Catherine H. (Ross) (Clark) DiGioia of Oak Bluffs and Penney Farms, Fla., died peacefully Dec. 22 at Penney Farms retirement community. She was 93.

Born Oct. 4, 1918 in Holyoke, she was employed by the Boston Visiting Nurse Association, and the Springfield (Mass.) Visiting Nurses Association as a staff nurse and later as assistant director. Catherine later served as Executive Director of the Holyoke VNA.

In 1977 Catherine joined the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Visiting Nurses as administrative supervisor, and later served as interim executive director. After retiring in 1981, she served as a board member and officer of the Vineyard Nursing Association.

She loved life on the Vineyard, enjoying the natural beauty and the many friends and activities she was involved with, especially gardening, travel, and playing bridge. Later in life, she took up painting and became quite accomplished at it. Her art talent is appreciated by residents of the Penney Farms retirement community, as well as by relatives and friends.

Catherine was an active member of the Edgartown Federated Church, the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club, the Edgartown Women’s Club, the Scottish Society, Martha’s Vineyard Council on Aging, and P.E.O., where she later served as president.

She graduated from West Springfield High School, class of 1936, and from Children’s Hospital School of Nursing in Boston in 1940 as a registered nurse. In 1951, she received a BS in nursing, specializing in public health, from Simmons College in Boston.

She was predeceased by her parents, David A. Ross and Bessie (Hamilton) Ross and her two brothers, Arlon J. Ross and David Ross. Catherine was also predeceased by her first husband, Francis A. Clark, and her second husband, Frank A. DiGioia.

Catherine is survived by her loving son, Richard F. Clark and daughter in law, Carolyn Brand of West Simsbury, Conn,, granddaughters Elizabeth Clark of Westbrook, Maine, and Patricia Clark of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., and her great-grandson, Adrianis Clark.

She will be missed by her extended family, her sister in law Jane W. Ross of Westfield, Mass., nieces Elizabeth Ross Hansen of West Springfield, Mass. and Deborah Ross Bolinder of Yarmouthport, Mass, and nephews Scott H. Ross of West Springfield, Mass., and David A. Ross Jr., of Westfield, Mass.

There will be a memorial graveside service at the Oak Bluffs Cemetery for the immediate family. Donations in Catherine’s memory may be made to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, 111 Edgartown Road, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568. They may be reached at mvcommunityservices.com and at 1-508-693-7900.