obituaries

Gordon Peavy, Gallery East Owner, ‘Holiday on Ice’ Dancer

Gordon F. Peavy, who moved to East Hampton with his lifelong partner, the artist Albert Sharp, died on Dec. 6 at Southampton Hospital at the age of 78.
Helen Feind, 92

Helen Feind died on Oct. 28 in Bryn Mawr, Pa. She was 92.
John C. Duffy, 84

Mr. Duffy died at the age of 84 on Dec. 2 in Connecticut, where he had spent his last days, living with family.
Sally Murphy Martin

Sally Murphy Martin of Montauk died on Friday with her husband, Thomas, at her side in the house the two built together.
Suzanne Steele

Suzanne Steele, whose roots in East Hampton Town go back 10 generations, died in San Francisco on Oct. 18 following a heart attack. She was 85.
William F.X. Flynn

Dr. William F.X. Flynn of Amagansett, 77, a head and neck surgeon who moved to Amagansett full time upon his retirement in 1997, died at home after a brief illness on Dec. 9.
William J. Reese

William J. Reese, who at one time ran a Bridgehampton architecture firm, died of cancer on Nov. 30 at home in La Jolla, Calif. He was 68.
Alice McDonald

Alice M. McDonald, who started Bermuda Party Rentals and ran it until her 82nd birthday this past July, died of colon cancer on Friday at home on Old Northwest Road in East Hampton.
Felicia M. Hogan

Felicia M. Hogan died on Dec. 4 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton after an illness. She was 75.
Susan Crowley, 101

Mrs. Crowley was 101 years old when she died at Southampton Hospital on Sunday surrounded by family and friends.