Loretta Headley

Loretta Patricia Headley

November 22, 1926-December 19, 2014

Loretta Headley passed away peacefully at her home in Islamorada, Florida, December 19, 2014.

While born in St Louis, MO, Loretta grew up and resided in Santa Barbara, CA until 2010 (two years following the death of her husband), at which time she moved to Islamorada, FL to be with her daughter, Lori.

When she married Richard Swain Headley in 1956, she was office manager and medical assistant to Dr. Charles Jobbins; however, Richard – being a true Renaissance man – propelled her into new and exciting territory as she provided encouragement and back office support for their many successful entrepreneurial endeavors. Together they pursued his passions, including seafaring adventures aboard their two-masted schooner, The Swift of Ipswich, capturing live California Sea Lions for zoos and aquariums throughout the world, owning and operating their own restaurants, Poor Richard’s Pubs, and continuing a long affiliation with his family’s restaurant businesses, including ‘Castagnola’s Lobster House’ restaurants, ‘Espana’, and the old ‘Harbor House’ and ‘Moby Dick’s’ restaurants on Sterns’ Wharf.

Loretta enjoyed dancing, bowling, gardening, and “keeping the books”. She was a member of Women’s Aglow Fellowship, and the Santa Barbara Gardening Club when living in Santa Barbara, and joined Coral Isles Church after moving to Florida. She volunteered for local chapters of Meals on Wheels and the Republican Party.

She is survived by her loving daughter, Lori Headley Blair and her spouse, Dr. M.H. Blair of Islamorada, FL and Nantucket, MA; her grandson Michael and his wife, Mary, of Naples, FL; her great-grandson, Christopher, of Cape Coral, FL; and her sister & brother-in-law, Dorothy & Byers Manchester, of Camarillo, CA.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Richard Headley, her father and mother, Louis and Harriet Schumann, and two sisters, Joyce and Harriet.

There will be a gravesite service (arranged by Allen-Beyer and Welch-Ryce-Haider Funeral Homes) at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on Tuesday, January 6, 11:00 a.m. where Loretta will be laid to rest beside her husband, followed by a Celebration of Life reception for family and friends at the Biltmore (Four Seasons) Hotel.

There will also be a Memorial Service February 26, 11:00 a.m. at Coral Isles Church in Tavernier, FL.

Loretta may be remembered with a donation to Coral Isles Church Tavernier, FL, (www.coralisles.org) VNA/Hospice Care Florida Keys (www.vnahospicekeys.org), or the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County (www.foodbanksbc.org).