John Joseph “Puts” Gozelski Jr was born on June 22, 1927 to Lillian and John Gozelski. John graduated from Northport High School and attended the Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute in Farmingdale, New York. He was involved with the family business: potato farming.

This explanation of how John got his nickname Puts comes from his sister Phyllis, via her daughter Rene. When John was young, it didn’t matter which hand you put something in, he would put it in the other hand. So, Lillian and John (his parents) would say he “puts” it in the other hand. Evidently, it happened so often, they called him “Little Puts”. As he grew, they dropped the Little.

He was a retired Detective Sergeant Homice Squad of the Suffolk County Police Department.

He died on November 15, 1987, and is buried at Northport Rural Cemetery.

Una Mora Vavasour

Una Mora Vavasour was born on April 6, 1930 in Queens, New York to parents Eileen and James J Vavasour. She worked at Larkfield School in East Northport, New York. She was former docent at Northport Historical Society, former secretary for United Teachers of Northport, former volunteer for Huntington Handicapped Enforcement Parking Program & member of the Red Hat Society.

Una graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut. She attended St Elizabeth's College in Morristown, New Jersey, and Mills College in Manhattan, New York. She received a bachelor of science degree from Adelphi College in Garden City, New York.

She died on December 17, 2015 and is buried in Northport Rural Cemetery.

They married on June 27, 1953 at the St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in Huntington, New York