Kathryn I. (Kay) Briggs died on April 2, 2017 in Middletown, Conn. She was 100.

Kay and her husband Morton were summer residents on Hines Point for over 30 years and leave behind three generations of family on the Island.

She was born in Birmingham, Ala. on Oct. 7, 1916 to John Barna Ivey 2nd and Katherine Fern Ivey. After college, she met Morton on a boat sailing for France, where they both taught English to French students. Morton joined the faculty of Wesleyan University in 1943. He and Kay remained active in that community for the rest of their lives.

Kay is survived by three generations of family on the Island: son Kirk and his wife, Mary Vivian, and grandchildren Nicholas Briggs and his wife, Tracy, Ila Briggs Halby and her husband, Peter, and Willis Finley.

She is also survived by her two other children: Christopher Briggs of Marlborough, N.H. and Kate Holmes of Grand Junction, Colo., two other grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services or the Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard.