Robert J. Dozier died on Friday, Jan. 6 at his Edgartown home. He was 81.

Donations in his memory may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168, or the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 190, Edgartown, MA 02539.

A complete obituary will be published in a future edition of the Gazette.

Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs.