U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Jane Miriam Driscoll
Jane Miriam Driscoll, a longtime resident of Shelter Island Heights, passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday, July 29, 2003. She was 74.
The daughter of Leif and Lillian Lorentzen, Jane was born and raised in North Bellmore. She graduated from Mepham High School and, inspired by the courageous nurses serving in World War II, trained to become a registered nurse at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in Manhattan.
Shortly before graduating, she met Richard Driscoll, who was about to graduate from St. Francis College in Brooklyn. They were married on September 24, 1950 after a whirlwind courtship.
Jane worked as a nurse until the demands of family life took precedence. She and Dick raised their five children primarily in Hauppauge, with family activities centered on boating from early on. Eventually, with sailing vacations taking them farther and farther northeastward, the Driscolls decided to moor their boat in Dering Harbor. They fell in love with Shelter Island and bought their home here in 1978.
In the late 1970s, Jane and Dick became real estate brokers in East Hampton. In 1985, they opened their own brokerage on Shelter Island, Driscoll Estate Agents. Jane enjoyed the challenges of her second career as she developed warm, long-term relationships with her clients.
As members of the Shelter Island Yacht Club, Jane and Dick were always the last to leave the dance floor at club events. She loved to sew, knit, crochet, paint and garden. She was an avid sailor and loved playing tennis with the same "girls" for many years.
Jane's family and friends will remember her as an excellent cook, especially known for recipes using local clams, which she loved to dig. She cherished the time she spent with her husband, her friends and her far-flung children and grandchildren.
Jane is survived by her husband of 53 years; her sister, Barbara Nordlund of Hampton Bays, and by her five children and their spouses, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her children are Diana E. Lawrence of Great Falls, Virginia and Shelter Island; Richard J. Driscoll Jr. of Santa Fe, New Mexico; George R. Driscoll of Bath, Maine; Brian D. Driscoll of Hinsdale, Illinois and Pamela Jane Driscoll Lee of Leesburg, Virginia.
A funeral mass was held at Our Lady of the Isle Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday, August 5, 2003, officiated by the Reverend Charles Dougherty, C.P.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jane's memory to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, New York 11978-7048.
Herbert D. Ketcham
Herbert Durelle (Bud) Ketcham died in Florida on June 11, 2003.
Born June 25, 1916 in Islip, he was the husband of Alice Mae Clark, who predeceased him, and the father of two daughters, Virginia Martin of Micanopy, Florida and Carol Lewis of Gainesville, Florida. Two brothers, Julius Carlin and Louis, and a sister, Elizabeth, also preceded him in death.
Bud and Alice lived in East Islip, where he worked for LILCO and was a member of the Islip Fire Department and race team. His favorite place, though, was always Shelter Island, where Alice grew up as a Bass Creek Clark, camping there in the summers with relatives and a friend.
In 1956, the family moved to Florida, settling in Micanopy, where they raised farm animals and grew a beautiful garden. Bud had many hobbies, including baking delicious cakes and pies, but the hobby he loved most was making wooden toys for his five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Jean K. Hawley
Jean K. Hawley of Southold died at Eastern Long Island Hospital on July 21. She was 94.
Ms. Hawley was born in Virginia on Feb. 11, 1907, to Harry and Adele (Corner) Kimball. She lived on Shelter Island for 22 years before moving to Southold nine years ago. Ms. Hawley was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church on Shelter Island. She was active in the American Red Cross as a volunteer at the blood banks in New York City and prior to that in Virginia. She was also a volunteer at San Simeon by the Sound nursing home.
She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, in 1990. Arrangements were handled by DeFriest Funeral Home in Southold.
Philip E. Rollhaus Jr.
Shelter Island homeowner Philip Edward Rollhaus Jr., the founder and chairman of Quixote Corporation, which led the development of a number of successful highway safety products as well as the production of the first CD music disc and CD-ROM in the United States, died of cancer on July 28 in Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 66.
Born in Philadelphia and raised in Scarsdale, New York, he graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He then served aboard two U.S. Navy ships as the chief engineering officer, leaving the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant. Living in Paris in 1960, he started the literary magazine, Parnassus Review, as well as the first coin-operated laundry in Paris, which helped to support the magazine.
After moving to Chicago in the late 1960s, he founded the Quixote Corporation in 1969, a publicly owned developer and manufacturer of highway safety equipment and other highway products for saving lives and relieving congestion on the highways. Quixote's line of patented highway crash cushions are sold in 43 countries and have saved an estimated 40,000 lives in the U.S. and around the world since they were first introduced 30 years ago.
Quixote Corporation is also known for having produced the first CD music disc and the first CD-ROM in the United States in the early 1980s through a wholly owned subsidiary, Disc Manufacturing, Inc., which was sold in 1996. An inventor who held several patents, Mr. Rollhaus was proud of the company's two mottoes -- "Working With Ideas Making Ideas Work" and "Saving Lives by Design."
Mr. Leslie Jezuit, president of Quixote Corporation, said of Mr. Rollhaus, "Always a vigorous enthusiast for new ideas, he loved inspiring and working with others to make novel concepts come alive as innovative products within an entrepreneurial environment. We shall miss him deeply."
He was a founding shareholder and, for a number of years, also a director of two other Chicago-based companies, the Keller Graduate School of Management and DeVry, Inc.
His marriage to Jacqueline Merrill of Aspen, Colorado in 1965 ended in a divorce in 1975. They had two children. In 1983, he married Barbara Walker of Park Ridge, Illinois.
Mr. Rollhaus served as a trustee of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. and was the founding chairman of the Starlight Foundation of Chicago, which grants wishes to critically, chronically and terminally ill children. In addition he served as a trustee of the Institute of Psychoanalysis in Chicago and as a director of the Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation, the Alliance Francaise de Chicago and the Chicago Capital Fund. More recently he served on the board of directors of the Institute of International Education of Chicago, and of the Wilson Council of The Woodrow Wilson Center, the Meridian International Center and the American Business Conference, all of Washington, D.C.
He was the recipient of the "High-Technology in Illinois Man of the Year" award (1986), the "Entrepreneur of the Year in Illinois" award (1987), the B'nai B'rith International "Corporate Achievement Award" (1990), the "Entrepreneur of the Year" award at the Westergaard Conference (1994) and the "Distinguished Alumnus Award," Wesleyan University (1996).
Mr. Rollhaus was involved in many civic and charitable activities in Chicago as well as Palm Beach, Florida and Shelter Island.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara; a daughter, Natalie (Matthew) Burton of Los Angeles; a son Ned (Catherine) of San Francisco; and a sister, Barbara (Warren) Quimby of Albany, New York.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Shelter Island Friends Meeting, Post Office Box 520, Shelter Island, New York 11964.
Eugene H. Tybaert
Lifelong Shelter Island resident Eugene "Gene" Tybaert, a past Shelter Island Lions Club Citizen of the Year, died on Monday, July 29, 2002 at Shady Grove Hospital's intensive care unit in Rockville, Maryland. He was 84 and died of kidney and heart failure following colon surgery.
Born in Metuchen, New Jersey in 1918, Mr. Tybaert moved to Shelter Island when he was two years old. His father was former Shelter Island Police Chief Sylvan Tybaert.
Over the years, Gene served Shelter Island in many capacities. He was a member of the Shelter Island Heights Fire Department, captain of the First Aid Rescue Squad, fire commissioner and police commissioner.
He was also a member of the American Legion and the Shelter Island Lions Club. In 1978, Gene was named Shelter Island Citizen of the Year.
Gene was a decorated staff sergeant in the U.S. Army and served throughout World War II in the South Pacific campaign. While stationed in New Caledonia, he met his wife, Paulette, who followed him to the U.S. where they were married on Shelter Island in 1946.
For over 40 years, Gene was a staple at Piccozzi's service station where he delivered fuel to the entire Island for many years.
Mr. Tybaert is survived by his wife, Paulette, of Rockville, Maryland; a son, Claude, of Germantown, Maryland; and a grandson, Alex.
Visiting hours are scheduled for this evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Shelter Island Funeral Home. American Legion and Shelter Island Fire Department services will be held tonight, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady of the Isle R.C. Church. Interment will follow in Our Lady of the Isle Cemetery.
Louise Jones Clark
Louise Jones Clark, who came to Shelter Island as a young bride in 1935, died on July 24, 2002 after a brief illness.
She was born Louise Abernathy Jones on September 28, 1913 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was the second of 12 children.
Louise was predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Edward F. Clark Sr., whom she met when he was attending the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
She is survived by her siblings Alice Lee, Gladys Earl and Aaron Jones, all of Medford, Oregon; her three sons, Edward, Rowland and James, all of Shelter Island; nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Her greatest joys were her family, her garden and her chickens.
Funeral services were held at Mrs. Clark's home on Sunday, July 28. A private memorial service was held after cremation.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Shelter Island Ambulance squad, P.O. Box 830, Shelter Island, New York 11964.
Paul Robert Carey
Paul Robert Carey passed away on June 14, 2001 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Mr. Carey was born on October 18, 1962, the seventh son of former Governor Hugh L. Carey and the late Helen Owen Carey, of Shelter Island. His two brothers, Hugh L. Carey Jr. and Peter G. Carey, predeceased him. He is survived by his family and friends including his brothers and sisters: Alexandria McManus, Christopher, Susan Dempsey, Michael, Donald, Marianne Hayes, Nancy Cassidy, Helen O'Neill, Bryan, Kevin and Thomas; his nieces and nephews, Peter Hugh, Eileen, Tom, Beth, Erich, Kate, Susie, Ted, Maureen, Hugh, Donnie, Owen, Delia, Thomas Hugh and Elizabeth; and his close friend, Jackie Chorney.
Paul was a graduate of Colgate University. After a career in institutional equities, he joined the Clinton/Gore 1992 presidential campaign as northeast finance director. In the new administration, he worked in the White House as special assistant to the President for legislative affairs, handling banking, financial services and securities matters, primarily working with the United States Senate. He also worked on judicial selection and handled Senate confirmation for many administration nominees.
In 1997, Mr. Carey was nominated and confirmed to serve as commissioner of the Securities Exchange Commission. While at the Commission, Mr. Carey led the Commission's efforts to provide information to lawmakers regarding the privatization of Social Security. He also served as liaison to the North American Securities Administrators Association.
A statement from the Carey family said:
"Paul lived life to the fullest and continued his public service each day of his life. As a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as well as in his service in the White House administration of President Bill Clinton, Paul strived to make life better for all of those whom he touched and for those less fortunate.
"Paul's strength, love and generosity will continue with the Carey family and his friends forever.
"With God's grace he gave and received as much love as anyone could ever have dreamed of or desired in life.
"We know."
The family also thanked all the caregivers, nurses and doctors who cared for and treated Mr. Carey during his lengthy illness.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes that Paul Carey be remembered by donations to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021 or St. Gabriel's Spiritual Center for Youth, Post Office Box 3015, Shelter Island Heights, New York 11965.
A mass was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Monday, June 18.
Carol Ellen Dowd
Carol Ellen Dowd of Greenport passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 14, 2001. She was 38.
Ms. Dowd is survived by her son, Thomas Carl Green of Shelter Island; her father, David J. Dowd of Shelter Island; her mother, Carol Ashley of Greenville, South Carolina; and her sister and brothers, Laury Dowd of Shelter Island, David of Blairstown, New Jersey and Patrick of Bay Shore, New York.
Carol Dowd was born and raised in Huntington and Oyster Bay and came to Greenport with her son in 1991. Much of her time was spent working as part of the crew of the Mary E., Captain Ted Charles' sailing cruise ship, out of Greenport.
A non-religious service celebrating Ms. Dowd's life will be held at the S. B. Horton Funeral Home on First Street in Greenport on Friday, June 22 at 5 p.m. All those who wish to speak about her will be welcome.
