

Obituaries

A cold, relentless rain fell out of a dark sky last Wednesday morning when news reached the island that Weld Coxe’s long battle with Parkinson’s disease was over. The end had come peacefully in the company of a son and daughter the night before at Cathedral Village, a nursing home in Philadelphia...

Pages