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Obituaries

Sharon B. Rupert, Theater Manager

A celebration of Sharon B. Rupert’s life was held in her Sag Harbor backyard on May 21, which would have been her 80th birthday. Ms. Rupert, who was known as Sherry, died at her Harrison Street home there on May 12, after a long illness, her sister, Joan E. Rupert, said.

May 31, 2018
Warren Padula, Artist, 71

Warren Padula, a Noyac artist whose work was in the collections of several prominent museums, died on Sunday, with his wife, Elaine McKay, by his side. He was 71 and had cancer.

A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Mr. Padula was at the forefront of the digital revolution among visual artists, producing large-scale digital fine art prints of his own photographs, as well as archival prints for other artists. His work is in the collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi in Belgium.

May 31, 2018
William R. Stowell, Teacher for 30 Years

William R. Stowell of DeLand, Fla., an elementary school teacher for 30 years and East Hampton native, died on March 23 at Florida Hospital DeLand. He was 76 and had been ill for a year.

May 31, 2018
Albert H. Khoury, 85

Albert Halim Khoury, a career executive with Mobil Oil, died of a heart attack at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx on May 11. He was 85 and had been ill with Alzheimer’s disease for many years.

May 24, 2018
Eric B. Johnson, 94

A service for Eric B. Johnson, who died on Dec. 29, will be held on June 6 at 1 p.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery on Cedar Street in East Hampton.

May 24, 2018
For Elaine Marinoff Good

A service for Elaine Marinoff Good, a part-time resident of Bridgehampton and artist, who died on Sunday in New York City, will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Edgewood Cemetery in Bridgehampton.

May 24, 2018
For Marsha K. King

A memorial service for Marsha K. King, who had lived in Hampstead, N.C., with her husband, Capt. Daniel King, since 2004, will be held on June 2 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church in Water Mill with the Rev. Steve Liversedge presiding. Mrs. King, who was 68, died in October 2017 of a stroke following heart surgery.

May 24, 2018
Jesse Scott, 61

Jesse Teed Scott, a master carpenter who had been a deckhand on a Viking Fleet boat that picked up Cuban refugees off Key West in 1980, died of complications from colon surgery on May 15 at the Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He was 61.

May 24, 2018
For Harold J. Levy Sr.

A brief service for Harold J. Levy Sr. of Huckleberry Lane, East Hampton, who died at home yesterday after an illness, will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton tomorrow at 7 p.m. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

May 17, 2018
Jean E. Rosen

Jean Elizabeth Rosen, 86, an advanced emergency medical technician in East Hampton for many years who had moved to Monroeton, Pa., and later to Dallas, Ga., died on Nov. 7, 2017, at the Wellstar Paulding Nursing Center in Dallas.

May 17, 2018
Peter Lowenstein

Peter Lowenstein, a world traveler and pilot, died at home on Lake Montauk on May 4. He was 83 and had been ill with heart disease for two years.

May 17, 2018
Roberta G. Donovan

Roberta Gosman Donovan, a vibrant and vital figure at Gosman’s Restaurant in Montauk for more than 50 years and a former member of the East Hampton Town Planning Board, died at home in Montauk last Thursday.

May 17, 2018
Caroline A. Griffiths

Caroline Abrams Griffiths may have stood only 5 foot 3 inches tall, but “her strength and resiliency were readily apparent,” her family wrote. “She was that matriarch of the Griffiths family who could cook boiled cake or shift a manual vehicle better than anyone you may know.”

May 10, 2018
For Peter Lowenstein

A celebration of the life of Peter Lowenstein of Montauk, who died on Friday, will be held at Rick’s Crabby Cowboy on East Lake Drive in Montauk on June 2 from 1 to 5 p.m.

May 10, 2018
For Robert Anderson

A memorial for Robert Dennis Anderson, who died on April 21, will be held at the Windmill II community room today at 5 p.m. Windmill II is at 219 Accabonac Road in East Hampton.

May 10, 2018
Mae Harden, Nurse

Mae Frances Harden, a nurse at Southampton Hospital for 33 years, died on April 30 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue after a brief illness. She was 88.

May 10, 2018
Marie L. Rosso, 89

Marie L. Rosso, a teacher and artist who was a longtime Springs resident, died on May 3 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after an extended illness.

May 10, 2018
Steven Marcus

Steven Paul Marcus of Montauk and Manhattan, a literary critic and a former dean of Columbia College, died on April 25 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 89. His death, from cardiac arrest, resulted from an infection following a successful operation for a broken hip.

May 10, 2018
Timothy J. Egan, 59

Timothy James Egan of Merritt, N.C., died on April 21 at the Vidant Cancer Center in Greenville, N.C.

May 10, 2018
William J. O’Connor, 84

William J. O’Connor died at his Montauk home on April 27 of cancer after a long illness.

May 10, 2018
For Marie L. Rosso

A memorial service and viewing for Marie L. Rosso of Springs, who died last Thursday, are planned for Saturday at Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

May 7, 2018
For Mae Harden

The family of Mae Harden of East Hampton, who died on Tuesday, will receive visitors today from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

May 3, 2018
Susan Bubna

Susan Clark Costabile Bubna, a registered nurse, drama teacher, and Bible study leader who grew up spending summers in Montauk, died on March 22 at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo., after battling breast cancer for 30 years. She was 6

Apr 26, 2018
William A. O’Donnell

William Alfred O’Donnell, an active member of the running community and a master swimmer, died at his Cedar Street, East Hampton, home on Monday at the age of 65. His death, attributed to heart failure, was unexpected and occurred in his sleep.

Apr 26, 2018
Clegburgh H. Moseley

Clegburgh Hepburn Moseley of Springs, who worked for the East Hampton Town Highway Department for more than 10 years, died at home on Friday of cancer, his family said.

Apr 19, 2018
For Geraldine Tomitz

A celebration of the life of Geraldine F. Tomitz, who died on Dec. 28, will be held on May 4 and 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Montauk Community Church.

Apr 19, 2018
For Margaret Logan and Charles Coulter

Friends of Margaret Logan, who died last year, and her husband, Charles Coulter, who died in 2016, will gather for a celebration of their lives on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton.

Apr 19, 2018
Heywood Shelley, 90

Mr. Shelley, a summertime resident of Sag Harbor for many years, died at home in Brooklyn on April 3. He was 90 and had experienced a number of complications, including lung infections, as he was wheelchair-bound and hospitalized for a year after he was hit by a car on Bridgehampton’s Main Street on Jan. 18, 2009.

Apr 19, 2018
Joan E. Damm

Joan E. Damm, a member of the Montauk Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary for many years and its former treasurer, died at Stony Brook University Hospital on April 5 after having been flown there that day because of a brain aneurysm. She was 77.

Apr 19, 2018
Lucille Malouche, 97

Lucille Carmella Malouche, an active member of the Montauk community who was a nurse and lieutenant commander in the Navy during the Korean War and World War II, died at the United Hebrew Geriatric Center in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Nov. 20, 2017, at the age of 97.

Apr 19, 2018