The Star has received word that Mary L. Byrnes of Cedar Street in East Hampton has died. She was 94 years old. 

A graveside service was to be held at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton at 11 a.m. today. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Bruce Bluedorn — “a deeply caring, intelligent, and thoughtful person,” his sons, Alex and Scott Bluedorn of East Hampton, said — died on Nov. 12 at home on Cooper Lane in East Hampton, following a stroke. 

Mr. Bluedorn, his sons said, “touched many lives and leaves many friends and family members with memories of kindness, generosity, and warmth.” 

He was born on Jan. 9, 1948, in Wheaton, Ill., to Victor Bluedorn and the former Elizabeth Garlock. He grew up there, developing an interest in electronics and engineering. He built his own computer prototype for a science fair while in high school, and was president of his graduating class. 

He attended Yale University in the late 1960s, earning a bachelor’s degree in American history. 

A lover of photography, magazine publishing, carpentry, and construction, Mr. Bluedorn forged a career that married many of these passions. In 1967, he and Garry Trudeau, a suitemate from Yale who would gain fame as the “Doonesbury” cartoonist, launched VISA, a political magazine, in Washington, D.C.

This experience in graphic design and production led Mr. Bluedorn to varied gigs as an art photographer in New York City in the 1970s, where he documented artists’ work for galleries while also producing a portfolio of compositionally abstract images of gritty cityscapes and architectural elements with striking light play. He also worked as a guidance counselor at that time, at a high school in the Bronx. 

The 1980s brought Mr. Bluedorn to the South Fork, where he worked in construction and home renovation. While working on a large house in East Hampton, he met Anne Theodore, whom he would marry in the summer of 1982. Their twin sons were born in 1986. 

The family lived in East Hampton Village, where Mr. Bluedorn and his wife were caretakers for the estates of celebrities, musicians, and artists. Ms. Bluedorn died in 2006.

He was a longtime, dedicated member of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, where he became a deacon and then an elder. He helped the church negotiate a contract for an AT&T cellular phone antenna in the steeple, and later helped it navigate an extensive renovation. He was also a member of the pastor-nominating committee.

In retirement, Mr. Bluedorn became a prolific writer of poetry and continued to pursue his hobby of photography. He also continued to serve as a knowledgeable consultant for past employers and the church. 

A memorial service will be held on Sunday at noon at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Scot McCachren officiating. A reception will follow. 

In addition to his sons, a sister, Karen Eilers of Arizona and Kansas City, Mo., also survives. 

The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Anne and Bruce Bluedorn Memorial Fund, care of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, 120 Main Street, East Hampton 11937.

Paul Charbin of East Hampton and France died unexpectedly in his sleep at home on Pony Ramble, at Dune Alpin Farm, on Nov. 1. His family said that he had had a weak heart but otherwise had seemed in good form. Mr. Charbin was 83.

He was born on Nov. 5, 1933, in Norwich, Conn., to the former Simone Eymard and André Charbin, who were from Lyon, France, and had come to the United States to run J.B. Martin, the family textile company that produced silks and velvets and that had its headquarters in Norwich. It was, his family said, considered to be the foremost manufacturer of fine velvets. His guiding principles during his tenure at the family business were, his family said, to “take care of the people and make a good product.” He ultimately became chairman of J.B. Martin.

Mr. Charbin grew up in Norwich and Groton Long Point, Conn., graduated from Portsmouth Abbey, a Benedictine boarding school in Rhode Island, and went on to graduate from Princeton University with the class of 1955. At Princeton he majored in engineering, even though he was drawn to the arts, especially literature and philosophy. For two years he served in the Army, working at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Ala. It was after leaving the military that he took up his career at J.B. Martin. 

In retirement, Mr. Charbin was able to spend more time in Lyon, alternating between there and the East End. Throughout his life he enjoyed reading French and American literature and works of philosophy, as well as fishing, tennis, and nature. He was “fascinated by global current affairs and a loyal supporter of all New York-based sports teams,” his family wrote.

He was married twice, the first time to the former Joy Pinoncely in 1963, and the second time to the former Elaine Learson in 1981. Both of his former wives survive, as do his three sons, Cedric Charbin of Montreal, Andrew Charbin of Manhattan, and Adrian Charbin of St. James. A grandson and a granddaughter also survive, as do three sisters: Peach Brossette of Switzerland and Bird Pinoncely and Bonnie Cuvelier of France.

Eric Salzman of Brooklyn Heights and East Quogue, an internationally known composer, music critic, and well-known birder, died at his Brooklyn Heights home of cardiac arrest on Nov. 12. He was 84 and had been undergoing dialysis since February 2016.

Mr. Salzman was a reviewer for The New York Times and New York Herald Tribune and a contributing editor and writer for a number of periodicals in this country. His articulate and lively reviews also appeared in publications in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, among other countries.

One of the founders of what is known as new music theater, Mr. Salzman wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen theatrical productions. His work “Big Jim and the Small-Time Investors” will open Victoria Bond’s 2018 Cutting Edge Concerts at the Thalia at Symphony Space, a theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, on April 9, 2018.

He began writing reviews of Choral Society of the Hamptons concerts for The Star in 2012; the last appeared in June 2016. On the East End, he led bird walks for the South Fork Natural History Society, whose board he was on, and kept daily records of the many bird species in the wetlands that form part of the family’s property in East Quogue, which is now the Samuel and Frances Salzman Nature Preserve, managed by Southampton Town.

He was born on Sept. 8, 1933, in New York City and was educated at Forest Hills High School and Columbia and Princeton Universities, as well as at schools in Germany and Italy. He began coming to the East End in the late 1940s when his father built a small house in Hampton Bays.

His wife, the former Lorna Jackson, and daughters, Eva Salzman of Monroe, N.J., and London and Stephanie Salzman of New York City, survive, as does a granddaughter. 

In July 2018 SoFo will host a commemoration of Mr. Salzman’s contributions to New York State and Long Island as a naturalist and birder.

John Intravia, a 101-year-old resident of Clearwater Beach in Springs, died at St. Catherine of Siena in Smithtown on Nov. 21. A man who knew five languages, his knowledge of French led to his first job, on a French line passenger ship (Compagnie Générale Transatlantique), and a long career with the company. 

He was born on May 16, 1916, in Corona, one of two sons of Andrea Intravaia and the former Beatrice Radicelli. His parents were immigrants from Monreale in the province of Palermo, Sicily, and he grew up knowing Italian as well as English. His family said a French couple in Corona doted on him and taught him French and about French culture.

At the age of 21, he was hired as a temporary summer employee for the French line, but when September arrived and other workers left, “he summoned the nerve to show up, hoping that someone would just say, ‘Go work over there,’ ” and that is what happened, his family wrote. By that time, Mr. Intravia had added Spanish and some German to his lexicon.

His first job paid $18.50 a week, and that made him a family hero, his family said. He rose through the ranks with the French line, eventually becoming manager of passenger operations and sailings, which included lengthy postings in London and Paris. From time to time, he also sailed on the S.S. France and S.S. Normandy as an executive assigned to V.I.P. service. However, even when he retired after a 30-year career, he was still listed as “temporary.”

Mr. Intravia’s knowledge of five languages was of interest to the Army during World War II, in which he saw combat in the infantry. He had expected the Army would assign him to the European Theater in keeping with his knowledge of languages, but he was sent to the Pacific.

Mr. Intravia married his childhood neighbor, Louise Rossi. They built the house in Clearwater Beach in 1958, next door to his brother’s house and the houses of two brothers-in-law. The family enjoyed going to the popular local hangout, Jungle Pete’s, on Fort Pond Boulevard in Springs. He and his wife moved here year round in the 1970s. His wife and their son, Larry Intravia, died before him.

His survivors include his nieces, Laraine Intravia Aharoni of Manhattan and East Hampton and Jacqui Rossi Donlon of Milton, Mass., and East Hampton, and his nephews, Dr. John Intravia of Venice, Fla., and Bart Rossi of New Jersey. Eight great-nieces and great-nephews also survive.

Mr. Intravia loved listening to Edith Piaf, his family said, and they played “La Vie en Rose” for him during his final hours.

A funeral Mass will be said at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton at noon on Saturday. He will be cremated and the urn with his ashes will be buried alongside those of his wife and his son at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery.

Bart Taylor Ritchie, a Montauk commercial fisherman, died on Nov. 20 of cancer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he had a winter residence. He had been ill for a month.

Mr. Ritchie won a surfing contest in Montauk in 1973 at the age of 18 and stayed on in the hamlet for the next 38 years, before moving to East Hampton. He held a captain’s license and owned several boats based in Montauk — including the Black Bart, Christine Ann, and Mistress Too — and engaged in longline, dragger, and charter fishing. 

Captain Bart, as he was called, was the subject of a 2010 documentary film that chronicled the decline of commercial fishing in Montauk. “A Long Haul,” directed by Nathaniel Kramer, was shown at film festivals worldwide this year and won awards for best documentary short and for cinematography.

After Superstorm Sandy, he supervised the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s cleanup of marshlands in Nassau County. 

Born on Aug. 14, 1955, in Freeport, he was the son of George Ritchie and the former Yvette Carrick. He grew up in Point Lookout, another Nassau County coastal town, and graduated from Long Beach High School in 1973. 

He was married in 1980 to Madeleine Blake. The couple divorced in 1996. Mr. Ritchie’s partner of 15 years, Catherine Casey of East Hampton, survives him.

Mr. Ritchie is also survived by his mother, Yvette Ritchie of Point Lookout, and two sons, Justin Ritchie of New York City and Tyler Ritchie of East Orange, N.J. A sister, Collette White of Point Lookout, also survives.

A service will be held at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Point Lookout at a date to be announced. Mr. Ritchie’s ashes will be dispersed off Montauk Point in a private ceremony in the spring.

A graveside service for Leonard M. Goldberg of Amagansett, who died on Wednesday, will be Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Independent Jewish Cemetery in Sag Harbor. Mr. Goldberg was 95.

The family of Lucille Malouche has announced that a memorial Mass for her will be said on May 5 at 11 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. Mrs. Malouche, a former Montauk resident, died on Nov. 20 in New Rochelle, N.Y. She was 97. An obituary for her will appear in a future issue of The Star.

Celina McDonald Seitz of Accabonac Road in East Hampton died early last Thursday morning at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 87 and had been ill with cancer for a year.

Mrs. Seitz was an active parishioner of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton and was involved with teaching knitting classes at the East Hampton Library and the Senior Citizens Center on Springs-Fireplace Road, where she would also have lunch with friends. She hosted knitting circles at home as well, and enjoyed playing dominoes and cards.

She was born on May 10, 1930, in Montauk, one of four children of the former Mary Jane Burke and Charles Leonard McDonald. She grew up in the fishing village at Fort Pond Bay, to which, her family said, several French-Canadian families like theirs had emigrated from the small town of D’Escousse on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. When the 1938 Hurricane destroyed their houses, many moved on. The McDonalds moved to the Shepherd’s Neck area, below the Montauk School. Her family said that she was proud of her Canadian and Nova Scotian heritage and that as an adult she had visited her parents’ hometown a number of times.

She attended the Montauk School and graduated with the class of 1949 from East Hampton High School. During her adult life, Mrs. Seitz worked at the Osborne Trust bank and for Robert Lynch, a contractor. In May 1951, she married Lewis Seitz. Until 1969, when her husband became the superintendent of Cedar Point Park, they lived on Wireless Road in East Hampton Village. After that they moved with five of what would become six children and seven dogs to a house on a bluff overlooking Northwest Harbor and the Cedar Point Lighthouse, where they lived until her husband retired in 1984. He died in 1999.

Mrs. Seitz loved animals and, in the late 1960s, once raised a fawn whose mother had been killed. The deer was named Mickey, after Mickey Miller of Springs, who had found it and taken it to her at Cedar Point Park knowing she had a knack. The deer knew her voice and would come when she called. 

Ms. Seitz had six children, all whom survive her: Mary Jane Rickards of Newfane, Vt.; Lewis Seitz of Blue Point, N.Y.; and Nancy Nagel, Susan Seitz-Kulick, Michael Seitz, and Jay Seitz, who all live in East Hampton. Seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive. In addition, her sister Frances Ecker of Montauk survives. Her sister Eva Collins of East Hampton and her brother, Vincent McDonald of Montauk, died before her.

Ms. Nagel said of her mother that “family and faith were paramount in her life.” She added that her mother “possessed a zest for life and approached each day with a sense of humor, strong compassion, and a genuine love of people.”

The family will receive visitors at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton tomorrow from 2 yo 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. On Saturday a funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church on Buell Lane. Memorial donations have been suggested for the Kanas Center for Hospice Care, 1 Meeting House Lane, Quiogue 11978.

Semira Breitweg, who had lived full time in East Hampton since the death of her husband in 1994, died on Nov. 13 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 95. For the last six years she had lived on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road with her son and daughter-in-law; before that she had lived for 22 years on Flaggy Hole Road in Springs.

Known to her friends as Sally, Ms. Breitweg was born in Brooklyn on April 28, 1922, one of three children of the former Philomena Delano and Alphonse LaVecchia. She grew up and graduated from high school there. She lived later in Queens Village, where she supervised the beauticians at Creedmore Hospital. Ms. Breitweg had had a summer house in Springs since 1964. She was an active member for 22 years of the altar guild at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton and was also a eucharistic minister there. Her family said that she was “devoted to her faith, family, and church.”

When she was 28 years old she married William F. Smith, who died unexpectedly in 1950. In 1968 she married Michael Breitweg. Ms. Breitweg is survived by two of the children she had with her first husband: Kenneth B. Smith of East Hampton and Gareth Smith of New Hyde Park. Her son William Smith II died before her. Two grandchildren, one great-grandchild, several nieces and nephews, and two sisters survive her as well: Phyllis Brodie of Carle Place and Jeanie Anderson of Lindenhurst.

The family received visitors on Sunday afternoon and evening at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. On Monday morning, a funeral Mass was said at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, followed by burial at Calverton National Cemetery in Riverhead. The family has suggested memorial donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978.