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Robert J. Quinn, 72
Malibu, Calif. - Robert J. Quinn, 72, a former summer resident of Hyannisport, died at home after a long illness.
He was the husband of Charlotte Quinn.
Born in New York, he began his television career in the 1940s as a mail clerk. He worked his way up, becoming a stage manager for the "Howdy Doody Show," technical director and then assistant director of the "Tonight" show starring Johnny Carson from 1968 until Mr. Carson's last performance on May 22, 1992.
Mr. Quinn was a member of the Director's Guild of America and received "Best Director" Musical/Variety category, in 1992 for the "Tonight" show, starring Johnny Carson. The same year he was also nominated for a television Emmy award.
As a summer resident of Hyannisport, he was a member of the Hyannisport Club.
Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Patricia Quinn Hilton, of Brentwood, N.Y., Kathleen Quinn Gorlitz, of Oak Park, Calif., and Demarest Quinn of Greenwich, Conn.; six sons, Douglas Quinn of Hicksville, N.Y., Kevin Quinn of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Brian Quinn of Hermosa Beach, Calif., Colin Quinn of Oak Park, Calif., Robert Quinn of Hicksville, N.Y., and James Quinn of Greenwich, Conn.; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to "Make a Wish" Foundation, 1875 Century Park East, Suite 1460, Los Angeles, CA 90067.
Virginia Greer, 75
Centerville - Virginia (Christenson) Greer, 75, died Saturday, October 23, 1999 in her Craigville home after a lengthy illness.
She was the wife of the late Ernest Greer for more than 50 years.
Mrs. Greer was raised and educated in Quincy. She met and married Mr. Greer in 1943. She later moved to Weymouth where she lived for many years until moving to the Cape in 1972.
During World War II, she worked at the Quincy Ship Yard. She was also a homemaker.
Mrs. Greer enjoyed gardening and was especially fond of her dog, Tally.
Mrs. Greer is survived by two sons, Ernest C. Greer of Marblehead and Steven D. Greer of Weymouth; a daughter, Leslie C. Lueck of Tampa, Fla.; a sister, Shirley Assmus of Quincy; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Burial was private.
Memorial donations may be sent to the Visiting Nurses Association Inc., 434 Route 134, South Dennis, MA 02660.
Edna S. Arnold, 78
Raleigh, N.C. Edna Stancil Arnold, 78, who leaves family on the Cape, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999 after a brief illness.
She was the wife of Philip Arnold.
Raised and educated in Selma, Mrs. Arnold graduated from Atlantic Christian College. Most of her professional life was spent working as a law librarian for the federal government in Washington , D.C.
For the past several years, she and her husband lived in the Springmoor Retirement Community in Raleigh.
Surviving besides her husband are a daughter, Jeanne T. Wirtanen of West Barnstable, Mass.; a brother, Wilbur H. "Bill" Stancil of High Point; two sisters, Lucy S. Howard of Selma and Betty Jo Segal of Atlanta, Ga.; a granddaughter and a great-granddaughter, both of Brewster, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews.
A graveside service was held in Sunset Memorial Park in Smithfield.
Memorial donations may be made to the Selma Baptist Church Building Fund, 1500 N. Webb St., Selma, NC 27576.
Todd C. Blazis, 36
Centerville - Todd C. Blazis, 36, a business owner, sailor and musician, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999, at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis from injuries sustained in a car accident.
Born in Worcester, Mr. Blazis moved to Barnstable in 1964. He graduated from Barnstable High School and attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
He was a partner in the United States Electrical Agency in Hyannis.
An accomplished sailor and musician, he won many Figawi races in his class, played music professionally and played in a band that made some recordings.
He is survived by his parents, Gary C. and Nancy (Morton) Blazis of Marstons Mills; a son, Nicholas T. Blazis of Sandwich; a brother, Scott G. Blazis of Centerville; his grandparents, Frank and Margaret (Mathewson) Blazis of Worcester; and a niece.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at the Knight Auditorium, Barnstable High School, Hyannis.
Memorial donations may be made to the Nicholas T. Blazis Trust Fund (for his education), c/o Steve Lawson, Cape Cod Bank and Trust Co., 307 Main St., Hyannis, MA 02601.
Eileen M. Buchanan
Delray Beach, Fla. Eileen Marie Buchanan, formerly of Cape Cod, died Sunday, Oct. 17, 1999.
She was the wife of the late Albert J. Buchanan.
A resident of Delray Beach, she was a former resident of Dennis.
She is survived by four sons, Paul Buchanan of New Zealand, Peter Buchanan of Holliston, Mass., Neal Buchanan of Coral Springs and Timothy Buchanan of Worcester, Mass.; two daughters, Maureen Wattley of Sudbury and Osterville and Terri Ann Brown of Suffield, Conn.; and 10 grandchildren.
A private burial ceremony was held in Quivet Neck Cemetery, Dennis.
Bartholomeus L. 'Bart' Burgess, 28
Cotuit Bartholomeus Leonardus "Bart" Burgess, 28, an educator and sailor on the Spirit of Massachusetts with the Harvey Gamage Foundation, died in a swimming accident Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1999 off the coast of Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
Born in Rome, Italy, he was a graduate of the Brooks School in North Andover and received a bachelor of science honors degree from St. Andrews University in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1994.
Following college, Mr. Burgess became a teacher, first for the Cardiff School in Edinburgh, Scotland, and later on the Spirit of Massachusetts. During the summer he was devoted to giving sailing lessons at the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club.
His gregarious nature was legendary in Cotuit, and he had a multitude of friends all over the world.
He is survived by his parents, Thomas Knight Burgess and Annelies Burgess-Berbee, both of Cotuit; and a sister, Charlotte Burgess of Auburn.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Mosswood Cemetery, Putnam Avenue, Cotuit. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Nov. 21 in the Ashburn Chapel, Brooks School, North Andover.
Memorial donations may be made to the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club; the Cotuit Library Association; or the Harvey Gamage Foundation of Cornwall, N.Y.
Anais M. 'Anne' Chicoine, 77
Hyannis Anais M. "Anne" (Chausse) Chicoine, 77, a former Cape Cod Gas Co. employee, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999 at Cape Cod Hospital after a long illness.
Born in St. Jean-de-Matha, Quebec, Canada, she moved to the United States when she was a year old. She was raised in Lowell and Middleboro, and graduated from Middleboro Memorial High School in 1940.
After working briefly at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, she moved with her family to the Cape, where her father was helping to build Barnstable Municipal Airport. She often recounted hearing the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on the car radio while driving to the Cape on Dec. 7, 1941.
During World War II, she worked for Hood's Ice Cream and Colonial Candle Co. and did some bookkeeping for a private grocery store. She enjoyed recalling the stories of serving ice cream to the servicemen on their way to the U.S.O., which was not far from her parents' boarding house on Barnstable Road in Hyannis.
After the war, she worked for Buzzards Bay Gas Co., the predecessor to Cape Cod Gas Co. and Colonial Gas Co., until the end of 1953 when she left to marry and raise a family.
She traveled with her husband, who was in the Navy, to Norfolk, Va., Charleston, S.C., Orange, Texas , and Newfoundland, Canada. Shortly after returning to the Cape, she returned to work as the gas company as a payroll clerk in 1960. She retired as the supervisor of the billing department after 30 years of dedicated service.
As an assistant Girl Scout leader, she enjoyed camping and other scouting activities with her daughters. In her younger years, she bowled in the Hyannis leagues.
Later, she enjoyed crocheting, embroidery and crafts, but most of all she enjoyed her grandchildren.
Surviving are a son, Wayne Chicoine of East Point, Ga.; two daughters, Sandra Crowell of Marstons Mills and Lisa Frye of Mashpee; two brothers, Leon Chausse of Interlacken, Fla., and A.C. Chausse of Norman, Okla.; a sister, Grace O'Malley of Interlacken, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis. Burial was in Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit.
Memorial donations may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, 434 Route 134, South Dennis, MA 02660; or to the Salvation Army, 100 North St., Hyannis, MA 02601, where she made monthly donations for many years.
Nelson Groffman, 87
Centerville Nelson Groffman, 87, a well-known horticultural and scenic photographer, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999 at The Pavilion in Centerville.
Mr. Groffman was born in Hopkinsville, Ky., but he considered New England his home. He and his wife of 46 years, Helen, lived in Centerville for 13 years.
He graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia and opened a commercial photo studio in Newark, N.J.
He served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, stationed in Africa and Italy. After the war, he continued to travel, photographing in England, Ireland, Mexico and California.
He founded the Franklin Photo Agency in the mid-1950s, which specialized in scenic and horticultural photos, as well as photographs of dogs and antique and classic cars.
He lived in Norwood and in Hudson, N.H., before moving to Centerville.
Mr. Groffman's photographs regularly appeared in encyclopedias and textbooks, on calendars and greeting cards and in national and regional publications, including Modern Maturity, Horticulture, Yankee Magazine, New Hampshire Profiles and The Cape Cod Compass.
In the 1970s, New England Telephone Co. used a series of Mr. Groffman's photographs for the covers of their regional telephone directories. But his best-known work may be the uncredited photos on the "Visit Scenic New England" Domino sugar packets. Universal on the tables of regional restaurants for three decades starting in the 1960s, these became as much a New England landmark as the sites they depicted.
Most recently, Mr. Groffman was a correspondent for the Cape Cod Times and a contributor to The Barnstable Patriot, providing features and picture-stories on plants and gardening.
Mr. Groffman was a member of the Cape Cod Organic Gardeners and was a passionate proponent of environmentally sound agriculture. He was also a member of a senior bowling league and of a swimming aerobics class.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Judy Faulkner, and his son-in-law, Dave Faulkner, of Los Angeles; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Burial services were in Sharon.
Contributions may be made in his name to the Cape Cod Synagogue, 145 Winter St., Hyannis, MA 02601, or to the charity of one's choice.
Francis J. 'Frank' Leahy Jr., 69
Osterville Francis J. "Frank" Leahy Jr., 69, a consultant in the field of law enforcement and criminal justice, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999 at the Cape Regency Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Centerville after a long illness.
He was the husband of M. Louise (Horgan) Leahy for 45 years.
Born in Quincy, Mr. Leahy graduated from Harvard University in 1952. He later received a master's degree in government administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1954 and served in the Army Security Agency.
In 1960, he was recruited by the mayor of Chicago to be the budget director for the police department of that city following the discovery of widespread abuse.
Mr. Leahy then moved to Washington , D.C., and was instrumental in the establishment of the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in Fairfax, Va., where he later served as a consultant in the field.
A lifelong summer resident of the Cape, he retired to Osterville in 1995 and was a 30-year member of the Wianno Yacht Club.
Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Francis J. Leahy III of Sausalito, Calif., and Christopher D. Leahy of Santa Clara, Calif.; a daughter, Jean A. Leahy of Los Altos, Calif.; a brother, Paul D. Leahy of Scituate; a sister, Ann C. Sheehan of Dudley; and three grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Osterville. Burial followed in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville.
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Foundation, P.O. Box 953, Barnstable, MA 02630; or to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Wm. Black Research Building, 710 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.
