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Stefan J. Borell
Stefan J. Borell of Hampton Bays died peacefully on November 6. He was 84.
He was born on August 8, 1937, in the Bronx to Anna Getch and Stefan J. Borell Sr., both immigrants from Engelsbrunn, Romania. The family moved to Hampton Bays when he was 9, and he attended Hampton Bays schools, where he met his wife Barbara Lupia. They were married on September 29, 1957.
He was the part-owner of Betty’s Mobil Service Station in Hampton Bays for many years, left the business and went on to work for Bangston’s Fuel Company, and retired from South Fork Appliance Repair Service in North Sea. After retirement, he and Barbara spent the winters in Arcadia Florida, and summers in Hampton Bays. They raised two children, Elizabeth and Stefan, and traveled to many states on family trips.
Borell was known as “Mr. Fix-It There wasn’t anything he wouldn’t work on. He loved to travel in the motor home he and his wife owned.
He was predeceased by his mother Anna; father Stefan; sister Frances Borell Baumgart and her and husband Elwood Baumgart; nephew Elwood Charles Baumgart and son-in-law Frank T. Lindtvit.
He is survived by his wife Barbara; daughter Elizabeth Borell Lindtvit; son Stefan B. Borell and his wife Susan; three grandchildren, Stefan A. Borell, and his wife Phuong, Alinda J. Borell and Kala Lindtvit Herrington and her husband John; and nephew John Baumgart.
Staff Writer on Nov 9, 2021