The former OBI. It's owner requested that his ashes be place on the site there.

Former OBI owner's dying wish was to have ashes placed on site

The late Robert Matherson, the owner of the popular and often controversial Oak Beach Inn (OBI) in Babylon who mounted a Get Out of New York campaign before moving to Florida where he died, apparently had second thoughts about New York and Long Island. According to his daughter Michelle Stoerback of Head of the Harbor, Matherson wanted the OBI site to be his final resting place. And, that just may happen, according to his daughter who is making arrangements to have Matherson’s ashes interred on the site of the Inn forever following a memorial service she is planning to hold there May 24. The site is now town and county-owned property and Stoerback has contacted Town officials to request permission to place Matherson’s ashes there. According to Vanessa Baird Street, a Town spokeswoman, the Town is reviewing the request but Streeter acknowledged that it was unusual.

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