Obituaries

Vincent Grippa, the owner of Jewels by Virtu on Main Street in East Hampton for nearly 20 years, died at his Dune Alpin Farm residence here on Aug. 4.

Visiting hours for Frederick E. Sellers Jr., who died on Monday in Cape Coral, Fla., at the age of 78, will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton tomorrow.

Peter Graham Delany Sr., a summer resident of East Hampton who was the chief operating officer and head of production of Delany Products, a commercial plumbing manufacturer, died of a heart attack at his office in Charlottesville, Va., on July 21.

David Lee Brown, a well-known metal sculptor and Pratt Institute arts educator who lived in Springs before moving to Southampton some years ago, died on Friday after an illness.

June Ellen Heath of Montauk, the wife of the legendary jazz bassist Percy Heath, has died.

Olive Marie Hildreth, who sang for 40 years with the Sweet Adelines, died on Aug. 6 at home on Collins Avenue in East Hampton.

Paul B. West, a retired patent lawyer who was a longtime summer resident of East Hampton Village, died at home in Manhattan on July 20.

Irma Ann Damark, a lifelong East Hampton resident and a longtime owner of Damark’s Deli on Three Mile Harbor Road, died on Saturday at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Westhampton Beach at the age of 89.

Jean C. Lane, an art professor who, after retiring in 1986, moved to Sag Harbor and devoted much of her time to the fight for clean water, died of lymphoma on April 18 in Seattle.

Peter F. Clifton, an educator at two prestigious independent schools who ran the Harvard College Fund for 10 years, died at home in Water Mill on Aug. 3

Lois Marie Loewen, a member of East Hampton’s Round Swamp Lester family, died at her Newville, Pa., home on July 23 with her husband of 69 years, the Rev. John C. Loewen, at her side.

Kenneth Alan Johnson, an attorney and investment adviser, an athlete and an elder of the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, died on July 13 at the age of 57 of amyotrophic laterals sclerosis, which is known as A.L.S. or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

John Jonas Gruen, a writer, critic of several arts, composer, and photographer who for more than five decades chronicled this country’s loftiest cultural circles, died on July 19 in his apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Joseph Howard Mintzer, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, died in his sleep on July 22 at the home of his companion, Lucy Silver, in Niantic, Conn.

Leslie M. Walker, a horticulturist who lived in Springs for 35 years, died of an undetermined cause on July 26 in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Barbara Goldsmith, a prolific writer whose books included the 1980 bestseller “Little Gloria . . . Happy at Last” and who was a founding editor of New York magazine, died on June 26 at her New York City home.

Stewart Pearce, who had a 40-year career with the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center, died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan on July 17 with his husband, Kevin Kellogg, at his side.

Priscilla Bowden Potter, whose paintings captured the beauty and light of the East End, died in New York City after a brief illness on July 19.

Robert Barron, a drummer who in the 1940s toured with big bands and played with the likes of Teddy Wilson, Leslie Gart, and Lani McIntyre, died on July 12 at home in Amagansett.

Mark S. Handler, a former president and chief operating officer of Macy’s who was instrumental in its transformation from a bargain-hunter’s destination to a fashion emporium, died at his East Hampton house on July 16.

A graveside service for Joseph H. Mintzer, a longtime resident of East Hampton, will be held on Thursday at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton. Mr. Mintzer, who was 93, died in his sleep on Friday. A full obituary will appear in a future issue of The Star. 

A memorial service is to be announced for Priscilla Bowden Potter of East Hampton and Manhattan, who died on Tuesday morning in New York City.

Joseph Anton Hren Jr., who owned and ran Jos. A. Hren Nurseries in Amagansett, the family business, for 52 years, died on July 6 at the Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., of renal failure.

Lucille F. McMahon, a lifelong Sag Harbor resident known for tending particularly lovely gardens, died in her sleep at home on July 5.

A celebration of the life of Catherine Gagliotti, who died on Jan. 5 at the age of 79, will be held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett.

Joy Evyonne Mayfield, a strong advocate for education and lifelong learning, practiced what she preached through constant reading and travels to India, Europe, Madagascar, and Borneo. A South Fork resident for over 40 years, she died on July 11 at the Hebrew Ho

Visiting hours for James Justice Judge, who lived in East Hampton for many years, will be held today from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Charles J. O’Shea Funeral Home in Wantagh.

Henry Griffith Parker III, a summer visitor to Amagansett for than 50 years, died on July 9 at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. He was 89 and had lived in Madison, N.J.

Word has been received of the death of Lindsay Ann Forde, who grew up in East Hampton, in Austin, Tex., on June 27. Her sister, Angela Morrison, said she had been on medication and died following a seizure.

Elizabeth I. Carroll of Montauk, 92, died at the Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead on July 12.