What a wonderful story about Bart Heywood’s life and passing written by his cousin Brad Woodger (Sept. 20). Bart was my neighbor in West Tisbury in the 1980’s. His kids — Brigid, Duncan and Nathaniel — rode bikes with my kids to the West Tisbury school.

Bart always had a welcoming smile. We had many dinners together and fished for striped bass. It was always great to just hang with Bart. Later, when he married Lucy, I was so happy for both of them. We didn’t see a lot of each other in the later years but when I ran into him it was always the same Bart with his great smile. My regret is I didn’t spend time with him when I heard he was sick, but I’m so glad Lucy and Bart had a wonderful life together.

David Finkelstein

West Tisbury