A key figure and legend in the hospitality business died peacefully at home Monday.
Otto Groen, 81, was preparing breakfast before heading to work as the Head of School at North Shore International Academy (NSIA).
Otto leaves behind his wife Else and two sons, Nicolas and Martin, who are having a private ceremony for Otto this week.
Eddie Yuan, director of the academy says Otto was “his usual lively self” at work on Friday. Otto helped form the academy ten years ago and had a strong bond with his staff members as well as individual relationships with many of his students – traits that Yuan says “made him an extraordinary leader.” 
So it’s only fitting that a memorial service for Otto will be held at 1pm, Friday August 20 at the NSIA.