In 2020 the Vineyard said goodbye to Islanders of many stripes. Readers are welcome and encouraged to add more names in the comment section.
Everett James (Captain Porky) Francis of Edgartown, who owned Capt. Porky s Bait and Tackle, died Jan. 4. He was 80.
Daniel Sharkovitz, the Vineyard s own Shark and longtime English teacher at the regional high school, died on Feb. 16. He was 68.
Doctor, peace activist and Chappaquiddick resident Dr. Siamak A. Adibi died on May 10. He was 88.
West Tisbury historian, justice of the peace, county commissioner and former longtime selectman, John S. Alley died March 19. He was 78.
Gary A. Jenkins, an entertainment attorney and longtime member of the Oak Bluffs summer community, died on March 29 after contracting the coronavirus. He was 58.
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Geoffrey Kirby Codding (“Geoff”) was born on Jan. 3, 1978, as the Vineyard’s New Year baby, and passed away on Dec. 20, 2020, after a valiant fight with cancer, with his family by his side.
Geoff was a 1996 graduate of Martha’s Vineyard High School, and went on to graduate from Green Mountain College in 2000 with a degree in environmental science.
Keeping with his love of outdoors, he had a caretaking and landscape business for many years. Geoff was happiest on the water with tight lines. It was a love that he was passing on to his young sons. He joined the Derby when he was old enough to bring his fish in on his own, and was on the award stage many times throughout his youth, culminating with a back-to-back Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Grand Prize in 2006 and 2007.