Obituary of Terrence Michael Brazil

Captain Terry Michael Brazil, age 65, died in December 2012 at his residence in Fountain, Florida. Terry was born May 24, 1947 in Iron Mountain, Michigan and grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He graduated Loretto High School and studied Seamanship in Alabama, Ohio and Louisiana. He earned a Master Captain's License for large freshwater and saltwater shipping vessels and sailed throughout the Great Lakes and many Oceans around the world. His retirement to Florida was devoted to the sponsorship of children through his favorite charity "Child Fund International;" restoring vintage cars; collecting Native American artifacts; tending to his palm trees; and visiting Thailand. Terry was preceded in death by his mother and stepfather, Dorothy and Gordon Brazil; his father, Paul Fayas; a half-sister, Gertrude Lindblom; and half-brother, Gerald Fayas. He is survived by a son, Terry Brazil II; two grandchildren, Gabriel and Natalie; seven half brothers and sisters, Doris Gruell, Evelyn Larson, Joyce Stenerson, Lorraine Fayas, Paul Fayas Jr., Gordon Brazil II, and Carol Gardiner; extended family, James Jabour; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorialization was by cremation.