John McByrne, 86

John B. McByrne, who vacationed at the East Deck motel in Ditch Plain, Montauk, with his wife, Catherine, and their children every summer in the 1970s and ’80s before they built their dream home on Benson Drive in the hamlet, died on June 9 in Miller Place, to which he had relocated in 2012. He was 86 and died of natural causes, surrounded by his six children.

He and Catherine McNally were married in 1955. They retired to Montauk in 1988, where she worked part time at the Montauk Chamber of Commerce while he volunteered as an usher at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church. The couple loved to go fishing and clamming with friends, said their daughter Barbara McByrne of Miller Place. Her parents left a legacy of love, she said. “They loved each other, their kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. They had a truly idyllic retirement.”

Mr. McByrne was born in the Bronx on Jan. 3, 1931, to Joseph and Marguerite McByrne. He attended Cardinal Hayes High School and earned a bachelor of arts degree from Manhattan College. Before retiring to Montauk, Mr. McByrne owned Metro Food Sales, a food brokerage based in Roslyn Heights that represented manufacturers looking to sell foods to such large companies as Nabisco and Entenmanns. His wife died in 2013.

In addition to Ms. McByrne, he is survived by five other children: Patricia Corrigan and Maureen McByrne of Sound Beach, Katherine Mitchell of Herndon, Va., and John McByrne and Daniel McByrne of Miller Place. He also is survived by eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Mr. McByrne will be buried at Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk. A funeral Mass was celebrated on June 11 at St. Louis de Montfort Church in Sound Beach.