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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 24, 2026 through August 30, 2026

One Nantucket-resident obituary was published this week: Gillispie, Robert John, 82, a longtime resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Summit and Basking Ridge, New Jersey, who died suddenly on Nantucket on August 20, 2026. He was remembered as a devoted husband, father, brother, and…

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This week's column carries a notice for one obituary identifying Nantucket as a place of residence, published by Legacy.com: Robert John Gillispie.

Robert John Gillispie, 82, of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Summit and Basking Ridge, New Jersey, died suddenly on Nantucket on August 20, 2026. He was described as a devoted husband, loving father, caring brother, and golf enthusiast. Services were not detailed in the available notice. Full obituary at Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/person/robert-john-gillispie-62207788.

Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Nantucket Patch.


Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.

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