Patience B. Wales, former editor of SAIL magazine and two-time circumnavigator, died on February 16, 2024, of colon cancer. She was 89. A native of Massachusetts, she lived in Ipswich for 34 years.
Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, to Ralph and Retha Bens, she was raised in Randolph with older brothers Richard, David, and Ralph. She loved animals, poetry, and
