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Martha's Vineyard Funeral Announcement: State Forest Superintendent John J. Varkonda, 55

Updated: Donations in memory of John J. Varkonda may be made to The Cape and Islands NPR Station, 3 Water Street, PO Box 82, Woods Hole, MA, 02543 or www.capeandislands.org.

Chapman Cole & Gleason Funeral Homes has announced the death on Dec. 31, 2013 of John J. Varkonda, 55, of Edgartown, whose visitation will be held Jan. 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home on Edgartown Road in Oak Bluffs.

Updated Jan. 4: According to the Vineyard Gazette, Varkonda had been superintendent of the Island's state forest from age 29 until his unexpected death from an aortic aneurysm.

Read more: John Varkonda Was Faithful Steward of State Forest (Vineyard Gazette).

Donations in his memory may be made to The Cape and Islands NPR Station, 3 Water Street, PO Box 82, Woods Hole, MA, 02543 or www.capeandislands.org.

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