Edna Jacobs Wolf died of cancer on August 29 in Baltimore. Ms. Wolf was a longtime summer visitor to Chilmark, starting in 1957. She was also a highly regarded realtor for Long & Foster in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Wolf was born in 1932 and grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. She moved to Washington in 1952. She attended Wheaton College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from George Washington University. Over the years, she held a number of positions, including president of B’nai B’rith Women International, before becoming a top residential realtor in Washington. She was repeatedly honored by the Washington, D.C. Association of Realtors and was an active member of the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors. She was a voracious reader, deeply involved in civic affairs and community organizations including the United Negro College Fund, and active in the Democratic party. She also owned and showed champion Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, including Ch. Redthea Flashy Dude.

Beginning in 1957, she spent part of each summer with her family in Chilmark. It was a great disappointment that her illness made travel to the Island impossible this year. Ms. Wolf had many dear friends on-Island. In recent years, she was a member of the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club. She will be buried in the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center Cemetery.

Ms. Wolf’s marriage to William B. Wolf Jr. ended in divorce. She is survived by her three children, Susan Wolf of Minneapolis, William Wolf 3rd of Middleburg, Va., and Vicki Rosenfield of Baltimore, their spouses, and six grandchildren, as well as her brother, Frank Jacobs of Virginia Beach, Va., and her companion in recent years, Dan Tellep of Carmel, Calif.

A celebration of her life will be held at a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center for Lung Cancer Research, c/o Dr. Charles Rudin, 100 North Charles street, Suite 234, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.