Obituaries

Theodore Leroy Meyer, a well-loved physical education teacher and football and wrestling coach in East Hampton, died on Feb. 25 at his Florida home. He had been living with cancer for the past three years.

Clarence John Blowe Jr., a veteran of the Marine Corps who grew up in East Hampton, died on Jan. 20 at his residence in Manhattan. He was 65.

Ronald Patrick Balcuns of Springs, a master builder and carpenter, died on Feb. 20 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.

Beverly Schanzer, who retired to Sag Harbor after a successful media career that included work as a writer and producer in the CBS news division and at NBC, died on Feb. 14 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. She was 83 and had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Pamela C. Anderson, a retired mathematics assistant at East Hampton High School who coached gymnastics, softball, basketball, volleyball, and a champion bowling team, died of cancer at home in East Hampton on Sunday.

Robert W. Hettiger of East Hampton, an Army veteran and prolific wildlife and combat artist, died of complications from an arterial stent placement at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Feb. 16. He was 73.

Tony Walton, the award-winning director and production designer for theater, film, television, ballet, and opera, who had deep connections to Sag Harbor, died at his apartment in New York City on Wednesday from complications of a stroke. He was 87.

Vincent Elias Grimes, “the oldest living person born in Montauk,” died on Sunday at home at the age of 93.

Edwin Livingston Sherrill Jr., a descendant of one of East Hampton’s early families and a member of the East Hampton Village Board for many years, died on Jan. 19 in Charleston, S.C. He was 99.

Visiting hours for Virginia Backlund of East Hampton will be tomorrow from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a funeral service on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church on Main Street.

Robert B. Kay, an attorney who moved into executive positions in the hospitality and health care fields, died of cancer in New York City on Feb. 7. He was 82 and had lived part time in Amagansett.

The family of Adelaide H. Dunlop will receive visitors on Monday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Farley Funeral Home at 265 South Nokomis Avenue in Venice, Fla. A funeral Mass will be said at Epiphany Cathedral Catholic Church, also in Venice, at 11 a.m.

Eric Alexander Suddueth, a musician, animal lover, and waterman who lived and worked in Montauk for more than 30 years, died on Feb. 7 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 60 years old. 

Joseph L. Fitzgerald, a charter member, former chief, and 57-year member of the Springs Fire Department, died on Feb. 4 at home on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road. He was 94.

Jason Epstein, author, publisher, and founder of The New York Review of Books, died at home in Sag Harbor on Feb. 4.

Richard J. Hausman, who owned and operated the Sands Motel in Montauk that his parents and brother had built in 1951, died on Jan. 29 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Dorothy Kessen of Springs, a skilled baker who worked for many years at Brent’s General Store and Miller’s Fuel, died of a sudden Covid-19 pneumonia infection at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Jan. 23. She was 85.

Margaret Mary (Peg) Calabrese of East Hampton and the Villages, Fla., a vice president of human resources for the Bank of the Hamptons for more than a decade, died of congestive heart failure at home here last Thursday. She was 83.

Charles Seymour Bullock Jr., a magazine publisher who co-founded the Dunemere Associates real estate firm in East Hampton, died at home in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday. He was 89.

The family of Patricia B. Gilchrest of Montauk and, most recently, Loudonville, N.Y., will receive visitors tomorrow between 10 a.m. and noon at the Ralston, Lippincott, Hasbrouck, and Ingrassia Funeral Home in Middletown, N.Y.

Thomas J. McCabe, who was drawn to Montauk in the early 1950s by the sea and his love of fishing, died on Jan. 26 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. The cause was cancer and heart failure.

A wake and fire department service for Joseph L. Fitzgerald of Springs will be held tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

A wake for Kevin John Somers, 45, will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Saturday from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial and a reception are planned for Sunday.

A funeral for Vindel R. Gaynor of East Hampton will take place on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Hamptons Church at 69 Industrial Road in Wainscott.

Sandra Welsh, a nurse formerly of East Hampton, died at home in Edwardsville, Ill., on Jan. 22. The cause was cancer. She was 67.

Naomi Lazard, whose poems were published in 43 magazines and newspapers, died of cardiac arrest on Dec. 22 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. The former East Hampton Village resident was 93.

Patricia Ann Corbey died at home in Springs of cardiopulmonary arrest on Jan. 2.  She was 64.

Linda M. Miller, who was known for her community involvement, her helping hand, and her smile, died of lung cancer at home in Springs on Dec. 16. She was 78.

Rhonda Winokur of Hampton Bays, an elementary school bus driver for the East Hampton School District for many years, died on Jan. 24. She was 65. The cause of death was not known.

Lee Walter, who produced classical music concerts and presided over a popular Sunday public radio show of classical music heard on the East End, died on Jan. 17 at the Bridge at Inverrary, an assisted living community in Lauderhill, Fla. The former Springs resident was 82.