Arthur V. Lundquist

LUNDQUIST - Arthur Vernon, Jr., passed away suddenly at his home in Stony Brook on Sunday May 9th. Born December 5th, 1942 in Morgantown, West Virginia, he was the son of Arthur V. and Eleanor Lundquist. A star football player and honor student for Port Jefferson High School, Art graduated from Alfred University, where he was an athlete and student coach. He was the proprietor of Chester's, a well known gathering place in Setauket, named after one of his omnipresent bull mastiffs. Art was an avid deep water sailor who cruised the eastern seaboard on his distinctive wooden yawl "Coyote." He spent much time sailing between St. Augustine, FL and Port Jefferson, where he was the owner and operator of Lundquist Marine and the Port Jefferson moorings and launch service. A well-known local figure in the Three Village area, Art is best remembered as a loving and devoted father to his two sons, with whom he shared his talent in the kitchen and a deep appreciation of the outdoors as a Cub Scout leader, camping and fishing enthusiast. He is predeceased by his parents and survived by a sister, Tina Conklin, and his sons, Arthur V. III and Matthew Lundquist. A memorial service will be held at the Old Field Club in E. Setauket on Friday, June 4th from 2-5pm. For more information, please contact [email protected]