Martha’s Vineyard – StoryCorps

Dan Steinberg and Peg Steinberg

Peg Steinberg and her son Dan discuss her multiple battles with cancer and the strength she has shown her family.

Originally aired August 17, 2007, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Robbie Cronig and Steve Bernier

Robbie Cronig’s family opened Cronig’s Market on Martha’s Vineyard in 1917. He started working there when he was a boy, and decades later he ran the store. Eventually he sold his family business to Steve Bernier (left); they discuss the close friendship they have gone on to develop.

Originally aired August 2, 2007, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Otis Wade and Beatrice Perron

Beatrice Perron and Otis Wade remember Mandred Henry, her grandfather and his best friend, who left behind a “legacy of love.”

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Originally aired July 13, 2007, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Bottom Photo: Otis Wade (left) and Mandred Henry in a 1990 family reunion photo. Courtesy Beatrice Perron.