R. Leonard Harrill died Tuesday, April 8 at Van Dyk Manor, Montclair, N.J. He was 85.

Born and raised in Charleston, S.C., Mr. Harrill graduated from the Citadel Military College of South Carolina as first battalion commander, cadet captain. He went on to serve as a first lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps and was stationed in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska during World War II.

Mr. Harrill moved to Montclair, N.J., following his employment with Dan River Mills, where he served as a textile executive in charge of home goods. He retired in 1986 after 40 years of service.

After the death of his wife of 47 years, Joycelyn Macfarlane Harrill, Mr. Harrill moved to Winchester Gardens, Maplewood. In 2004, he moved back to Charleston, S.C., and married his childhood friend, Billie Doscher Smith. Following her death that same year, he returned to New Jersey. Briefly living in Pompton Plains, he lived with his daughter and her family for the past two years.

Mr. Harrill served as a trustee of the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs. He was a member of the East Chop Beach Club, Citadel Alumni Association and Glen Ridge Congregational Church. Always ready with a story and a smile, he enjoyed 56 summers at the family home on the Vineyard.

Survivors include his daughter, Kim Patterson and her husband Perry of Glen Ridge, N.J.; his son, Ronald F. Harrill of Salisbury, N.C.; three grandchildren, Reed and Amy Patterson, and Ronald F. Harrill Jr.; and a dear friend, Betty Boykin Felder of Charleston, S.C.

A memorial service and interment will take place on the Vineyard at a later date.