Stephen Auguste Theodore Basil

6/3/1933 - 9/18/2025

Lyme - Stephen Auguste Theodore Basil, known to the Southeast Connecticut fishing fleet as Captain Bob, died peacefully Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 at his home in Lyme. He was 92 years old.

Born in Manhattan June 3, 1933, he attended The McBurney School and the Coburn Classical Institute before serving in the U.S. Navy.

After graduating from New York University, he worked in sales for many years before moving to Connecticut to start his commercial charter fishing business. He built his wooden hull fishing boat, the Capt. Bob II, with Seth Persson in Old Saybrook. It's the only power boat ever designed by Persson. That boat is now the Tartan II and is still in service.

The Captain is survived by his wife, Susan Roberts Basil; and his two daughters and son-in-law, Laurie Beth Roberts of Branford, and Kathi Roberts Constantinou and Anthony Constantinou of Lakewood Ranch, Fla.; and three grandchildren, Briana Constantinou and her fiance Adham Makki of Tampa, Fla.; Brooke Constantinou Lieberman and her husband Peter Lieberman Jr., of Tampa, Fla.; and Christopher Constantinou and his wife Teresa Tripodi Constantinou, of Lakewood Ranch, Fla.

Services will be private. The family asks that if so inclined, please make donations in memory of Mr. Stephen Basil to the Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries, P.O.Box 804, Essex, CT 06426.

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