Margaret K. (Peggy) Lobdell was born August 8, 1921 in Bridgeport, Conn. She was the daughter of Stephen P. Kish and Margaret Lehman Kish. She died at home on Nov. 26 2007, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her husband, Howard J. Lobdell and her sister, Veronica (Ronnie) Goddard of Albuquerque, N.M.

She is survived by her three sons and their wives, James H. and Virginia Lobdell of Tisbury, Kenneth A. and Karen Lobdell of West Tisbury, and Stephen A. and Deborah Lobdell of Fairfield, Conn., as well as seven grandchildren; Darren, Kristin, Max, Jacob, Hannah, Matthew and Shannon Lobdell; five great-grandchildren, and her brother, Stephen O. Kish of San Francisco, Calif. Peggy is also survived by her long time companion Peter Hryharrow.

Peggy attended Williams College School of Banking and worked in banking in Fairfield for 45 years progressing from administrative officer to branch manager. Her last position was at Fleet Bank in Fairfield. Upon her retirement, she summered in her cottage at the Plainville Campgrounds Association in Plainville, Conn., and wintered on Martha’s Vineyard, where she was an active and well-loved member of the Martha’s Vineyard Senior Center. Always a social person, she enjoyed learning bridge and Mah Jong, and was an avid and ferocious Scrabble player. She was a doting and devoted matriarch, and will be sadly missed by the entire Lobdell clan.

A memorial service on Martha’s Vineyard will take place at Chapman Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs on Sunday Dec. 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. Interment will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield, Conn. at a date to be announced.

Donations may be made to Vineyard Nursing Association, P.O. Box 2568 Oak Bluffs, MA 02557, or Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 2549 Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.