Nancy S. Travers, 70, Summered in Oak Bluffs

Nancy S. Travers, of Cohasset and Oak Bluffs, died on Jan. 30 at the Oak Knoll Nursing Home in Cohasset following a long illness. She was 70.

Born in the Dorchester section of Boston on Feb. 17, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Carl J. Marshall and Helen G. (Sutherland) Marshall. She was the wife of the late John J. Travers, to whom she was married for 37 years.

Mrs. Travers lived in Scituate from 1954 to 1998 having moved there from Milton. She also maintained a home in Oak Bluffs with her daughter, Susan Desmarais, an outreach worker for the Edgartown Council on Aging.

She was a graduate of Regis College and was employed as a bank manager for the Hingham Federal Credit Union in Scituate prior to her retirement. Mrs. Travers enjoyed reading and needlework.

Mrs. Travers is survived by her daughter, Susan, of Oak Bluffs; a sister, Joyce A. Noble of South Amboy, New Jersey; and 13 nieces and nephews.

In accordance with Mrs. Travers' request, funeral services were private. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Scituate. Arrangements were under the direction of the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home of North Attleboro. To send the family an expression of sympathy, visit the online register book at: www.dyer-lakefuneralhome.com.