FREEPORT — Sonya Phyllis Simkhovitch Potter Carroll, 83, passed away quietly in her sleep on Sunday, June 30, 2013.

Sonya was born May 18, 1930, in New York, N.Y., to the Russian-American artist Simka Simkhovitch and his wife, Elsa Fornell. She graduated from Milford High School in 1947 and in 1952 married Geoffrey Allan Potter of Greenwich, Conn., the son of another artist, William J. Potter. Geoffrey and Sonya lived in Greenwich and had three sons: Stephen Hayes, Robert Simka and Bruce William. They divorced eight years later, and Sonya moved to Fairfield, Conn., with her three sons.

She raised her sons by herself while working as a bookkeeper. Several years later, she moved back to Greenwich where she eventually met her future second husband, Dr. Robert Carroll, founder and president of ODV Inc. Sonya moved to the Norway/South Paris area of Maine in 1975 to be with Robert and to continue working at ODV. Sonya and Robert married in 1984.

Sonya put her family first, herself last. She was very proud of her father’s art and accomplishments and wanted his name to be well-remembered. She loved her cats and donated to Best Friends Animal Society. She was an excellent cook, enjoyed reading The New Yorker, classical music and Harry Belafonte.

Sonya was independent, resourceful, thrifty and strongly in favor of malefemale equality.

She is survived by her three sons, Stephen of Berkely, Calif., Robert of Asaka, Japan, and Bruce of Ypsilanti, Mich.; and two sisters, Naomi Rottman of Milford, Conn., and Elzira (ZB or Lisa) Simkhovitch of New York, N.Y.; and was preceded in death by both of her husbands, Geoffrey in 1977, and Robert in 2002.

The family would like to thank the staff at Hawthorne House for their care of her in the last year of her life and her friend, Ross Sawtelle, for his companionship the several years prior to that.

There will not be any service and in lieu of flowers the family would like to ask that donations be sent to Best Friends.

Arrangements are under the care of Brackett Funeral Home, Brunswick.