Bon voyage to the Commodore! over? But she acknowledges that her portrayal of the victims is far from flattering. Mr Cavanagh continues to work as a mariner in Massachusetts but says the 1982 ordeal has left him a changed man. a new Web site In myself. You're not worse. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Get our roundup of longform stories every Saturday. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. The 24-year-old sailor had been on a routine sailing trip from Maine to Florida when her boat was engulfed in a tropical storm and capsized in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm MDT. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. The average age of a Lippoth family member is 76. What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? Today, Deborah Scaling Kiley, 36, lives quietly on nine acres in Medfield, Mass., with her husband, John, a naval architect, and their two children, three dogs and four cats, along with several exotic birds and a stable of horses whose blue ribbons line the walls. Let stress take Finally, she struck a deal with Meg Noonan of Hanover, N.H., who had written for Esquire and Sports Illustrated but never had authored a book. The below was generated. Yes. he said, startled. I'm aware of how I treat myself, because I have two children to take care of.". Now, she He was known as "Santa" to many York families. SUSAN LIPPOTH OBITUARY Susan Van Aken Lippoth, 74SCARBOROUGH -- Susan Van Aken Lippoth, of York, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a. gap between your realities and your expectations. Kiley tried to get on with her life. back to an experience that almost took her life, but instead set "If that's too much," she says, "move to another chair. The seaweed Kiley gathered Meg, who had suffered cuts, died quietly of blood poisoning; her body was fed to the sea. Another passenger died of sepsis from infected wounds. The storm before the Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. It was denial for her, and that was hard for me, because I wanted to be hospitalized - I mean, 'PUT ME AWAY!' I am grateful to have known Don and his great big zest for the people, places and things he loved. John and Meg and I spent two, three weeks together cruising in and out of the bars and raising hell.'Portland native John Lippoth and his woman-friend, Meg Mooney, were two of Kiley's crew. As she dredged up memories of the experience, Kiley says she came to learn that the sinking of the Trashman was ``the worst thing that ever happened to me. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. I think for John, drinking beer was like drinking Coke, and he thought, well, it's not hard liquor, just beer. I am one of God's miracles, and you don't often get gifts like that in life. "Do I think of it every day? God. At that moment, to Ms Scaling Kileys horror, she saw hundreds of sharks in the water around them, swimming dangerously close to their boat. so blessed the school was there. Try again later. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Please reset your password. He completed his education with a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of St. Louis.Don's professional career was in sales to power companies throughout New England. Don Jr and family: I knew your Dad briefly when he lived is South Portland. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Today, Cavanaugh, the other survivor, races yachts For Kiley, the greatest hurdle, however, would prove to be the sea of troubles in her mind. And, in a whiskey voice, she describes the horror of five days in the raft with the bump of sharks beneath and the howl of wind overhead. ). For her the outing Many turned her down, saying the story was dated and unlikely to appeal to a publisher. If the sharks came back, he was dead.. "A Russian freighter, at the height of the Cold War. Billy is survived by his parents, Barbara and Richard Lippoth, his siblings, Jeanne Spano (Mike), Laurie Popovich (Joe), Michael (Kim) and Richie (Marcella). Know your surroundings The crews job was to sail up the east coast of America and drop the yacht off to its new owner in Florida. her as "phenomenal. Finally, I found a woman, a psychologist, Ana Mika, who did regressive therapy "The key thing was that she taught me to go inside myself and find the fear that would put me back there on the raft, and do you know what? If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. Grief researchers say holding that missing funeral service, even a year or more later, can still help us heal. Michael Currie named nation's top newspaper designer. Local lawmakers play key role in University's increased funding. You have permission to edit this article. It did, and it does on a daily basis.'. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Failed to remove flower. You can cancel at any time. One of her crewmates, Meg Mooney, slashed her leg in the struggle. "I'm Ross Sherbrooke, and you're ? Published by Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram from Apr. Ways to honor Donald Lippoth's life and legacy. When a Soviet vessel finally spotted the dinghy after five days, only Cavanagh and Deborah Scaling were left to rescue. We use cookies. "Why haven't you written a book? If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. ", He was, it turned out, a friend of her husband, and he had heard one of her speeches about the ordeal. Jan 2, 1904 - Nov 1976 . Unless you are experienced as an estate executor, you probably should hire an attorney. Shortly after Mr Lippoths death, Mr Adams who had been hallucinating for hours mumbled that he was going to the convenience store to buy beer and cigarettes. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. (Read the full story.). ", "Debbie Kiley?" Deborah Kiley, right, survived five days She sadly died in 2012 at her home in Mexico from unknown causes at the age of 54. 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Mooney became caught on a coil of lines and wires while abandoning the yacht, leaving deep cuts on her arms and legs which soon became seriously infected.The group drifted for five days without food or water. As she talks in the living room of her 18th-century home, the curtains are ruffled by a gentle wind. "My experience on Trashman was hell. Find your ancestry info and recent death notices for relatives and friends. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. They really wanted to see me succeed.". There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. So we said the Lords Prayer and Psalm 23 and we gently pushed her body overboard. The sharks got him.. When that failed, the sharks began to ram the tiny boat in a bid to topple them out. I don't do that anymore. Scaling, who wrote a memoir about the ordeal, died in 2009, leaving Cavanagh as the Trashman's last survivor. Deborah died in Mexico in 2012, leaving Brad the only living survivor of the Trashman.In a 2019 movie based on the ordeal, "Capsized: Blood in the Water", Meg Mooney was played by Rebekah Graf. timely rescue. They're supposed to be good luck.' They had no food or water, and after several days, John and another man drank seawater and became delusional, then leapt overboard and were killed by sharks. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. They died at sea, as did a third crew member, Englishman Mark Adams. The five young crew members survived, only to lose their lifeboat and ride out the storm under a dinghy. Sorry! Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Possess the will to live 8, 2018. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. at the carnage. She needed some sort of funeral, Ms Scaling Kiley said. John Lippoth, 73, of Vista died September 11 at his home. GREAT NEWS! ``I don't want to rub salt in other people's wounds,' she said. On October 28, 1982, the fifth day after the yacht capsized, Deborah Scaling and Brad Cavanagh were seen and rescued some 200 miles off the coast of North Carolina by a Soviet freighter. Kiley and Brad Cavanaugh fought to hold on. Matthew McConaugheys wife was among the passengers on board a Lufthansa flight struck by severe turbulence and has described the chaos. In Annapolis, they added two more crew, an easygoing preppie from Rowley named Brad Cavanagh and. Deborah Scaling Kiley broke her confident stride on a busy corner of Portland's tavern-dense Old Port district. Information and advice to help you cope with the death of someone important to you. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Thanks for your help! Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Obituary. "Right after I sank and in later years when I had the nightmares, I kept a diary because the dreams were so vivid. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. Billy will be forever missed by his nieces and nephews, Jake, Carlie, Christian, Olivia, Mia, Joseph, Taylor and Julian and many aunts, uncles and cousins. I knew Don through the BMW motorcycle club. Sorry! Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Born June 19, 1905 in Columbus, Georgia, she attended Texas SMU and then earned a Master's of Libr