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- Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
January 4, 1999
[Margaret Haskell Ross] of Basking Ridge, a summer resident of Edgartown, on Martha's vineyard, died unexpectedly Saturday at Morristown Memorial Hospital.
She was the wife of Edmund Burke Ross. Mrs. Burke was born in New York City and had lived in New Vernon, N.J., and Rumson, N.J., prior to moving to Basking Ridge, 48 years ago.
She was a longtime summer resident of Edgartown. Mrs. Ross and her husband were breeders of thoroughbred horses. She was a member of the Church of St. John on the Mountain Church in Bernardsville and for many years, a volunteer at the Blood Bank at Morristown Memorial Hospital.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons, Edmund B. Jr. of Bernardsville, N.J., Amory L. of Basking Ridge, N.J., and Benson T. of New Vernon, N.J.; a daughter, Parthenia Kiersted of Edgartown; three sisters, Anne Ellis of Red Bank, N.J., Hope Jones of Palm Beach, Fla., and Isabel DeTomaso of Modena, Italy; and nine grandchildren. She was also the mother of the late Robin Ross.
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