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obituaries


NAUGHTON Paula Maurine Naughton, a World and


Olympic judge and team leader, died Aug. 27, 2016, in Portland, Oregon. She was 72. She was born Aug. 21, 1944, in Great


Falls, Montana, to Pauline and Maurice Barsotti. Paula was a competitive figure skater until


age 18. After graduating from the College of Great Falls, she married Jim Naughton, also a Great Falls native, in 1966. She then moved to Portland and was an elementary school teacher in the Lake Oswego School District until she had her two children. Throughout this time, she continued in


figure skating as a judge. She had earned her first appointment in 1963 as a dance judge. Her many accomplishments included being


an Olympic judge at the Nagano Games in 1998 and team leader at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.


Longtime U.S. and international official


Charlie Cyr spent three weeks as a team leader with Naughton in Salt Lake City. “She was a true advocate for the athlete and


the sport,” Cyr said. “She played an integral role in supporting all the athletes on the 2002 Team, while exhibiting impeccable ethics, motherly instincts and genuine love for each of our athletes. “There was no task too big or too small for


Paula to undertake. She always said that in her next life she wanted to be 6 feet tall. Little did she realize that many other attributes made her a giant amongst her peers.” At the local level, Naughton was just as


revered. “Paula was responsible for getting many


judges started in the Pacific Northwest, including myself,” Joan Griffis said. “She was held in such high regard and highly respected. The skaters also appreciated her efforts and respected her decisions.” After growing up cooking with her Italian


family, she continued to share her culinary talents with countless people — celebrating, giving, learning and enjoying. She also spent her time with others golfing, biking, skiing, sewing and traveling. Paula lived with unending positivity, energy


and generosity. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother, friend to many, and she will be greatly missed. She is survived by her husband, Jim


Naughton; son, Dan Naughton; daughter, Jill Vogt; four grandchildren; brother, Mike Barsotti; and many close friends and family.


MARTIN JR. William Lawrence Martin Jr., who toured


with Holiday on Ice and Skating Vanities and became president of the Detroit Skating Club, passed away Aug. 3, 2016, at the age of 91. Bill was born in Canada on Oct. 4, 1924, the


son of Mary and Bill Martin, who emigrated from Dundee, Scotland. The family moved to Detroit when Bill was 17 and he finished high school at Southeastern in Detroit. While still a Canadian, Bill served in the U.S.


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Army as a court reporter with the Judge Advocate General’s office in Calcutta, India; Burma; and China. Upon return to Detroit, he resumed classes at Wayne State University. He had many friends all over the world from


his professional skating days touring in the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America. During his presidency at the Detroit Skating


Club, he initiated a program that introduced disabled youngsters to the joy of skating. This led to his coaching with Special Olympics. In the 1950s he moved to Washington, D.C.,


where he was appointed to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and served as adjutant for Senator Alexander Wiley. He then returned to the Motor City and opened a printing company, specializing in designing, printing and mailing services. His interest in traveling returned when


he became tour director for Randolph Travel in Birmingham, Michigan. He led groups for 22 years through Europe, Asia, Egypt, East and South Africa and the Middle East. While volunteering at the Humane Society’s


“Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo,” a copper- colored canine wagged her tail into Bill’s heart, and Abby became his faithful companion for 15 years. She was followed by Bella, another rescue dog.


Bill is survived by cousins in Canada,


Scotland and Australia. He was a member of the Cremation Society of Michigan, and his interment will be next to his parents in Toronto. Memorial tributes may be made to Forgotten Harvest, 21800 Greenfield Road, Oak Park, MI 48237; Detroit Shelter Michigan Humane Society, 7401 Chrysler Drive #100, Detroit, MI 48211; Animal Rescue League, 790 Featherstone St., Pontiac, MI 48342.


BILLINGS One of the most creative minds in fashion


design and costume creations, two-time Emmy winner Jef Billings — who clothed everyone from Hollywood stars Carol Burnett, Sandy Duncan and Lily Tomlin to Olympic figure skating champions Peggy Fleming and Kristi Yamaguchi — died of


natural causes Sept. 27, 2016, at the age of 71. Billings, a native of Utica, New York, died in


his home in Los Angeles. A brilliant designer who graduated from


SUNY Oswego in 1971 with a degree in speech and theater and then got a master of fine arts degree from New York University, was a protégé of designer Bob Mackie. Under Mackie’s guidance, Billings worked on “The Carol Burnett Show.” Billings designed evening gowns for everyone from Cher to Kathy Bates. The creative mind behind the costumes


for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Billings also created the lavender figure skating outfit donned by Sarah Hughes when she captured the Olympic gold medal. Billings was a force in the skating world,


beginning with his work with 1968 Olympic champion Peggy Fleming. He went on to work extensively with Scott Hamilton and the Stars on Ice tour. He won two Emmys, one in 1999 for the CBS TV special, “The Snowden Raggedy Ann and Andy Holiday Show,” and another in 2004 for his work with the Stars on Ice tour. Billings’ imprint on Stars on Ice was


extensive, as he worked with the tour for all of its 30 years and served as the tour’s designer and director for 13 years, including the 2016 tour. The Stars on Ice tour released this comment


on its Facebook page: “Jef was not only the greatest costume designer in the history of figure skating, as evidenced by his multiple Emmy awards for his work on Stars on Ice, but was as dedicated to the Stars on Ice production and his skaters as he was talented. “Jef has the unique distinction of having


worked on every Stars on Ice tour from its beginning. From his work on Scott Hamilton’s classic ‘Hair’ and Kristi Yamaguchi’s majestic ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ to Kurt Browning’s ‘Rag-gid-don,’ and the 2013 opening ‘Somebody that I Used to Know,’ Jef had the rare capacity to match to the skaters’ personalities, music, and points of view perfectly with each body.” For more on Jef, please see Sarah Brannen’s


story on icenetwork.


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