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OBITUARIES March 17, 2005
Joseph Louis Leonard-Peck died peacefully in his home in West Tisbury of a sudden heart attack on March 2. He was born on March 30, 1951, in the Bronx, N.Y. He worked as an artist, fashion photographer, and clothing designer, and traveled extensively. He lived in Boston and New York for many years; more recently his homes were Aspen, Colo., and Martha's Vineyard. Joseph loved soccer, sailing, skiing, and was a competitive cyclist. He also deeply loved animals, especially dolphins and Abyssinian cats. He leaves behind his wife Sheila-Kathryn (Kat) and their young son Tain Joseph. He also leaves behind his mother, Helen Peck of Scarsdale, N.Y.; his sister, Mary Ellen Rogers, and brother-in-law, Peter, of Manhattan, N.Y.; his brother, Robert, and sister-in-law, Paula, of Mamaroneck, N.Y.; and his niece, Alex Kendrick, and her husband, Scott, and their son, Cooper, of Aspen, Colo. He also leaves behind his nine cats. His father, Milton Peck, predeceased him. Joe was dearly loved and he will be deeply missed. A memorial service will be held at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital Chapel, Oak Bluffs, on Saturday, March 19, at 11 am with a gathering to follow.
Benedict Gunter Barkan died unexpectedly on the morning of December 12 at Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs. He was 79 years of age. He was born on April 21, 1925, in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany to Charlotte Milch Barkan and Georg Barkan. The family lived in Germany until 1929 when they moved to Tallinn, Estonia, where his father was professor and head of the department of pharmacology at the University of Tartu. In 1938 the family moved to Brookline where professor Barkan took a teaching position at Boston University. Ben attended Brookline High School and the college of engineering at Tufts University. He graduated with a bachelor of science in civil engineering in 1946, and later completed postgraduate study in the emerging field of traffic engineering at the Yale University Bureau of Highway Traffic, where he received a certificate in transportation in 1948. He met his future wife, Glenna Kelley Barkan, of Amesbury, in November 1948 on an alumni trip to the Tufts Mountain Club in Plymouth, N.H. He and Glenna were married in Amesbury a year later. Ben and Glenna enjoyed hiking, mountain climbing, camping, and skiing throughout northern New England. Ben's subsequent interests included attending Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Conn., folk music, square dancing, and later taking trips in their small RV. Ben had a lifelong interest in transportation, particularly urban and passenger rail transport. He enjoyed watching trains, visiting train stations and transit systems. He loved geography, maps, looking at architecture, reading, especially transportation engineering and city planning magazines, listening to Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Telemann, etc. He especially enjoyed his family, including his cats. Ben's first job was selling Good Humor Ice Cream in Cambridge from a bicycle-driven vehicle at age 15. His first professional employment was in 1946 with the City of Boston Planning Department, following his graduation from Tufts. After a break to complete his studies at Yale, he returned to Boston for a year before taking a job with the City of Providence as a traffic and transportation engineer in 1949. He moved to a job in city planning in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1951, and then back to New Haven in 1956, where he worked as a teacher and researcher at Yale for a year. He moved to consulting in 1957 with the traffic engineering firm of Wilbur Smith & Associates. He later worked with Frederic R. Harris, Inc., in Stamford, and Cox and Nichols in Branford. His work included urban transportation and regional planning, traffic engineering and site planning, He directed projects throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in several European countries. In 1976, he and Alan Mess formed their own transportation-consulting firm, Barkan and Mess Associates, where he held the position of president until his retirement in 1996. He remained active with the firm, working part-time as a senior associate until 2002. Ben and Glenna lived in Branford, Conn., from 1955 onward. They started coming to the Vineyard in 1979 for vacations, buying a condo in Hidden Cove in 1993. In 1997 they bought their present home on Pondview Drive in Oak Bluffs. They divided their time between Connecticut and the Vineyard, spending an increasing amount of time on the Vineyard until November 2003, when they moved there full time. Ben's memberships in professional organizations included the American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, American Planning Association, American Institute of Certified Planners, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. In his later years he was also an active member in Rotary. Ben was the author of many articles, talks, and publications on traffic and city planning. In addition to his wife, Ben leaves three children: his daughter Susan Elisabeth Barkan, Ph.D., and her daughter, Eliza Barkan; his daughter Sally Barkan, MLIS, Assistant Director at the Oak Bluffs Public Library; and his son, Christopher Paul Lyman Barkan, Ph.D., and Chris' wife, Elizabeth Lyman Barkan, and their two children, Charlotte and Phoebe Barkan. Chapman, Cole and Gleason handled arrangements for the funeral on Dec. 17 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Edgartown. His ashes will be strewn in the Atlantic Ocean in the spring. Donations may be made in his memory to the Rotary Charitable Foundation, P.O. Box 1951, Edgartown, MA 02539.David F. Scott David Fiske Scott, 70, of Mayflower Terrace, South Yarmouth, and West Tisbury died on Sunday, March 13 at the home of his son in South Yarmouth. He was the husband of MaryEllen (Fern) Scott, to whom he was married on November 9, 1957. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 13, 1934, he was the son of David Thomas and Rachel (Fiske) Scott. He was a graduate of Thayer Academy and Tufts University. Mr. Scott was raised in Milton and had been a resident of Cohasset for 31 years prior to moving to Martha's Vineyard, following his retirement 15 years ago. Mr. Scott was a veteran of the United States Army, serving from June 20, 1956, to June 19, 1958, during the Vietnam War era, and achieved the rank of SP3. He was employed as the assistant chief probation officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the Quincy District Court for 30 years prior to his retirement in 1989. Mr. Scott also served as a trustee and member of the audit committee at the Hyde Park Savings Bank for 30 years. His hobbies included sailing, raising goats, and water sports. As a Mason, he was a member of the Konohasset Lodge AF & AM in Cohasset. In addition to his wife of 47 years, he leaves a daughter, Deborah Comstock of Braintree; three sons, David Adam Scott of South Yarmouth, John Scott of Bridgewater, and Clifton Scott of Yardley, Pa.; and three grandchildren. Funeral services and burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Nevin Farm MSPCA, 400 Broadway, Methuen, MA 01844. Arrangements were under Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, North Attleboro, 508-695-0200. On-line guest book at www.dyer-lakefuneralhome.com. Maude W. Urmston Long-time resident of Wilmington, Del., Maude W. Urmston died March 13 at Stonegates in Greenville, Del. She was 97. Brought up in Richmond, Va., Mrs. Urmston was educated at Collegiate School, which was founded by her grandmother, and graduated from Oldfields School in Glencoe, Md. Subsequently she attended school In Florence, Italy, which triggered a life-long interest in Italian. Later she took courses at Columbia University in New York City. Mrs. Urmston was active volunteer with a number of organizations in town, including the Delaware Hospital, the American Cancer Society, and the Ferris School. She was also a member of the altar guild at Christ Episcopal Church. During the summer months on Martha's Vineyard, she was an aide at the hospital and played the piano occasionally for disabled children and adults at Camp Jabberwocky. An avid sportswoman all her life, she played on golf and tennis teams at both the Wilmington and DuPont Country Clubs and in the summer at the West Chop Club on the Vineyard, She was widely recognized for her effective lobs, and her opponents were known to be careful about when they came to net. She is survived by her three children, and their spouses: Maude and Tim Chilton of Boston, Tom and Sheila Urmston of Sherborn, and Randolph Urmston and Eliza Davidson of Seattle, Wash.; as well as 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be private with burial on Martha's Vineyard alongside her husband, Thomas H. Urmston, who died in 1990. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Maude's memory to either the Martha's Vineyard Hospital, P.O. Box 1477, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 or the American Cancer Society, 92 Read's Way, Suite 205, New Castle, DE 19720. Arrangements by Chandler Funeral Homes, Wilmington, Del., 302-478-7100. |
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