Todd Remage-Healey

Peaks Island -Todd Remage-Healey died unexpectedly February 15, 2026, on Peaks Island. Born in 1950 in New York City, he grew up in Montclair, New Jersey, son of Ray and Claire Healey. He attended Phillips Andover Academy and Harvard College. After a stint in the Peace Corps in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), he returned to Cambridge where he met his dear wife Betsey. The day after they married in 1977, they moved to New Mexico where both their sons were born.

Four years later, as soon as Todd finished his MBA at the University of New Mexico, they returned in May,1981, to the beloved family summer cottage in Alton, New Hampshire. Their futures eventually unfolded in late October with a job for Todd at Medical Care Development in Augusta, Maine, and a heated house for his family.

Settling in Hallowell, he wrote grants, coached his kids, and honed his carpentry skills with Habitat for Humanity. At the same time his struggles with depression began to emerge. By 2000 he had discovered his love of teaching high school math and also coached tennis at Hall Dale High School. In 2006, he and Bets ventured off to work at the International School of Panama and then the American International School of Egypt.

Returning to Maine without jobs and with an empty nest, and wanting to be closer to their children now in Massachusetts, they fell in love with and moved to Peaks Island in 2011. Todd used his carpentry skills to tackle projects large and small for islanders young and old. He also brought his love of problem-solving and his playful nature to tutoring new Mainers in math and life at the Make It Happen program at Portland High School.

Allergic to pretense and self importance, his irreverent sense of humor combined with his natural kindness endeared him to just about everyone he met: tutees, elders in need, long time islanders and a string of new friends. He also kept up the old NH cottage, where he was the pied piper of raucous bocce. His long time struggle with two chronic illnesses finally wore him out. But he will always be remembered as a “gentle giant”: big hands, big laugh, big heart.

Todd is survived by his wife Betsey, sons Luke and Duncan, daughters-in-law Christiane and Sarah and 5 wonderful grandchildren: Dylan, Max, Bayley, Nina and Gracie. Also brothers Ray, Glenn and Grant, sister Leah, sisters-in-law Nancy and Miriam and many beloved nieces and nephews.

A memorial gathering for Todd will be held at 1pm on February 28, 2026 at New Brackett Church, 25 Church Ave, Peaks Island.

In lieu of flowers, donations are welcome to either the Todd Fix Up Fund, C/O Home Start, www.peakshomestart.org or the For the Love of Math Award in Todd’s honor at Make It Happen, bit.ly/4s38gzL