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Marjorie Jenkins, 95

Marjorie Jenkins, 95

Jan. 31, 1921 - June 30, 2016
By
Star Staff

Marjorie Louise Klingler Jenkins, who was born in Southampton and grew up mainly in Sag Harbor, died on June 30 at the Waterview Hills Nursing Center in Purdys, N.Y. She was 95.

A daughter of a career Navy officer, she traveled a great deal in her young life, most memorably living in Hawaii from the ages of 12 to 15, before it had become a state. It was “a true paradise,” and the experience left her with “memories and stories for a lifetime,” her family wrote.

Mrs. Jenkins was born on Jan. 31, 1921, to Lt. Cmdr. Albert Klingler and the former Sarah Palmer. She attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Sag Harbor, and worked at the Bulova watchcase factory in the village in the late 1930s before marrying.

She met Claude Landers Jenkins through her sister, Olive. The two had been dating, but one day when he showed up at her house, Olive was out and Marjorie joined him instead, said Mrs. Jenkins’s daughter Susan Jenkins Orzechowski. They turned out to be a better match and were married in a small ceremony in Amagansett on April 12, 1940.

The couple moved to Brooklyn not long after, to be closer to the tool and die factory where Mr. Jenkins worked. They had one son before Mr. Jenkins went into the Army, and Mrs. Jenkins returned with him to live with her parents in Sag Harbor while her husband served in World War II. After his return, they moved to Freeport, where they raised their four children. In 1968 they moved to Center Moriches.

Mrs. Jenkins is survived by a son, John C. Jenkins of Tennessee, and two daughters, Pamela L. Jenkins Levy of Florida and Pennsylvania and Ms. Orzechowski, who lives in Ridgefield, Conn. Six grandchildren and two nephews also survive. Another son, James, died in 1967, and her husband died in 1997. Her sister, Olive Baer, also died before her.

A graveside service was held on July 6 at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton, where she was buried.

For Kenneth Johnson

For Kenneth Johnson

By
Star Staff

Visitation will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor for Kenneth Johnson of Bridgehampton, who died yesterday at the age of 57. Funeral services will take place on Monday at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church; the time was undecided as of press time.

A full obituary will appear in a future issue.

Elizabeth I. Carroll

Elizabeth I. Carroll

Dec. 2, 1923-July 12, 2016
By
Star Staff

Elizabeth I. Carroll of Montauk, 92, died at the Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead on July 12. She had broken her hip in a fall and was in rehabilitation there, but succumbed to complications caused by blood clotting.

The elder of two daughters, she was born on Dec. 2, 1923,  in Manhattan and grew up in Queens Village. Her parents were Russian immigrants, Paul Ilief and the former Ekaterina Begansky, who discovered Montauk when she was a young woman.

She graduated from Queens College and went on to Hunter to pursue a master’s degree, but gave up academia in favor of medicine. She had already begun working at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she was to spend some three decades as an assistant in various laboratories, focusing particularly on microbiology and genetic research, topics on which she published papers. 

Liebe F. Cavalieri, a pioneer in nucleic acid research, was her mentor. 

She met her husband, John Carroll, when “teaching immigrants to dance,” her son, Paul Carroll, said yesterday.

Her parents had built a house on Midland Road in Montauk in the 1960s, where the family enjoyed cookouts on the Navy Road bay beach. The house eventually became hers.

After she retired from her job in the city, she and her husband began volunteering at the Montauk Library. “They did a lot of book repairs,” their son said. They were members of the Friends of the Montauk Library. After they retired here full time, she cared for her garden, where she loved to sun herself. Mr. Carroll predeceased his wife, who, as she grew older, became a fixture at  lunches and activities in the Senior Nutrition Center at the Playhouse.

“She was seen as a human being of grace and honesty,” her son said.

Besides her son, she leaves two grandchildren. Funeral services took place on Saturday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with burial following in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, East Hampton.

Joseph A. Hren, Nurseryman

Joseph A. Hren, Nurseryman

June 22, 1941- July 6, 2016
By
Star Staff

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. He was 75. 

From the time he inherited it at the age of 18, Mr. Hren “dedicated his life and love to building and sustaining the business,” his family said. He was an Amagansett Fire Department volunteer, also for 52 years, and a contributing member of the Amagansett Village Improvement Society.

With his wife, Mr. Hren built “the cabin of their dreams,” beginning in the late ’80s, in Sharon Springs, N.Y. The couple split their time between Amagansett and upstate. Until his final days, the cabin was Mr. Hren’s favorite place to be, his family said. 

He loved the outdoors, and had a passion not only for plantings and horticulture, but also enjoyed attending farm shows and surrounding himself with antique tractors and collectibles. 

He was born to Joseph A. Hren Sr. and the former Elizabeth Fee at Southampton Hospital on June 22, 1941, and lived for most of his life on the original Hren’s Nursery property. He attended local schools, graduating from East Hampton High School, and was married on Nov. 26, 1966, to the former Charlene Smith.

She survives, as do two sons, Jason M. Hren and Joseph A. Hren III of East Hampton, and two daughters, Lori L. Hren of Brooklyn and Kimberly J. Hren, also of East Hampton, who is in the nursery business with partners at the original family location, under the name of Groundworks at Hren’s.

Mr. Hren was one of eight siblings. He was predeceased by three sisters. He leaves three brothers, James Hren and Jonathan Hren of Amagansett and Lawrence Hren of California, and a sister, Marguerite (Reetie) Cantwell of Taos, N.M. Six grandchildren also survive. 

A wake was held on July 12 at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, and a service took place on July 13 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Amagansett. Burial followed at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in East Hampton.

Memorial contributions have been suggested to the National Kidney Foundation, Finance Department, 30 East 33rd Street, New York 10016.

Joy Evyonne Mayfield

Joy Evyonne Mayfield

Jan. 10, 1938- July 11, 2016
By
Star Staff

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 Home for the Aged in Riverdale, N.Y. She was 78 and had suffered long-term complications from a stroke 10 years ago, in addition to rheumatoid arthritis. 

Ms. Mayfield was born in Kansas City, Mo., on Jan. 10, 1938, to Frederick L. Mayfield Sr. and the former Verna White. She grew up there, excelling in art and music at a young age, and earned recognition for her piano playing and also the visual arts. 

She was married in 1956 to Arthur Evans, with whom she had two children, Heather and Brett. As a young mother she worked as an illustrator for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, and painting remained a lifelong hobby. 

The marriage ended in divorce. In 1965 she married Radh Achuthan, a professor whose work took him to Southampton College in the late 1960s and brought the family to the South Fork. With him, she had two more sons, Arjun and Lakshman, and traveled a number of times to Mr. Achuthan’s native India. They were divorced in 1977.

Ms. Mayfield worked at the Southampton College library in the late 1970s and moved to East Hampton around 1978. In the 1980s she earned a social work degree from Goddard College in Vermont. She worked primarily in private practice.

The happiest time of her life, her daughter said, was in the 1980s, when she accompanied her partner at the time, Noel Rowe, a photographer, on trips to Madagascar and expeditions to work with orangutans in Borneo. 

She had a deep love of animals, dogs in particular, and “always thought that everybody should have a dog in their lives,” her daughter said. She followed her own advice and always had a cherished canine companion by her side. 

After developing rheumatoid arthritis, she became a facilitator for Arthritis Foundation support groups in East Hampton and later in Hampton Bays. 

To her six grandchildren, she was known as Nana Joy, and she was always interested and involved in their activities. Ms. Mayfield’s family was “the focal point of her latter years,” her daughter said. 

She is survived by her four children, Brett Evans and Heather Evans, both of Southampton, Lakshman Achuthan of Manhattan, and Arjun Achuthan of East Hampton. She also leaves six grandchildren and a brother, Fred Mayfield Jr. of Lee’s Summit, Mo. 

Memorial gatherings will be held in the fall in East Hampton and Kansas City. The family has suggested contributions in her honor to the East Hampton Library, 159 Main Street, East Hampton 11937, or the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, P.O. Box 901, Wainscott 11975.  

Lindsay Ann Forde, 33

Lindsay Ann Forde, 33

May 13, 1983-June 27, 2016
By
Star Staff

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. The exact cause of death is pending. She was 33. 

Ms. Forde was born in Southampton on May 13, 1983, to Barry Forde and Deborah Merrill. She attended East Hampton High School and later earned a G.E.D. 

Before moving to Austin nearly two years ago, where she was a stay-at-home mother, she had also lived in Fort Lauderdale and Dania Beach in Florida.

Visiting hours were held here on July 4 at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home. Her ashes were buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton. 

Her son, Cameron Barry Forde, nearly 3, survives her. She also leaves her parents, Barry Forde of East Hampton and Deborah Merrill of Dania Beach, and four siblings, Angela Morrison of Flanders, Andrew Forde of East Hampton, and Bari and Lydia Forde, both of Australia.

Lucille F. McMahon, 91

Lucille F. McMahon, 91

July 12, 1924-July 5, 2015
By
Star Staff

Lucille F. McMahon, a lifelong Sag Harbor resident known for tending particularly lovely gardens, died in her sleep at home on July 5 at the age of 91, one week before her 92nd birthday.

One of her daughters, Patricia Mongiello of East Quogue, said her mother maintained a very active lifestyle until recently, still cooking for herself and cleaning her house. She said her mother loved taking walks and cultivating her garden.

“People would stop and look at her yard,” Ms. Mongiello said. “She cut her own lawn up until about a year and a half ago, and took a lot of pride in her home.” She cherished her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, her daughter said. “That was her life.”

Mrs. McMahon was born in Southampton on July 12, 1924, one of six children of Michael Ficorilli and the former Agnes Matoccia, who had also been born in the village. She grew up in a house on Oakland Avenue and graduated from Pierson High School in 1942.

Three years later she married Raymond McMahon, then a chief engineer in the Merchant Marine. The family moved to Franklin Avenue in 1960. Mrs. McMahon became a single mother after her husband died in 1961, working for the Long Island Lighting Company while raising three daughters. She later met George Thompson of Mattituck and the two maintained a close relationship, though they never married. Mr. Thompson died in 2006.

Mrs. McMahon was a longtime member of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Sag Harbor. She loved the village most in the wintertime, Ms. Mongiello said, “when it was quiet and peaceful. You could walk to town and you knew everybody. That’s the Sag Harbor that she loved, the quaintness of it.”

In addition to Ms. Mongiello, she leaves two other daughters, Marilyn Stanco of Setauket and JoAnn Holland of Las Vegas. She is also survived by six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Visiting hours for Mrs. McMahon were held on July 7 at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor. Her funeral was the next day at St. Andrew’s, followed by burial in the church cemetery. The family has suggested memorial donations to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, online at giving.mskcc. org.

For James J. Judge

For James J. Judge

By
Star Staff

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. A funeral Mass will be said tomorrow at 10 a.m. at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Bethpage, followed by burial at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale. Mr. Judge, who was 89, died on July 13 in Yanceyville, N.C. 

Priscilla B. Potter

Priscilla B. Potter

By
Star Staff

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. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

For Catherine Gagliotti

For Catherine Gagliotti

By
Star Staff

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. Mrs. Gagliotti was a teacher at East Hampton High School for 37 years. People have been invited to share their memories of her at the gathering.