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Obituaries

Oneda Dixon, 101

Oneda P. Dixon of East Hampton lived to be 101 years old, all the while remaining active in her church and the East Hampton Town Senior Citizens Center and touching the lives of four generations of survivors.

Oct 22, 2015
Charles Gould, Veterinarian

Charles Norman Gould, a longtime veterinarian and founder of the Olde Towne Animal Hospital in Southampton, died at home in Bridgehampton on Oct. 14 after a short illness. He was 80.

Oct 22, 2015
Nondita Mason, English Professor

Nondita Mason, a retired professor of postcolonial literature and theory at Hunter College, died on Sept. 25 at her Manhattan apartment, one day after returning from a 23-day trip to Italy, Greece, and Turkey with her husband, Bryant Mason.

Oct 22, 2015
Margaret F. D’Andrea, World War II Nurse

Margaret F. D’Andrea, an Army Air Corps nurse during World War II who was later an active community volunteer in Wainscott and beyond, died on Oct. 6 at Midtown Senior Living in Raleigh, N.C., just eight days shy of her 94th birthday.

Oct 15, 2015
Jean DePasquale

Jean DePasquale, a longtime resident of Montauk, died at home on Sept. 20 of respiratory failure. She was 87 years old.

Oct 15, 2015
Thomas F. Miller, Retired Cop

Tommy Miller, a 12th-generation Bonacker who retired from the East Hampton Town Police Department in 2004 after 22 years on the force, was “part of the community in so many ways,” said Michael Sarlo, the department’s current chief. “He knew everyone and spent a great deal of time building relationships on the job. If we all got out of the patrol car and talked to people as much as he did, we’d all be better at our jobs,” said Mr. Sarlo.

Oct 15, 2015
Paula G. McGrath

Paula Grace McGrath, a summer resident of Waterhole Road in Springs, died of breast cancer in London on Oct. 4. She was 46, and had been ill for a long time.

Oct 15, 2015
Louisa E. Edwards, 98

Louisa Edith Edwards, who sold real estate with the Edward Pospisil agency and had lived on Old Montauk Highway in Amagansett before moving to North Carolina, died on Oct. 3 in Montrose, Calif., after a stroke, her family said.

Oct 15, 2015
John Berg, Renowned Art Director

John Berg, a longtime art director for Columbia Records who oversaw the design of iconic album covers by artists including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, and Santana, died on Sunday at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton.

Oct 15, 2015
Priscilla Huntington

Priscilla Weld Huntington, an unwavering advocate for children who was a founding member of what is now the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center in East Hampton, died on Sept. 7 at Peconic Landing in Greenport.

Oct 15, 2015
Retired East Hampton Police Officer Thomas Miller Has Died

Tommy Miller, a 13th-generation Bonacker, died of cancer on Monday.

Oct 12, 2015
Rosemary E. Shilson

Rosemary E. Shilson, a jewelry designer and interior decorator who was an active member of the East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society, died on Sept. 19 at Stony Brook University Hospital, following a stroke.

Oct 8, 2015
Albert Bunce, 83

Albert Bunce, who lived on Cosdrew Lane in East Hampton for 40 years, died on Sept. 17 in Lady Lake, Fla., from complications of surgery.

Oct 8, 2015
Josephine DiSunno, Nonagenarian

Josephine DiSunno, who died at Southampton Hospital at the age of 95 on Tuesday, will be remembered, her family said, for her generosity, indomitable spirit, and devotion to family, church, and community.

Oct 8, 2015
Sherrill Clark Webb, High School Teacher

Sherrill Clark Webb, who taught industrial arts at East Hampton High School for 40 years, died on Sept. 24 at his house on Meadow Way in East Hampton.

Oct 8, 2015
Sloane Shelton

Sloane Shelton, an actress who had voluminous credits but may be best known on the East End for having portrayed the fierce mother of a Bonac fisherman in the world premiere of Joe Pintauro’s adaptation of Peter Matthiessen’s “Men’s Lives” at the Bay Street Theater, died at her Wainscott home on Sept. 17 of pulmonary fibrosis after a long illness. She was 81.

Oct 1, 2015
For Bonnie Lee Cullum

A graveside service in memory of Bonnie Lee Cullum, who died in February at the age of 71, will be held on Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. Ms. Cullum, who had cancer, was a 1961 graduate of East Hampton High School. She worked as the office manager at Robert E. Otto Glass in Wainscott for 33 years. The memorial service will take place at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton. Her family said it will be a simple service, and casual attire has been requested.

 

Oct 1, 2015
Allan Lee, 83

Walter Allan Lee, a bank trust officer who grew up in East Hampton, died last Thursday at his winter residence in The Villages, Fla. He was 83 and had been in declining health for several years.

Oct 1, 2015
Michael C. Volk

Michael C. Volk loved Montauk and his East Lake Drive residence, and had no interest in living anyplace else. One of the aspects of the hamlet that most thrilled him, his son said yesterday, was playing a round of golf at Montauk Downs.

“Despite the challenges he faced, he was a good-hearted man,” his son, Michael Volk of Honolulu, said. “He was always helpful. There was not a bad bone in his body.”

Mr. Volk died on Sept. 15 at Stony Brook University Hospital of complications following a fall. He was 62.

Oct 1, 2015
Nancy Weintraub

Nancy S. Weintraub, who, along with her husband, Max Weintraub, was well known among East Hampton restaurant goers as one of the duo behind Cafe Max, died on Monday after a long illness.

Sep 24, 2015
Earl Edmund Arrington

Earl Edmund Arrington, a successful real estate broker for over half a century, died on Sept. 9 at home in Sag Harbor.

Sep 24, 2015
Harvey M. Brown

Harvey M. Brown of Worcester, N.Y., who grew up in East Hampton and once worked at the Startop Ranch in Montauk, died on Aug. 21.

Sep 24, 2015
Maryse Armin Wyatt

Maryse Armin Wyatt, who graduated from East Hampton High School in 1949 after having spent her childhood in Brooklyn, died on Sept. 11 at home in Greenfield, Mass.

Sep 24, 2015
Earl Edmund Arrington Services Sunday

Visitation and a funeral service for Earl Edmund Arrington, a longtime Sag Harbor resident who died on Sept. 9, will be on Sunday at J. Foster Phillips Funeral Home at 179-24 Linden Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens. Visiting begins at 11 a.m., with the funeral to start at noon.

An obituary for Mr. Arrington, who was 82, will appear in a future issue.

 

Sep 18, 2015
William Becker

William Becker, whose vision and financial savvy helped bring modern European film to American audiences, died of kidney failure at his house in Southampton on Saturday. He was 88.

Sep 17, 2015
For Deborah Light

A celebration of the life of Deborah Ann Light, formerly of Amagansett, East Hampton Village, and Sag Harbor, will be held at the Peconic Land Trust’s Quail Hill Farm orchard in Amagansett on Saturday.

Sep 17, 2015
Elizabeth McGuire

Elizabeth McGuire, who had been a familiar presence in a number of East Hampton’s popular restaurants over the years, died at home on Sept. 8 in Melbourne, Fla.

Sep 17, 2015
Joan S. Heitner

Joan S. Heitner, a retired professor who taught at La Guardia Community College for more than 25 years, died on Sept. 6 in New York City.

Sep 17, 2015
Gregg Denis de Waal, 57

Gregg Denis de Waal died unexpectedly after collapsing at the Whalebone Market in Noyac on Sept. 3.

Sep 17, 2015
Michael Flinn, 74

Michael de Vlaming Flinn, a lawyer and former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives who grew up on Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton, died on Aug. 1 at his house in Greenwich, Conn.

Sep 17, 2015