Averill Dayton Geus died at home in East Hampton on Aug. 1 following a stroke. Ms. Geus, a past president of the East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society who was instrumental in establishing its landmarks committee, was 89.
A funeral Mass will be said at St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Aug. 26 at 11 a.m., with burial to follow at the South End Cemetery in East Hampton. Her family has suggested contributions to L.V.I.S.'s landmarks committee. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
Bruce and Jane Collins, both 95 years old, will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on March 14.
It’s all about the light, they say. From Thomas Moran to Jackson Pollock, countless creatives have called the East End home. Included in that number is Sheila Eaton Isham (1924-2024), a globe-trotting painter, poet, and printmaker.
Growing up with a father well known for documenting the vanishing wildlife of the African continent, it may have been inevitable that Zara Beard would eventually make it her mission to rescue wildlife and protect the natural world. EchoWild, the conservation nonprofit she founded this year, will start locally, with a wildlife trauma unit in East Hampton in partnership with the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center.
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