Thelate 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 Street acknowledged that it was unusual.

Site of the OBI in undated photo. TheOak Beach Inn (OBI) was a night-spot and dance club that was very popular during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Matherson often locked horns with police and politicians at the local and state levels over activities there, including the method of operation, noise traffic,and building and construction on the OBI's site, as well as along the Great South Bay. He was also oftenengaged with residents of Oak Beach and the Oak Beach Inn Association over the operations of the Inn, and was party to several lawsuits back and forth that sought to resolve those differences. Throughout those years, bumper stickers distributed by Matherson cried: Save the OBI. The Inn gained national recognition and is said to have been the site where the Long Island Iced Tea drink was invented by Robert "Rosebud" in the 1970s. He was a bartender at the OBI. In 1999, Matherson sold the property and moved to Key West, Florida to open a new club of the same name. The original property was torn down in 2003, but some of the exterior planking on the historical building was used to build a barn for the Conklin House in Babylon Village.

Matherson died in Florida in 2007. "He had a great sense of humor and I think he wanted to be in the place that was his American Dream; that was his dying wish," said his daughter who purchased one of the two dolphins that once graced the site of the OBI from the Long Island Aquarium, which had purchased it. Sculptor Michael Cappetta is drilling out the base to hold Matherson's ashes and it will then be transported back to Oak Beach "where it will remain forever," if Stoerback—and Matherson—get their wish.