Obituaries

The Star has received word that Allan Weisbecker, “a surfer, a seeker, an author, and, above all, a pirate,” in the words of a friend, died on Sept. 24 in Northern California. The cause of death is uncertain. Mr. Weisbecker, who spent many years in Montauk, was 75.

Norah McCormack, a social worker who volunteered with the food pantry in Sag Harbor and the Friends of the John Jermain Memorial Library, died last Thursday at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a stroke. She was 81.

Allan Abraham Retzky of Amagansett, who came to creative writing later in life and published works of fiction in the pages of The Star and elsewhere, died at home on Saturday with his wife of 61 years, Susan Retzky, at his side. He was 86 and had congestive heart failure.

Elisabeth Louise Bastion Varese, who had worked in advertising in New York and London, died last Thursday in Florida. Formerly of East Hampton, she was 101.

Harry Alan Meeker of Springs and Melbourne, Fla., a retired teacher and Korean War veteran, died on Feb. 5 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne after a fall at home. He was 96.

Bruce E. Lyon, formerly of Tyrone Drive in Springs, died at home in North Carolina on Jan. 20 after a long illness. He was 81.

Loretta Grabowski of East Hampton, a skilled baker popular with the neighborhood children, died on Saturday at the San Simeon by the Sound nursing home in Greenport. She was 91.

Margaret Frances Samet, a medical laboratory manager and interior decorator who lived in Amagansett and East Hampton after retiring, died on Dec. 10. She was 96.

Mary A. Hyer, who had a 20-year career with Bridgehampton National Bank and volunteered with the Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church outreach program, died on Jan. 30 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. A 44-year resident of Amagansett and East Hampton, she was 91.

Patricia Wadzinski, a vice president, associate broker, and global real estate adviser for Sotheby’s International Realty in East Hampton, died at home on Talkhouse Walk here on Sunday. She was 74.

Robert M. Cooper, who “represented the best of Bonac” and ran the Cooper Trenching Corporation for more than 30 years, died at age 80 on Saturday at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.

Michael Robert Dickerson of East Hampton, who was 69 and had worked in real estate, hosted an LTV show, and painted, died on Jan. 31 in hospice care at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.

Anthony A. Remkus, who worked for 34 years as a bulk delivery driver for Pulver Gas, covering Montauk, and as a school bus driver after that, died on Nov. 29 at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 67 and had kidney failure and multiple myeloma.

Elizabeth Ann Fenley Grande, who worked as a transportation supervisor for the Island Park School District for 30 years and moved to Montauk full time upon retirement, died at home there on Jan. 21 after a brief illness. She was 81.

A service for Marshall Roarick, 92, of East Hampton will be held on Sunday morning at 11:30 at the Presbyterian Church here. Mr. Roarick, who was known as Gene, died on Saturday.

John P. Nilon, who moved to Montauk in his early 20s “looking for the right wave,” died at home in Manhattan on Dec. 22 of cardiovascular disease. He was 68.

Sophie Mistkowski of East Hampton, who was congratulated by Pope Francis and then-Governor Cuomo when she turned 100 in 2017, died on Dec. 28 at the age of 106.

Barbara Mark, who worked at the front desks of the Ocean Beach Resort and the Royal Atlantic in Montauk for many years, died at home on Friday in Amagansett, where she had recently moved with her son. She was 90.

Morton Pete Fischer, who started the Fischer Bearing Company of Mamaroneck, N.Y., and ran it for more than 45 years, died of colon cancer on Jan. 15 in North Carolina. Mr. Fischer, who had lived on Gravesend Avenue in Montauk, was 86.

Richard Gambino, recently of North Haven and Southampton, who rose to prominence in academia with his books on Italian-American history, died on Jan. 12 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital at the age of 84. He had dementia and lymphoma.

Joshua Robert Kulp, an automotive mechanic in Port Jefferson Station who had attended East Hampton High School and Longwood High School, died on Saturday of complications of diabetes. He was 30.

Julio Florencio Teo Gómez, a carpenter who came to the United States from Guatemala in 2010 to find work, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Dec. 30, after being struck by a car on County Road 39 in Southampton that afternoon. He was 48.

Ruth Margaret Johnston, who took her “love of family gatherings, baking, traveling, and playing games” wherever she lived, whether Springs or Florida, died on Jan. 7 at the age of 92.

Charles W. Gallanti, who started his own HVAC company in Bridgehampton, died on Dec. 22 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 77 and had Lewy body dementia.

A celebration of Frazer Dougherty’s life will take place at LTV Studios, the public-access television station of which he was a founder, on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Anna Elizabeth Gorton Palmer, a nurse who worked for two decades at the East Hampton office of the Suffolk County Health Department, died on Dec. 7 in Beverly Hills, Fla. She was 94.

Robert (Christian) Anton Johnson, an actor and musical theater performer who later was a D.J. and program director for WLNG Radio, died in his sleep on Dec. 13 at the Westhampton Care Center. He was 85.

Barbara Randazzo, a retired fashion stylist who had traveled extensively in her career, died in hospice care in Manhasset on Nov. 2. Formerly of Montauk, she was 84.

Eileen M. Grubb of Springs, a “beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, colleague, mentor, and dedicated professional,” died at home last Thursday of Stage 4 small-cell lung cancer. She was 73.

The time of a graveside service for David Marshall, who died on Dec. 12, has been changed. The service will take place at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in East Hampton on Friday at 11 a.m.