Donald Joseph Thomas, of Woodside Village in Oak Bluffs, died on Friday, July 12 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 78.

Donald was born in Cambridge on June 27, 1946. He was a carpenter by trade and was in the Army during the Vietnam era and honorably discharged with the rank of SP-5.

He was the brother of Richard (Dawn) of Las Vegas, Kenneth (Eileen) of Cape Cod, Michael (Kathy) of Maine, James of Texas, Linda Thomas of Pennsylvania and Jayne Branagan of Indiana. He was predeceased by his parents, Donald and Helen D. (Furtado) Thomas and his brother, Paul Thomas.

His ashes will be buried at the Massachusetts National Cemetery at a later date.