The Rev. William Barrington Stockdale, deacon assistant of St. Mary-by-the-Sea, Point Pleasant, NJ, died June 16. He was 74.

Fr. Stockdale was born in Newark, NJ. He was a member of the North American Association of the Diaconate, the Association of Diocesan Liturgy and Music Commissions, and the National Episcopal AIDS Coalition. He was ordained deacon in 1985. Fr. Stockdale was preceded in death by first wife, Edith, and by his second wife, Dorothy.