Kathleen Ann Aufrecht

Before Kathleen Ann Aufrecht and her husband, William Aufrecht, started Bill’s Pool Service in 1991, she was a high school home economics teacher at North Babylon High School. The couple bought their house in East Hampton 10 years earlier and decided to retire here, but had divided their time between East Hampton and Marco Island in Florida since 2004.

Ms. Aufrecht died there, surrounded by family, on Nov. 13. She was 67 and had metastic breast cancer for eight years.

Born on June 12, 1947, in Erie, Pa., to Thomas and Kathryn Sullivan Causgrove, she grew up there, and graduated from Mercyhurst College in Erie in 1969, before moving to Franklin Square on Long Island. She went on to earn a master’s degree in education from New York University.

She and Mr. Aufrecht were married on June 27, 1971, and had four daughters.

“Kathy was a woman of many talents who cared deeply for her family, friends, dogs, and the occasional glass of scotch on the rocks,” her family wrote, adding that “she embodied thoughtfulness, strength, and fearlessness.”

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughters, Mary Aufrecht of Greenwich, Conn., Meghan Aufrecht of Naples, Fla., Christine Sauer of Franklin Square, and Karen Hanlon of Middlesex, N.J., and by three grandchildren.

A Mass was said at the San Marco Catholic Church on Marco Island on Nov. 21. A celebration of her life will take place on Saturday at Cafe Max in East Hampton from 6 to 10 p.m. Ms. Aufrecht was cremated and her family plans to spread her ashes in Florida.

Contributions have been suggested to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis 38105.