OBITUARIES GRASSO


Lisa Marie Grasso, a popular coach and show skater, died Sept. 25, 2016. She was 35. Lisa was funny,


kind, hard-working and above all, resilient. At age 10, she lost her mother. A few years later,


her father was diagnosed with terminal ALS and she was adopted by the Romeri family of Sudbury, Massachusetts, at age 15. Despite a life touched with tragedy, Lisa pressed on and put her best foot forward in everything she did. She graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury High in 1999. Lisa was a talented artist like her father and in 2005 graduated from Northeast- ern University with a bachelor’s in fine arts. She also attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.


Lisa began skating at a young age and was set up for success with the training she received at The Skating Club of Boston. She went on to be a cherished coach and show skater. As a coach, Lisa went above and beyond for her skaters. For many, she was not only a coach but also a great mentor and friend.


Lisa became heavily involved in many of her students’ lives, as she tried to help


guide them down paths on which she hoped they would find success. She celebrated their successes with them and gave them the courage to push through their failures. Lisa was a master of pep talks and helped her students see they were capable of anything they put their minds to on and off the ice. She will be remembered by the impact she made on the lives of those that knew her as well as for her love of yellow, Hello Kitty, and her signature layback.


She is survived by her husband Chris Hartly and her many close friends and family.


TURK


U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Famer Bob Turk died Feb. 1, 2017. He was 91. Turk, a talented fig-


ure skater, musician and dancer, is best remem- bered as the director of Ice Capades from 1965


to 1986. In a 2014 Facebook post, Turk wrote “those were the happiest years of my entire career.” He began his Ice Capades career as an understudy to 1942 U.S. champion Robert Specht and later became a producer and choreographer for the world famous ice show. Turk, who spent his life in and around Los


Angeles, was a choreographer for various tele- vision specials and even produced a one-hour ice show that was televised live weekly by local station KTLA. He eventually brought many Ice Capades shows to television and also worked with Walt Disney Productions. His lavish shows were so loved that he was invited to produce, conceive and direct five full ice shows for the famed Lido de Paris. Turk, who grew up in Hollywood, began skating as a boy after seeing Sonja Henie perform in 1937 at the famed Polar Palace, which was just four blocks from his home. He returned to the Polar Palace and began skating on his own until the mother of Eugene Turner encouraged him to join the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club. Turner became the 1940-41 U.S. men’s champion.


His competitive career never had the time to develop as he entered the military in 1941 to fight in World War II. After the war, he returned to perform in hotel shows, which were popular with guests at the time. Turk skated in shows at the New Yorker Hotel, the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans and the Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati. After a wildly successful show in Havana, Cuba, Turk began doing more and more choreography. He was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2010.


MEMORIAL FUND


“General Donation—Annual Appeal” Dallas Figure Skating Club Anne Halpern Heather Nemier Elyse Tyrala Patricia Stewart


The Butterflies at Bloomington FSC “In Memory Of”


Marilyn Aamondt, Glacier Falls FSC Dorian Shields Valles Ron Berrios Greenville FSC Elaine Bushey Jeanette Doney Patricia Cahill Denise Williamson


Peggy and Joe Delio, and Carolo Fassi Cecilia LaForte


Paula Naughton, Ida Tateoka & Francis Dafoe


Margery Schleh Marilyn Kaputys


The Skating Club of Boston Clarke and Pat Smith


Laurence Owen, Brad Lord and Greg Kelley


Steven Mader Val Mindel


Deanna Bothwell Jess Puyot


Luz Puyot and Jessica Calalang Marianne Stoery Blair Klein Professional Skaters Association Mason Wasz Edward Mann Lisa McGraw Webster Paul and Katie Wylie


“In Honor Of” Colonial Classic Officials Bill Beharrell, Ann Buckley, Martha Buckley, Leonard Co- larusso, Laura Days, Wendy Enzmann, Ann Fauver, Robin Greenleaf, Sue Haugh, Robin Heagan, Alan Heinold, Shirley Holdsworth, Michael Kudravetz, Ellen Kudravetz, Cheryl Litman, Brad Lockwood, Ed Mann, Lisa Marsocci, Rachael Naphtal, Colette


Nygren, Lauren O’Toole, Matthew O’Toole, Rick Perez, David Sargent, Elliot Schwartz & Shirley Taylor 2017 Colonial Classic Trial Judges Gayle Glennon Shari Abelow Susan Ansara


The Blumberg Family Jamie Glennon Gerri Glick


Claudyne Hutchinson Elaine Levy Pam Molloy Laura Paris Debby Putnam Marla Sambunjak Alyssa Sussman Sue Ann Taylor


Ashley Cain and Tim LeDuc Andy and Evelyn Depew Marianne Stoery Carol Rossignol Wasatch FSC Sasha Voinovich


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