Peter Bigelow Easton

Naples - Peter Bigelow Easton took his final "CAT SHOT" on January 26, 2026. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii

on September 8, 1931, the son of Joseph Andrade and Manoa Bigelow. A graduate of Admiral Farragut

Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1954, he made a career in the Navy, retiring as a Captain

in 1981. During his career he commanded Attack Squadron Sixty-Five and the Naval Air Station in

Meridian, MS. He was also a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College, Army War College and

Defense Intelligence School. As a carrier pilot, he had almost 800 carrier landings, over 5000 flight hours,

and was a member of the Navy's first operational A6 Intruder squadron that deployed to Vietnam in 1965.

His last assignment was Defense and Naval Attaché to the Republic of Singapore. Upon retiring from

there in 1981, he and his wife Kathy moved to the island of St. Croix in the U.S Virgin Islands where he

managed a small beach front hotel before becoming a captain with the Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle. He

and Kathy made the Virgin Islands their home for the next 29 years, yet managed to summer in Virginia

Beach, witnessing the arrival of their grandchildren and travel to many other places where they had not

yet been. In 2010, they moved to The Glenview, which is a retirement community in Naples, FL.

Peter is survived by Kathy, his best friend and wife of 71 years, daughter Wendy Easton of Naples, FL,

son "Bud" Easton (Nancy Easton) of Virginia Beach, grandchildren Kate Easton Barber (Albert Barber)

and Easton Mendoza, a half brother William Easton of Charlottesville, VA and two half-sisters, Joni

Brown of Palo Alto, CA and Pam Anderson of San Rafael, CA. His sister Bayne Mickley and half brother

Fredrick Easton predeceased him. He will be interred in the Columbarium at the U.S Naval Academy at a

later date. " GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY!"

For online condolences, please visit Peter's tribute page at www.fullernaples.com