Edward Windsor (Ted) Farrow died on July 15 of a massive head injury as a result of a fall. He was 82.

He was well known on the Vineyard where he and his wife had operated the shop Tashtego on Main street Edgartown for more than 30 years.

He was born on Sept. 16, 1928, in Rochester, N.Y., the eldest son of Edward Samuel Farrow and Ruth Wilson Farrow. He graduated from Exeter Academy, Williams College and he studied architecture at M.I.T. After serving in the Army during the Korean War he worked as an in-house architect for I.B.M., as a consultant to Herman Miller for building and office design, and as a consultant to Georg Jensen in their furniture division.

Having spent all of his summers on Martha’s Vineyard, he decided to move there permanently in 1967. He started Tashtego (named after a Gay Head Wampanoag Indian, a harpooner in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick). An eclectic shop, it combined contemporary home furnishings, lighting, accessories, crafts and treasures from the many countries he and his wife, Jane, whom he married in 1973, visited in their many travels.

He was a member of the first Chilmark planning board, a board member of the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust and a past member of the Edgartown Yacht Club. Ted was an extremely accomplished pianist and made many of his friends happy with his musical serenades. He loved living on an Island, and in 1997 Ted and Jane retired to the island of Boca Grande, Fla., where they could see, be in and enjoy the Gulf of Mexico to their hearts’ content.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Jane Wilson Farrow; his loving stepsons, Peter, David and John Damroth; three much beloved step-grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren; a brother, Rodney Downing Farrow; a sister, Katherine Farrow Jorrens; countless adoring nieces and nephews and many friends from all walks of life.

Ted is now free to walk an endless white sandy beach, collecting seashells, riding a challenging wave into shore and seeking the elusive green flash at day’s end. He died on the day of the full moon and would have loved knowing it was shining down on him.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the Boca Grande Health Clinic, Box 517, Boca Grande, Fla. 33921 or to the Nature Conservancy, 4245 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Va., 22203. There will be a small gathering of friends on the beach in Boca Grande this summer. A memorial service will be held later this year on the Vineyard where he will be buried in the Chilmark Cemetery.