Obituaries

Michael Dehn Breault, whose business endeavors ranged from insurance to advertising and public relations to being a brand manager for British Airways, died on May 24 in Clarksville, Mo., a few days before his 54th birthday.

Sara Carey Matthiessen, the daughter of the late writers Peter Matthiessen of Sagaponack and Patsy Southgate of Springs, died at home in Northport on May 23 at the age of 67.

Torin James Gleeson, an East Hampton native, mechanical engineer, and inventor, died early on Saturday in a motorcycle accident in York, N.Y. Mr. Gleeson, who lived in nearby Linwood, in Livingston County in the northwest corner of the state, was 29.

Ursula Kalish of Bridgehampton and New York City, who had long careers in art and fitness, died at home in Bridgehampton on May 7. She was 92.

A retired East Hampton Village police officer who spent 20 years on the force, William George Anderson was also an active member of the East Hampton Fire Department. He died on May 6 at Stony Brook University Hospital of an undetermined infection.

Thomas Joseph Byrne, a retired chief petty officer with the United States Navy, died of heart failure on May 8 at home in Springs. He was 86. God, family, and country were driving forces throughout his life, his family said.

Wendy Elizabeth Flanagan “could often be heard saying, ‘I love my life!’ ” A Montauk prekindergarten teacher, mother, and wife, and more recently a Pierson High School volleyball coach, she brought “boundless love and energy” to everything she did, her husband wrote.

William Cuthbert, who died on May 11 of metastatic bladder cancer, was a sensitive, caring man of high principles, his partner of 21 years said.

Marie Antoinette Zerilli, a talented seamstress who learned the craft from her father, developed a lifelong passion for textile design at an early age and parlayed that into a successful career at Leron Inc., a purveyor of handmade European custom linens. 

Dennis Patrick Longwell, a curator and author, died in his sleep at home in Sag Harbor on April 24. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.

A memorial service for Beverly Schanzer, who died on Feb. 14, will be held on Friday, May 20, at noon at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

Dennis Patrick Longwell of Sag Harbor, a writer and curator, died at home on April 24 of complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

Diane Antell, a former director and former board chairwoman of East Hampton Meals on Wheels, died at home last Thursday. The cause was respiratory failure.

Dwayne A. Denton, a decorated volunteer firefighter who served the Amagansett Fire Department for 33 years, died at home of cardiac arrest on April 8. He had been ill for about a month with lung cancer. He was 61.

A memorial service for Gregg J. Veltri of Montauk, who died on Feb. 27, will take place on May 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett.

Visiting hours for Jo-ann Valcich of Montauk will be held on Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Iris S. Osborn, who went from legal secretary to farmer’s wife, died in her sleep at home in Wainscott at the age of 87. The cause was cardiorespiratory failure; she had been in declining health for six months.

Theresa Frood, who lived in East Hampton from 1949 to 2000, died after a short illness on Easter Sunday in North Carolina.

Florence Thiele and her husband, the late Roger H. Thiele, started spending time in East Hampton at his parents’ house on Lily Pond Lane in the early 1950s. Mrs. Thiele died of congestive heart failure on April 15 at Mariner Sands, a private community in Stuart, Fla. She was 94 and had been ill for only a short time.

Gilbert A. Weber, who was 90 and lived in East Hampton, died in his sleep on Easter morning at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. He had multiple health complications.

Joan M. Eichhorn, a former East Hampton Town employee who was born on Atlantic Avenue in Amagansett, died on Nov. 27 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton, The Star has learned. The cause was Alzheimer’s disease. She was 87.

A nurse and East Hampton resident for many years, Margaret Hannibal died on April 2 in Asheville, N.C., where she had lived near her sons for the past five years. She was 85 and had been in declining health.

Stephen Peter Sicilian of East Hampton, a child psychologist who was the founder and executive director of East End Kids Therapy, died on April 12 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton after a long illness. He was 71.

Iris S. Osborn of Wainscott died in her sleep at home on Monday morning. She was 87. A wake will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on April 30 at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A graveside service will take place at 1 p.m. the next day at Wainscott Cemetery, with a reception to follow at the Wainscott Chapel.

Florence Lainhart Thiele of Mariner Sands, a private community in Stuart, Fla., died of congestive heart failure on Friday. A summer resident of East Hampton, she was 94.

Robert Vernon Fisher of Fishers Home Furnishings in Sag Harbor died of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his Latham Street house in that village on March 25. He was 76.

James M. Lowney, who had worked at Dreesen’s, Sam’s restaurant, Reed’s Photo, and the Maidstone Club, moved from East Hampton to Lancaster, S.C., in December. He died there on March 23 at the age of 60.

John Q. Trojanowski, a renowned neuropathologist and director of the Institute on Aging at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, died of complications of chronic spinal cord injuries on Feb. 8 in Philadelphia. A former summertime renter in Springs, he was 75.

Marisa Jordan Hansell of Lazy Point, Amagansett, a mental health therapist, died of bilateral pulmonary embolism in New York City on March 24. She was 57.

Maureen K. Murphy of Montauk, a professor and former chairwoman and executive director of the East Hampton Housing Authority, died at home on March 30 after a long illness. She was 84.