Obituaries

Kathleen Louise Neuhaus, a 44-year resident of East Hampton, died of congestive heart failure on June 3 at Sebastian River Medical Center in Florida. She was 76 and had been ill for several years.

George David Yates, a partner in the Dayton Ritz + Osborne Insurance Agency, was an absolute giant in every sense of the word, a big man in stature and an even bigger man about the truly important things in life. Mr. Yates, who was 74, died on June 2.

Albert Sanders, who ran an innovative die-casting company and had a house in East Hampton for 40 years, died at home in Manhattan on June 7 at the age of 103.

Patricia Steffan, who worked in publishing and education, died on May 25 at Stony Brook University Hospital. The cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Known as Patsy, she was 84 and had lived in Bridgehampton and New York City.

Helen Darlene Barnard, who grew up in Bridgehampton and was affectionately known as Ty, died on April 28 in Portsmouth, Va. The cause was complications of breast cancer. She was 70.

Allen Lester Gribetz, an influential figure at the Bloomingdale’s department store for many years, died at home in Manhattan on May 18 after being in home hospice care for five months. He was 93 and had owned houses in Sagaponack, Amagansett, and on Shelter Island.

Tom Kochie of Sag Harbor, a prolific photographer on the South Fork, died on May 30 at North Shore University Hospital. He was 74.

Funeral services for Patricia (Patsy) Steffen of Bridgehampton, who died on May 25, will take place on Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in that hamlet.

A memorial for Robert Brierley Loughead Jr., an important figure with the Village Preservation Society and the East Hampton Healthcare Foundation, will be held on June 16 at 3 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton. Mr. Loughead died on Aug. 23, 2022.

Carlo Grossman, the developer of Amagansett Square, died at home in East Hampton on May 5. Mr. Grossman, who was 90, had Parkinson’s, kidney, and cardiovascular disease.

John William McGrath of East Hampton and Manhattan, an attorney who was active in politics, died on May 3 in New York. He was 90.

Pamela Rae Cullum, formerly of East Hampton and a descendant of the King family, which goes back many generations here, died on May 7 at home in Nineveh, N.Y.

Betty DeFriest of East Hampton, who was a longtime administrator in the town clerk’s office here, died on May 4 while visiting her daughter in North Carolina. She was 98.

Sarah Kramer Delson, who had many friends on the South Fork, where she often visited the homes of her mother and brother, died on May 4 at home in San Francisco at the age of 61.

Gary Lidell Bowen, a television director and longtime member of the Directors Guild of America, died on May 10 in Malibu, Calif., where he lived with his wife, Ruth Preven, and their dog, Kimba.

Caroline Joyce Whitby, an L.G.B.T.Q.+ activist who was a co-founder of the East End Gay Organization, died on April 22 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 88. A service will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Amagansett.

Jill A. Perkins, a certified public accountant formerly of East Hampton, died on Nov. 1 in Greenville, S.C., where she had retired in 2020. She was 65.

Lucy Olszewski died at home in East Hampton on May 8, the day after her 95th birthday.

John William McCluskey, a photographer and magazine publisher, Amagansett resident, and part-time resident of Greece, died on March 21 in Athens. He was 83.

Roy J. Pollock of Bridgehampton, a real estate broker, died on May 3. He was 92 and had been ill with multiple sclerosis.

Eleanor B. Newirth of East Hampton and Manhattan, an attorney and ardent feminist, died at home in Manhattan on April 5. She was 80 and had been ill with leukemia for seven years.

Carlo Grossman, a resident of East Hampton since the 1960s, died at home on Friday. He was 90 and had been in declining health. No funeral services are scheduled.

Milton M. George Jr. of Amagansett’s Lazy Point, a former car salesman, died on April 16 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. He was 74.

Anthony Janssen, who was chief of the Montauk Fire Department in 1981 and 1982, a volunteer firefighter for 35 years, and an ambulance driver for 15, died in Hot Springs, Ark., on April 24. He was 85.

Michael Howard Dext, a commercial fisherman who lived in Springs, died on April 25 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The cause was heart failure. He was 67 and had been ill for the past year.

A funeral service for Michael Howard Dext of Montauk will be held on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. Mr. Dext, who was 67, died on Tuesday.

RoseMarie Boyle Raffel, a Wainscott neighborhood mom and former waitress at John Duck’s restaurant, died of lung cancer on April 8 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. She was 84.

John Owen Habib, who spent summers in Amagansett and had many close friends here, died on April 11 following a catastrophic fall while hiking in Morocco. He was 21.

Cheryl Lee Behringer, who grew up in East Hampton and was an assistant teacher in Southampton for many years, died on March 19 in Charleston, S.C. The cause was an aortic aneurysm. She was 60.

Maureen Gaviola, formerly of Montauk, died at home in Pompano Beach, Fla., on Saturday. She was 68. Visiting hours will be on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said on Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk.