BLUE HILL – Martyn Lewis Cutler, 82, died June 14, 2012, at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital of Lewy body dementia. The son of Elizabeth Carlile and the Rev. Henry Lewis Cutler, he was born in 1930 in Philadelphia.
He was a graduate of Germantown Friends School, Germantown, Pa.; and Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953, as a second lieutenant. Marty was a longtime resident of Florham Park, N.J., where he and Gigi raised their family. He was an active member of Calvary Presbyterian Church and Morris County Golf Club. He was the proud owner of M.L. Cutler and Co., Inc., the insurance agency that he founded in 1959. When he retired Marty lived in Pinehurst, N.C., for a few years. Marty spent summers in South Blue Hill since childhood and recently lived there full time. He loved boating on Blue Hill Bay, bird watching, playing golf and gardening. As a member of Blue Hill Country Club, he was the club’s golf champion in 1970. He and his daughter, Linda, won the Snider Cup in 1981. He was also a member of Down East Audubon Society and First Congregational Church of Blue Hill.
He was predeceased by his parents; and his brother, Henry Carlile Cutler. Marty is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, “Gigi” Gladys Merrick Cutler; his son, Peter Merrick Cutler and his wife, Wendy Benson, of Parsippany, N.J.; his daughter, Jennifer Collins and her husband, Daniel, of Randolph, N.J.; and daughter, Linda Gasowski and her husband, Phillip, of Gorham. He is also survived by his grandsons, Sean and Kevin Collins and Tucker and Bennett Gasowski; his sister, Elizabeth Wilson; as well as many nieces and nephews. He will be greatly missed by all. The family thanks the staff at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital for their outstanding care, as well as Marty’s home caregivers for their love, support and expertise.
A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at First Congregational Church of Blue Hill. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Marty’s memory to Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, 57 Water St., Blue Hill, ME 04614 or Peninsula Ambulance Corps, P.O. Box 500, Blue Hill, ME 04614. Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 141 South St., Blue Hill. Condolences may be expressed at
www.jordanfernald.com.