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Mary Wolverton
Mary Wolverton
Vineyard Haven, MA
Mary Wolverton, age 59, passed away on December 24, 2025, at her home and surrounded by family in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, after battling breast cancer for several years. Mary was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1966 to Ann and Ben Wolverton Jr., and grew up on the family’s farm in Troy Mills, Iowa. She attended North Linn High School and graduated with a BA in theatre arts from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. She worked as a costume designer for Riverside Theatre in Iowa City and Theatre Cedar Rapids before relocating in 1993 to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where she started her own line of clothing called Wild Iris and made custom textile furnishings. A resident on the Vineyard for over thirty years, she also worked as a cabinetmaker, a teacher’s aide, and musician, eventually building her own home there.
She is survived by two sons, Mattie Harcourt Wolverton and Sunny Wolverton Harcourt, and their father Gregg Harcourt. She is also survived by three siblings and their spouses: Susan Wolverton and Heberth Obando; Nan Wolverton and Ed Hood; Tom and Seher Wolverton; as well as five nephews and one niece.
Donations in Mary’s memory can be made to The Polly Hill Arboretum (https://www.pollyhillarboretum.org/) or to your favorite nonprofit.
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