Christina Langmuir Riotte died peacefully and in the company of close family members on Jan. 22, following a brief battle with cancer. She was 74.

She was born in Milwaukee, Wis. on Oct. 16, 1948. A life-long member of the Martha’s Vineyard community, Chris and her siblings visited their grandparents every summer on East Chop. Those Vineyard summers included sailing adventures, and the occasional rescue, in her MK dinghy off the East Chop Beach Club, and time with family up-Island at the Shack Beach in Chilmark.

She graduated from the University School of Milwaukee in 1966 before attending Goucher College. Following college graduation, her strong ties to Martha’s Vineyard led her to Boston.

In 1974 she married Jeffrey Riotte, whom she had met during those summers on Martha’s Vineyard. They were married at the Federated Church in Edgartown, the same church where her parents and her sister Maria had been married.

Jeff and Chris remained in Massachusetts, raising their sons Sam and Toby in Andover and later Scituate. Professionally, Chris found her niche as a bookkeeper for local businesses on the south shore of Massachusetts.

Summers found them back on the Vineyard, where her childhood friends had become her friends for life. In her free time she was passionate about using her hands and she loved to knit, weave and stitch. In her later years, she discovered a joy for playing mahjong and teaching others how to play. She was also devoted to her dogs Dweezle and Dudley and, later, Hewie and Hazel.

As empty-nesters, Chris and Jeff moved from Scituate to Kingston before achieving their shared goal of moving to Martha’s Vineyard year-round in 2011. Following the loss of her husband in 2016, Chris lived briefly in Duxbury and then moved to Westbrook, Me. to be close to her son Sam, his wife Liz and their daughters Penelope and Eleanor.

Chris is survived by her sons, Sam Riotte of Cumberland, Me. and Toby Riotte of San Francisco, Calif., and granddaughters Penelope and Eleanor. She is also survived by her twin sister Maria Herrick of East Chop, brother Steve Langmuir of Michigan and sister Ellen Langmuir of Georgia.

Her husband Jeff Riotte predeceased her in 2016.

The Riotte family would like to extend their appreciation for the care and loving treatment Chris received from Gentiva Hospice.

A memorial service celebrating Chris’s life will take place at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Gentiva Foundation at gentivahs.com or the Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group at P.O. Box 2214, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 or mvcancersupport.org.