Claudia A. Metell of Oak Bluffs died peacefully with family by her side at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on July 24. She was 75.

She was born on Dec. 31, 1947 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital to Alfred Metell and Ruth DeBettencourt of Oak Bluffs.

After graduating from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in 1965, she worked at the Martha’s Vineyard Co-Op Dairy in Edgartown, followed by Cronig’s in Vineyard Haven as a bookkeeper. She then worked as an account representative at Martha’s Vineyard Insurance for 30 years.

Claudia loved traveling and she visited Britain, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand and Portugal. She shared her fondness for travel with her niece and three nephews by taking them each on a trip when they graduated from high school.

Blessed with a beautiful soprano voice, she enjoyed singing in the community choir at St. Andrew’s Church in Edgartown. She adored the friendships with her choir family. Her love of singing was part of a broader enjoyment for theater productions and musicals. To know Claudia was to feel love and kindness. She was a gentle soul, always had a kind word and held a positive approach to life. She touched many lives and was beloved by those who knew her.

Claudia will be missed by her four surviving siblings, David Metell and his wife Carla of Melrose, Coleen A. Westover and her husband Dr. Gerald Westover of Edgartown, Carol A. Packer and her husband David of Centerville, Corey A. McGaughey and her husband Patrick of Sandwich; her niece Sally Formica and nephews Jeffrey Westover, Anthony Westover and Christopher Carron; and four great-nieces and four great-nephews.

Funeral arrangements will be held privately by her family.

Memorial donations may be made to: American Cancer Society, online at cancer.org/donate or by mail to P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741; or Island Food Pantry, online at igimv.org/about-island-food-pantry or by mail to P.O. Box 622, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.

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