Peter J. Schreck Worked in Telecommunications

Peter Joseph Schreck of Edgartown died on the morning of May 26 after a long and courageous bout with cancer. He was 42 years old.

Peter was born in Orange, N.J., and grew up in Perry, Me. He was stationed in Germany for three years and Texas for one year while honorably serving in the U.S. Army. His surviving parents, Kathleen (Smith) Schreck and Joseph G. Schreck of Belgrade Lakes, Me., formerly owned and operated the High Haven Inn in Vineyard Haven. Peter had been a resident of Martha's Vineyard for 19 years and worked in the telecommunications industry with Verizon.

Peter was a devout lover of all water sports. He avidly pursued fishing and boating.

He was the devoted husband of Susan (Richardson) Schreck and the beloved dad of Eric, Emilija, Elizabeth and Timothy Schreck. He is also survived by his sisters, Karen Dutton of West Tisbury, Lisa Bolton of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Jennifer Cuntz of Golden, Colo., and many nieces and nephews.

His funeral Mass was celebrated in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Oak Bluffs on Tuesday, May 30, at 11 a.m. Interment followed in the New Westside Cemetery on Robinson Road in Edgartown, with military honors provided by the Martha's Vineyard Veterans.

Donations may be made in his memory to the Martha's Vineyard Hospital, P.O. Box 1477, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 or to Hospice of Martha's Vineyard, P.O. Box 2549, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.

Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. Visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com for online guest book and information.