Thanks for sharing your stories.
Hugh Carey was a friend of my parents, and when his wife was alive, they and their 12 children and my small family shared many good times on Shelter Island.
He was devastated by his wife’s death at such a young age, and by the deaths of two sons killed in a car crash on Shelter Island.
He became Governor after her death, and raised 10 children as a single parent.
We may not agree with people on every issue, but as a human being, Hugh Carey was a prince of a man.
After his wife died didn’t he marry a rather colorful woman who was less than honest about some former husbands? It caused quite a scandal because he was a Roman Catholic.
Lucky you, growing up or at least spending summers on Shelter Island! There used to be an ice cream shop in Dering Harbor. I wonder if it’s still there.