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Miriam M. Campbell
Was Island Hospice Founder
Miriam McDonald Campbell died at Martha's Vineyard Hospital on July 21, following a short illness and complications from a fall. She was predeceased by her husband, Ford Campbell, who died in February, 2001. The Campbells had been residents of Chilmark since 1980, having retired to the Island from their previous home in Orono, Me.
Mrs. Campbell was a graduate of Tufts and the Yale School of Public Health, where she earned her M.P.H degree in 1933. She also studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
From 1958 through 1977 she served as the executive director of the Bangor-Brewer Tuberculosis and Health Association in Bangor, Me. She was a lifelong health educator and advocate for community health programs. Prior to 1958, Mrs. Campbell served as the public health officer in several towns in southeastern Massachusetts, including Middleboro, where she and her family made their home, Abington, Holbrook and East Bridgewater. Upon returning to Massachusetts in 1980, one of her first projects was to co-found the Hospice of Martha's Vineyard with the late Rev. Jack Wallace. During her last illness, when she learned that she herself was enrolled in the Hospice she helped to establish, she grinned broadly and said, "Perfect!"
In her long career, Mrs. Campbell taught at Smith College in Northampton, Westbrook Junior College in Portland, Me., and the University of Maine at Orono. In addition to her teaching activities, she served on numerous boards and committees at the local, state and national levels throughout her career. Among them, she served as president of the New England Health Education Association and president of the New England Chapter of the Society of Public Health Educators (SOPHE). Other board affiliations included the Health Council of Maine, the Maine College Health Association and the Maine Health Education Resource Utilization Consortium. Local boards she served on included the Family Health Center of Bangor, the Bangor Halfway House for Alcoholics, the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Eastern Maine and the Academy of Religion and Mental Health, which she chaired. She was treasurer of the Urban Renewal Authority of Orono, Me., and served on the school board in Middleboro. Most recently she has served for many years as a trustee of the Chilmark Public Library and as a founding board member and president of the Hospice of Martha's Vineyard.
In her early career, Mrs. Campbell was administrative assistant to the director of the Division of Maternal and Child Health in the Maine Department of Health and Welfare and the executive secretary of the Maine Wartime Child Care Committee during the World War II years.
Among her awards and recognition, she received the Health Education Award of Distinction from the New England Health Education Consortium, the Ira V. Hiscock Award from the New England Public Health Association and the Maine Maternal and Child Health Council Health Education Award. She is listed in Who's Who Among American Women and Who's Who in the East.
She is survived by her son, John G. Campbell of North Chittenden, Vermont, four grandchildren: Caitlin Ford Wrobel of Valley Village, Calif.; Nathanael Ford Murray of New York city, Megan Campbell of Chicago, Ill.; and Corinna Campbell of Bowling Green, Ohio; and two great-grandchildren: Campbell Ford and Aidan Wrobel. A daughter, Jane Campbell Murray, predeceased her in 1987.
A memorial service is planned for noon on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the First Congregational Church in West Tisbury. Memorial gifts may be sent Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc., P.O. Box 2549, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557, either for general support or earmarked for the Christopher Fund to assist hospice patients and their families with medication and supply purchases.
Joseph Mello Jr., 88
Was Commercial Fisherman
Joseph (Chippy) Mello Jr., 88, of Dartmouth died Friday, July 4. Born in New Bedford, he was the husband of Dorothy Simas Mello and the father of Teri Mello of West Tisbury and Joe Mello of Dartmouth.
Mr. Mello was an army combat veteran of World War II. He was the former proprietor of Chippy's Restaurant, South Dartmouth, but his heart and soul lay in the waters as a fisherman. He built and commercially fished off his boat, the Golden Arrow, and later built the catamaran, His and Hers. The catamaran served as a summer dwelling for his family and was a seaworthy fishing boat. Menemsha Pond was like a second home.
Chippy was hardworking, innovative, tenacious and a jack of all trades. He never gave up on his independence or his ideas. He was always working and doing the things he loved. When piece by piece his body wore out, he always found ways to compensate until all possibilities were exhausted, and he peacefully died with family by his side.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his son, Joe Mello, and his wife, Susan; his daughter, Teri Mello, and her husband, Sean Conley, and four grandchildren, Kaitlyn Mello, Joey Mello, Emma Conley and Max Conley. He was predeceased by a daughter, Judi Mello, and a son, Peter Mello.
In accordance with his wishes, a private service will be held on a boat off of Round Hill, Dartmouth, on the ocean he loved.
George N. Goulart
George N. Goulart, 73, of Vineyard Haven died Wednesday, July 23, at his home. He was the husband of Rita (Bettencourt) Goulart. He was the father of George N. Jr., Paul L., Felicia A. Clark and Victoria M. vonHone.
His funeral service with a Masonic Ritual will be held in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 26. Visiting hours are Friday, July 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. Donations may be made to the Shriner's Burn Institute, 51 Blossom street, Boston, MA 02114 or to the Vineyard Nursing Association, P.O. Box 2568, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.
Edith Z. Nessen, 92
Was Island Summer Resident
Edith Z. Nessen of Brookline died Monday, July 21 at her residence, at the age of 92. She and her husband, Saul Nessen, who died in 1989 after 55 years of marriage, were longtime summer residents of Vineyard Haven.
During her 80s, Mrs. Nessen began a new career as an administrative assistant at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center in Newton. For eight years, she was involved with new membership. Although she was unpaid, she never missed a day of work.
Mrs. Nessen was known for her sense of humor -- she contended that, unlike other housewives of her generation, she was a terrible cook. She would say, "I'm proud of it. My sons will never be able to complain to their wives, ‘If you could only cook like my mother.' "
She is survived by her three sons, Richard of Lincoln, Vt., Peter of Boston and Robert of Concord; her sister, Gladys of Needham, and her brother, Richard of Lincoln, as well as nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services, under the direction of the Levine Chapel in Brookline, were held Tuesday, July 22 at Temple Israel on Longwood avenue in Boston. Rabbi Jonah Pesner and Cantor Roy B. Einhorn from Temple Israel officiated. Interment was in the Mount Auburn cemetery in Cambridge. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton street, Newton, MA 02459.
Henry J. Jahnes, 84
Was Veteran of World War II
Henry J. Jahnes, 84, of Willimantic, husband of the late Carolyn (Pike) Jahnes, died Sunday, July 27, at the Windham Hospital. He was born August 22, 1918 in Mystic, raised his family in St. Albans, W. Va., retired to Martha's Vineyard and had recently returned to Willimantic to be near his brothers.
Mr. Jahnes was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of World War II and participated in the Normandy invasion. Prior to his retirement he was employed for many years by Union Carbide in Charlotte, W.Va. He was an outdoorsman who loved to camp. He also played the violin and enjoyed classical music.
He is survived by five children, Carl Jahnes of Hopewell, Ohio, Kathryn Jahnes of China, Andrew Jahnes of Vineyard Haven, Maria Gress of Boynton Beach, Fla., and Henry Jahnes of St. Albans, W.Va.; two brothers, his fraternal twin, William Jahnes, and Carl Jahnes, both of Willimantic; seven grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a son, Paul Jahnes, and a sister, Adelaide Jahnes.
His family will receive friends at the Potter Funeral Home, 456 Jackson St., Rte. 195, Willimantic today from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be a gathering at the funeral home Wednesday, July 30,, at 10:15 a.m. prior to the procession to his Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, Willimantic. Interment will be Thursday at 2:00 p.m. in the Oak Grove cemetery in Vineyard Haven. Memorial contributions in his name may be made to the National Audubon Society, Department W, 700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.
Aurora R. Ferreira
Was Receptionist for Hospital
Aurora R. Ferreira of New York avenue, Oak Bluffs died Thursday, July 24, at Windemere Nursing Home after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late James Ferreira.
She was the daughter of Manuel C. Rose Jr. and Josephine Monjeau. She was born in New Bedford on July 14, 1919 and just celebrated her 84th birthday.
Coming from New Bedford, she lived on Martha's Vineyard since 1943. She was a receptionist for the Martha's Vineyard Hospital.
She was an active parishioner of Our Lady Star of the Sea of the Sacred Heart Church in Oak Bluffs.
She was a longtime member of the Portuguese American Club and the former secretary.
She enjoyed poker and her "Tuesday Nights."
She is survived by her son, James Ferreira of Vineyard Haven; her daughters, Jean Fontaine of Sandwich and Aurora Reardon of Winthrop, Me.; her sisters, Anita Combra of Oak Bluffs and Josephine White of Vineyard Haven; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Her funeral service was held in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs on Monday, July 28, 2003. Interment followed in the Sacred Heart cemetery, Oak Bluffs. Donations may be made in her memory to the Holy Ghost Building Fund, Box 2203, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 or to a charity of your choice.
Brian Casey, Age 78
Was Former Island Resident
Brian Casey, 78, died on Thursday, July 17, in Shelburne, Vt., where he had resided since December, 1999. Prior to living in Vermont, Brian and his wife, Dorothy, had retired to West Tisbury in 1991, where they had summered with their children for nearly 40 years.
Brian was born in Bisbee, Ariz., on Oct. 14, 1924, to James Scully Casey and Elizabeth Keefe Casey. His family moved to New London, Conn., when he was 13 following the untimely death of his father in an automobile accident. He had a brief military career, first in the Army and later in the Air Force serving as navigator in an elite B-24 bomber squadron, before attending Stevens Institute of Technology and later Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was graduated from MIT in 1950 and began his lifelong career as a chemical engineer, first at Sunoco and then at Exxon. When he started with Exxon (then known as Esso), he moved his family from Philadelphia to New Jersey. In 1971, Exxon transferred him to Texas, where he and his family lived for 20 years.
Brian was a sophisticated gentleman. Yet he was also a rugged outdoorsman with the mechanical ability to completely rebuild an automobile engine. He had an iron self-discipline and stoically faced challenges that defeat many others.
Brian shared his love of the outdoors with his family by arranging multi-family skiing, canoeing, mountain climbing and camping trips throughout the years that he and his wife raised their five children. He took every opportunity to go surfcasting at beaches on the Vineyard. Brian made some of his best friends through his work, and these friendships have endured in the more than 20 years since he retired.
He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy Talbot Casey; a brother, and a sister. He leaves five children and their spouses, Christopher Casey of Houston, Tex., Erin and Rike Carmack of Dallas, Tex., Elizabeth and Jock MacDonald of Middlesex, Vt., Anne Casey and Rick Kreminski of Commerce, Tex., and Colin Casey of Cambridge; five grandchildren, Amanda and Colin MacDonald of Santa Monica, Calif.; Christopher Gannon of Austin, Tex., and Amelia and Ben Kreminski of Commerce, Tex., and numerous nieces and nephews.
He will be remembered for his intelligence, his integrity and his quick wit and sense of humor, for which he was famous among his family and friends.
Frances McManus
Was Devoted Wife and Mother
Mrs. Frances R. Moshier McManus of Oak Bluffs died Sunday, August 3, at Windemere Nursing Facility in Oak Bluffs. She was 95. She was the wife of the late Phips G. Moshier, with whom she shared 42 years of marriage, and the late William McManus.
She was born in the Beachmont section of Revere on Feb. 21, 1908 to the late Lawrence and Frances Boudreau. The family soon moved to Hopkinton, where Frances was graduated from Hopkinton High School. She married
Mr. Moshier and they raised their family in Hopkinton. She was an active member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Hopkinton.
She lived for many years with her daughter, Yvonne, and her late son in law, Melvin Cleveland Jr., and their daughters, Nicole and Vanessa. She moved permanently with the Cleveland family to Martha's Vineyard in 1983. She has been a resident of Windemere for the two and half years. She will be remembered as a devoted mother, loving wife and a cherished grandmother.
In addition to her daughter, Yvonne, of Oak Bluffs, she is survived by her two sons; Charles M. Moshier of Birmingham, Mich., and Arthur S. Moshier of Sagamore Beach, 10 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren. In addition to both her husbands, she was predeceased by her children, William L. Moshier, Jeanine M. Moshier, and David D. Moshier.
Her funeral will be celebrated in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Oak Bluffs at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 6. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at the Evergreen cemetery, Hopkinton. Arrangements are under the care of Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs.
Herman Schneider
Was a Noted Science Writer
Herman Schneider of West Tisbury, science writer, educator and co-author with his wife, Nina, of an innovative and widely used series of science textbooks for grade schools, died July 28 in Boston after a brief illness. He was 98.
Born in Kreshov, Poland, then part of Imperial Russia, Herman came to America in 1910 with his mother, Leah (Feldman), and two sisters. His father, Louis Schneider, had fled the Czar's army recruiters in 1904 and emigrated to New York where he raised the money to bring his family over. On the Lower East Side, they shared their cold-water flat with roomers while the family grew with the birth of a son and daughter. Herman proved to be an excellent student; but when he finished high school, his family expected him to go to work. One day, on his way home, he encountered his high school science teacher on the street. Horrified that his best student should be lost in the work force of New York, he virtually took Herman by the scruff of the neck and demanded that he go directly to the City College of New York (CCNY) and enroll. Herman frequently told that story as an example of how a chance meeting on the street had changed his life. This past year he completed a series of vignettes - a small boy's view of life in the Polish Stetl, the immigrant ship, and finally the streets of New York in 1910.
After graduating from City College, Mr. Schneider taught science at Dewitt Clinton and Stuyvesant High Schools as well as at CCNY. During World War II, he taught airplane mechanics and afterward served as science supervisor of the New York city elementary schools.
Following his first marriage, which ended in divorce, he married
Nina Zimet in 1940. Recognizing the deficiencies in textbooks available for teaching science in grade schools in the 1950s, Herman and Nina created a series of textbooks that emphasized hands-on experiences with observation and measurement of natural phenomena appropriate to each elementary grade. Illustrations showed boys and girls, in a diversity of ethnic and racial types, exploring the world around them using simple materials easily obtained at home. Their textbooks were widely adopted, most importantly by the State Board of Education of California and Texas. Herman traveled extensively to promote and explain the philosophy of the texts and the methods of teaching they facilitated.
In 1980, after many years engaged in the literary and cultural life of New York, Herman and Nina gave up their house in Greenwich Village and bought an old cow barn off Music street in West Tisbury. They converted it from the proverbial sow's ear to a veritable silk purse. Herman's unique collection of antique medical and scientific instruments, their literary and scientific library and Nina's prize-winning garden speak eloquently of the creative spirit that animated their life together. Herman became an active participant in Vineyard discussion groups. He was an avid reader to the end of his life. Refusing to be deterred by progressive loss of sight, he kept in touch with the latest developments in politics and science through radio and recordings. His friends from Vineyard discussion groups took turns reading to him in the last days of his life, helping him keep up with recent discoveries in astrophysics and cosmology.
In addition to the textbook series, Herman Schneider wrote numerous books, many in collaboration with his wife, explaining science experiments for children and recent developments in science and technology for the layman. Most recently, he co-authored, with his brother Leo, The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language published in 1988 by Harper and Row.
Herman Schneider was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Association of Science Writers. In addition to his wife, he is survived by their children, Stephen, Susan and Lucy; numerous grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, and his brother Leo. A son, Robert, by his first marriage, died this spring.
Jean R. Warnke, 80
Was Active in Volunteer Work
Jean R. Warnke, 80, a District of Columbia resident and widow of Ambassador Paul C. Warnke, who was active in volunteer, civic, cultural and charitable groups, died July 21 in a hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was a seasonal resident of West Chop.
Mrs. Warnke, who had cancer, had been undergoing medical treatment in Brooklyn since May.
She was a past president and member of the board of both Family & Child Services of Washington and the women's committee of the Smithsonian Institution. She also served on the boards of the Children's Convalescent Home, the Southeast Neighborhood House, the Black Student Fund and the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic organization.
She had been a mediator with D.C. Superior Court since 1987, and a member of the D.C. Bar's board of professional responsibility since 1990. She also was a reading tutor with the Kingsbury Center from 1975 to 1978, and was active in the volunteer tutor program with Operation Rescue from 1980 to 1992.
Mrs. Warnke, who came to Washington in 1948, was born in Ossining, N.Y. She attended Smith and Radcliffe colleges and Columbia University and was a 1973 history graduate of American University. She was a past president of the Smith College Club.
Her husband of 53 years, the noted lawyer and arms negotiator, died in 2001. Survivors include three sons, Thomas, of Long Beach, Calif., and Stephen and Benjamin, both of Brooklyn; two daughters, Margaret Warnke of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and Georgia Warnke of South Pasadena, Calif.; a brother, George Rowe Jr. of Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y., and Wellfleet, and 11 grandchildren.
George Goulart, 73
Was Islander from His Youth
George N. Goulart, 73, of Vineyard Haven died Wednesday, July 23, at his home. He was the husband of Rita (Bettencourt) Goulart.
George was born on March 15, 1930 in Taunton, though he always considered himself an Islander by default. He was brought to the Island when he was two weeks old to live on Curtis Lane in Edgartown with his parents, Louis Nunes Goulart and Maria Pacheco. He was graduated from the Edgartown High School.
He bought his home on Upper Main street, Edgartown in which is now the Edgartown China House Restaurant. He moved to Vineyard Haven and then lived in Longview, West Tisbury for 15 years before returning to Vineyard Haven on Skiff avenue for the past seven years.
George was employed under several different job descriptions which included house painter and caretaker, meter reader for the Cape and Vineyard Light Company, custodian of the Edgartown Elementary School and manager for Mid-Cape Home Center, where he was appliance serviceman and overseer of the lumberyard. Always needing to keep busy, he continued to repair appliances when he retired.
George was an active member and secretary of the Oriental-Martha's Vineyard Masonic Lodge, a 32-degree Shriner and a member of the Eastern Star.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, George N. Goulart Jr. of West Yarmouth and Paul L. Goulart of Elkton, Va.; two daughters, Felicia A. Clark of Natural Bridge Station, Va., and Victoria M. vonHone of Bangor, Me.; seven grandchildren, Joshua Trott, Joel M. Trott, Sabrina R. Trott, Heather L. Goulart, Jessica F. Goulart, Christopher S. Goulart and John M. Goulart; a brother, Louis N. Goulart of Edgartown; two sisters, Jane A. McCagg of Stonington, Conn., and Cecelia M. Viera of Falmouth. He was predeceased by his brother, Richard A. Goulart.
His funeral service with a Masonic Ritual was held on Saturday, July 26. Interment followed in the New Westside cemetery, Edgartown. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. Donations may be made to the Shriner's Burn Institute, 51 Blossom street, Boston, MA 02114 or to the Vineyard Nursing Association, P.O. Box 2568, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.
Josephine Peters Pinto
Was Oak Bluffs Native
Josephine Peters Pinto, 79, of South Yarmouth died Sunday, July 27, at the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. She was the wife of Candido (Ken) Pinto of South Yarmouth for 48 years.
Mrs. Pinto was born, brought up and educated in Oak Bluffs. She and her husband lived there until they moved to South Yarmouth in 1960. Mrs. Pinto worked part-time for Angelo's and CVS. She was a communicant of St. Pius X. Church and a member of the Emblem Club.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, John W. Peters of South Carolina, and a daughter, Sandy Correllus of South Yarmouth. Also surviving are a sister, Florence Mathias of California, two grandsons and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral was held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 31, from the Hallett Funeral home in South Yarmouth. A funeral mass was held at 10 a.m. at St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth. Interment followed in the Chandler Gray cemetery, West Yarmouth.
Donations in her memory may be made to a charity of one's choice.
