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Leonard William Peck was born on 30 July 1918.¹ He died on 14 July 2007, at age 88, in Cotuit, Barnstable, Massachusetts.¹ He was buried in Cremated.²

Leonard William Peck was a Captain Peck's Boats (The Francis Minot.) Captain Leonard Peck

Published by David Churbuck under Cape Cod

Leonard Peck slipped the hawser Saturday morning, passing about the time the tide turned and began to ebb.

By coincidence I was at his shop buying some wire for a new gaff bridle from his son John, paying his granddaughters who were working the same register I worked in the 1970s when I was the clerk with Leonard’s other son Geoffrey, and I asked John how the Cap was faring, but the news was sad, and the prospects of a visit weren’t good. Today I learned he passed.

The Francis Minot
I will remember Leonard Peck as a literary man (a Harvard English major), with a Lincolnesque white beard, and a laconic way of speaking that belied a love for telling a good yarn. He was one of the last of a generation of Cotusions (his son John’s coinage) that made their living on and around the water, running Peck’s Boats forever, building Cotuit Skiffs, and his incongruous tugboat, the Francis Minot.

The Peck’s and Churbuck’s were close families. My grandfather gave Leonard his frame for building skiffs, the Peck’s rented this house one winter in the late 40s or early 50s when my grandparents moved off Cape. I sailed with his sons, Geoff and John, but only knew his eldest, the late Bill Peck, from afar. All three were named after Leonard’s favorite authors, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, and William Shakespeare.

Leonard took the Francis Minot on an epic voyage down the Mississippi and back up the east coast. He wrote a memoir about his life in Cotuit, For Golden Friends I Had, and last year, at the dinner commemorating the 100th annivesary of the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club, delivered a masterful speech about the yacht club, and the fleet he helped build.

My condolences to his wife Betty, his sons, John and Geoff, and his grandchildren. This is Cotuit’s loss.

Grover Lee Snover was born on 15 July 1885 in Pennsylvania.^3,1,2 He and Lena Mary Travis were married about 1904.³ He died on 2 July 1931, at age 45, in Broome County, New York.⁴ He was buried in Kattellville Cemetery, Kattellville, Broome, New York.⁴

Grover Lee Snover was a Chauffeur.³

Lena Mary Travis was born on 5 July 1880 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 She and Grover Lee Snover were married about 1904.¹ She died on 7 December 1955, at age 75, in Binghamton, Broome, New York.² She was buried in Kattellville Cemetery, Kattellville, Broome, New York.²

Evah Emeline Archer was born on 10 August 1908 in Walton, Delaware, New York.^3,4 She and Clarence H. Snover were married on 29 October 1927 in Walton, Delaware, New York.^3,1,5 She died on 30 October 1994, at age 86, in Unadilla, Otsego, New York.^4,1 She was buried in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Sidney, Delaware, New York.

Clarence H. Snover was born on 21 May 1905 in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He and Evah Emeline Archer were married on 29 October 1927 in Walton, Delaware, New York.^1,2,4 He died on 25 May 1976, at age 71, in Unadilla, Otsego, New York.³ He was buried in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Sidney, Delaware, New York.

Clarence H. Snover was a Punch Pressman.⁵

Carl Travis Snover was born on 18 October 1907 in Auburn Center, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.² He and Myrtle Leigh Miller were married on 1 July 1928 in South New Berlin, Chenango, New York.^3,1 He died on 20 March 1962, at age 54, in Madison County, New York.^1,2 He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich, Chenango, New York.^1,2

Carl Travis Snover was a Snover Dry Cleaning Company- Binghamton, New York.¹ Carl Snover and his wife, Myrtle, had a foster child, Fred Roberts. Carl owned and operated Snover Dry Cleaning Co., in Binghamton, New York and later ws a salesman for Ho-Maid Meat Co. He served in WWll and was a member of the Eastern Light Masonic Lodge. U.S. Army- WWll- 28 Dec 1942.⁴

Myrtle Leigh Miller was born on 11 July 1904 in New York.^1,3,4 She and Carl Travis Snover were married on 1 July 1928 in South New Berlin, Chenango, New York.^1,4 She died on 24 April 1981, at age 76, in Hamilton, Madison, New York.^3,4 She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich, Chenango, New York.²

Anna Mildred Snover was born on 6 June 1910 in Pennsylvania.² She died on 11 July 1998, at age 88.¹

Erwin (Jiggs) Frailey was born on 21 March 1911 in Pennsylvania.^2,3,1 He died on 17 July 1964, at age 53.³

Floyd Franklin Snover was born on 24 December 1913 in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He and Mary E. Wheeler were married on 3 December 1938 in Windsor, Broome, New York.² He died on 24 July 1954, at age 40, in New York.^2,3 He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich, Chenango, New York.⁴

Floyd Franklin Snover was a Truck Driver.⁵

Mary E. Wheeler was born on 19 August 1912 in Norwich, Chenango, New York.^2,3,1 She and Floyd Franklin Snover were married on 3 December 1938 in Windsor, Broome, New York.² She died on 17 September 1977, at age 65, in New Hartford, Oneida, New York.^2,3 She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich, Chenango, New York.^2,3

Mary E. Wheeler was educated Elmira College/ Colgate University/University of New York.² She was a Teacher.² Mary Wheeler was a Latin teacher at Norwich High School and also conducted workshops, student exchange programs, and coordinated the Latin Club at Norwich. She was a president of the Business & Professional Women's Club of Norwich, and an honorary life member of the New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers.

Bruce Lee Snover was born on 21 September 1939 in Endicott, Broome, New York.^2,1 He died on 11 July 1998, at age 58, in Mesquite, Dallas, Texas.^2,3 He was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas.⁴

Bruce Lee Snover was an Elementary Physical Education Teacher.³

Steven Asa Snover was born on 5 October 1941 in Endicott, Broome, New York.¹ He died in Oneida County, New York.¹

Steven Asa Snover was a Social Studies Teacher- Utica Proctor High School, Utica, New York. Steven Snover was elected Justice of Whitestown, New York, from 1981-1985 and is currently president of the local Snover Association. Since 1982 Steve has also worked for Security of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.