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August 2 6 ,2010, BEACON SH O P P E R . 6C Barbara Holmquest Gotz, gifted pianist, longtime Amityville resident by Tiffany Elliott Professional pianist, Barbara Holmquest Gotz, who dedicated her life to both teaching and playing, music died July 24, 2010 after complications from a fall in Amityville. She was 88. She was bom 1921 in Brooklyn to Swedish immigrants, Jack and Corene Holmquest and grew up in Lynbrook. She started recitals ate age five and graduated from the Juilliard School with the Morris Loeb Memorial Prize for the most outstanding and gifted student She studied under Carl Freidberg, Brahms and Clara Schumann. During World War II, as she administered musical therapy to shell-shocked solders at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C., she met her future husband, U.S. Army Captain Dr. Alexander Gotz, and the couple moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. While raising her three sons, she performed concerts in both the United States and Europe during the 1960s and taught at the University o f Michigan. After her divorce in 1967, she moved to London, England where she taught at Surrey University and recorded some of the very first recordings on authentic period pianos. At different times in her career she had also taught at the Juilliard Summer School, Montclair State University in New Jersey and Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill, Maine. In 1984 she returned to Long Island and lived on Bayview Avenue in Amityville for 25 years. Shecontmuedtoplayrecitalsforthe LL, Friends of of Arts Beethoven Festival in Oyster Bay, Friends of the Amityville Public Library, the Mary P. Myton Literary Society and St. Martin of Tours Concert and Choir Programs. She truly loved her family and friends said her son David of Tiburon, California. “My mother was an enjoyable person to be around,” he said. “She was just loving and caring to everyone.” In addition to her son Davis, Mrs. Holmquest Gotz is also survived by her other son, Thomas A. of Amityville; her daughter-in-law, Vickie of Tiburon, California, and her grandchildren, Alex and Catherine. She was predeceased by her son Alexander in 1973. A celebration of her life will be held in Amityville in the near future. A private cremation was held and cremains will be interred in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Barbara Holmquest Gotz, Obituary notices are printed without charge, as space permits. Family members and funeral directors may submit obituary notices to us a t 65 Deer Park Ate., Babylon NY 11702 or may call 516-798-5100. We will also consider publishing dear blade and white or color photographs with the articles. Photographs are kept an file at our offices by date o f publication and may be picked vp at your convenience. Rev. Father Robert Hyatt, served as local hospital chaplain by Tiffany Elliott Longtime hospital chaplain and local priest, Rev. Father Robert A. Hyatt died June 23, 2010. He was 78 and served in Massapequa Park and Amityville for many years. He was bom July 12, 1931 in Virginia and attended Seminaries in Connecticut and New York Father Hyatt was ordained at the Cathedral of St. Agnes in Rockville Centre in 1963 and was a pastor in Brentwood and Long Beach before becoming Hospital Apostolate at Our Lady of Lourdes in Massapequa Park. He also served at Brunswick and South Oaks Hospitals and as Chaplain at Our Lady of Consolation and in Amityville before retiring in 2001. He lived in Riverhead. Father Hyatt leaves behind his brother and sister- in-law: Gerald and Barbara Hyatt- o f Chesapeake, Virginia; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. He reposed at the Powell Funeral Home, Amityville, on June 25,2010. Bishop William Murphy presided at the Funeral Mass on June 26, 2010 at St. Martin of Tours R.C. Church, Amityville. Burial followed at St. John the Evangelist Cemetery in Riverhead. The follow ing are a list o f p u blic meetings and special events f o r the coming week: SATURDAY, Aug. 28 •Farmer’s Market: 7 a.m.-12 p.m., 9/11 Memorial Parking Lot, Route 110, Amityville. •Families Anonymous: 10 a.m., New Life Com munity Church, 380 Lakeland Ave., Sayville. For info., call 581-3418. For alcohol, drug or behavioral problems. Iin 5 enl)ur$t Funeral H o m e , Inc. Your Pre-Need Funeral Experts 424 S. W ei I w ood Ave. • 631-957-0300 Located between Village Hall and Lindenhurst Library Fully Provisioned for the Handicapped Why More Than 500 Families Have Entrusted Us With More Than $2,000,000.00 In Pre-Paid Funeral Funds We have been entrusted with more than $2,000,000.00 in pre-paid funeral funds by more than 500 families in your community for several reasons. We believe the most important reason so many of you have trusted us is because of our impeccable reputation for our compassion and service to you and your family. The second reason and almost as important reason so many families trust us is die preplanned price guarantee we give all our families who make prepaid funeral arrangements with us. Simply put we do something no other funeral does. Once paid in full we guarantee every aspect of the funeral costs. Which means we guarantee prices of not only all of our services and merchandise, which some but not all funeral homes do, but we also guarantee all fees o f the cemetery, church, airlines, etc...which no other funeral homes does. Simply put once a funeral is prepaid at the Lindenhurst Funeral Home the family never has to concern itself with increasing costs and will never have to add funds to the funeral they had selected. As an example, we have an individual who made pre-arrangements in 1983 and paid $4377.00 for the complete funeral including casket, cement vault, cards, grave opening fees at the cemetery, the funeral director in Florida and air transportation, everything was pre-paid. The money was put in an interest bearing account and now amounts to $7928.00 but if selected at today's prices the funeral would cost $9548.00 But because of the guarantee we offer, the family would not have to add anything to the cost of the funeral. Although this guarantee doesn't make any sense to our accountants or other funeral directors, it makes sense to us. If you have any questions about prepaid funerals or any other question please call us anytime. In the meantime, Be Well, Enjoy Life and Keep in Touch SUNDAY, Aug. 29 •Debtors Anonymous: 6:30 p.m., Ascension Lu theran Church, 33 Bay Shore Rd., Room 9, Deer Park. Free. For info., call 917-319-2819. MONDAY, Aug. 30 •Babylon School Board: 7:30 p.m., regular meet ing, Jr.-Sr. High School, 50 Railroad Ave., Babylon. For info., call 893-7925. •Babylon Town Planning 8c Development: 7 p.m., Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Hwy., Lindenhurst. For info., call 957-3102. •Bingo: 7:15 p.m., Sons of Italy, Constantino Bru- midi Lodge, 2075 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park. For info., call 940-2006. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 •Babylon Rotary Club: 12:15 p.m., Long Island Yacht Club, Little East Neck Rd., Babylon. For info., call 661-7200. •Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: 7:30 p.m., Family Service League, 1444 Fifth Ave., Bay Shore. Free. For more info., call Linda 647-3100 x220. •Caregivers Support Group: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital, front lobby, 1000 Mon- tauk Hwy., West Islip. For info., call 376-4444. •Life Goes On Cancer Support Group: 11 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital, Breast Health Center, 1000 Montauk Hwy., West Islip. For info., call 376-4444. •Families Anonymous: 7 p.m., Prince of Peace School, Montauk Highway, Sayville. For info., call 581-3418. For people with alcohol, drug or behav ioral problems. •Cooking with Omega Three Fatty Acids: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Southside Hospital, 301 E. Main St., Bay Shore. For info., call 968-3477. THURSDAY, Sept. 2 •Islip Town Planning Board: 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 655 Main St., Islip. For info., call 224-5500. •Babylon Town Zoning Board of Appeals: 6 p.m., Town Hall, 200 Sunrise Hwy., Lindenhurst. For info., call 957-3102. •Lindenhurst Camera Club: 8 p.m., The Rainbow Center, 293 Buffalo Ave., Lindenhurst. For info., call 242-5854. •Stretch 8c Tone with Lois: 11:45 a.m., Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 576 Deer Park Ave., Baby lon. Free. For info., call 661-7245. Calendar items are pfinted f o r non-profit organi zations, as space permits, or when an event, service or inform ation is being sponsored by a profit-m aking organization without charge to readers. Submit items to us a t 65 Deer Park Avenue, Babylon, NY 11702 at least two weeks p r ior to the publication date in which the item must appear. Sorry, but open-ended requests without the specific dates o f the events are not accept able. W hile we m a k e every attem p t to accom m odate each request, we cannot g u arantee p u blication o f any items. For fu r ther inform ation call (631) 587-5612. A m erican Legion A u xiliary Italian Night S eptem b er 18 The American Legion Auxiliary will hold an Italian night dance on Sat., Sept 18, 8 p.m. to mid night. The cost is $25 per person and includes a buffet o f hom e-cooked food, DJ and open bar. The dance will be held at the American Legion, 22 Grove PL, Babylon. Contact the Legion for tickets at 631-669-0094. There will be no tickets sold at door. Westminster Presbyterian Flea Market Westminster United Presbyterian Church, 109 Udall Rd., West Islip, will hold a flea market, Sat., Sept. 11,9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rain date is Sat., Sept. 18. No vendors are needed. There is no entrance fee. Call the church office for more information at 631- 661-6740, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
