Stephan Edward Deal, a former merchant mariner who lived for 27 years in Montauk, where he worked most recently for Prado Brothers Plumbing and Heating, a division of Marshall & Sons, died at Stony Brook University Hospital on May 20. He was 53, and had complications after undergoing heart surgery.

A jack-of-all-trades, Mr. Deal enjoyed fixing and inventing things, and was a perfectionist in everything he did, his family said. A guitar player and songwriter, he liked to entertain others; he also liked to hunt and fish. Having grown up as an “Army brat,” moving from place to place, he particularly loved to travel.

Mr. Deal, the middle child of three, was born in Fort Bliss, Tex., in February 1963, to Dr. Charles Edward Deal and Velda W. Deal. He graduated from Window Rock High School in Arizona, on a Navajo Indian Reservation, in 1981, and later attended Arizona State University, majoring in political science. He served in the Army National Guard of Arizona and New Mexico as an air defense artillery crewman from 1981 to ’82.

In 1982, Mr. Deal became a Navy machinist, and was sent to the Naval Nuclear Power School. He served on the U.S.S. Vulcan from 1982 to ’83 and on the U.S.S. Iowa from 1983 through ’87. As a member of that ship’s recommissioning crew, he helped complete the major overhaul work needed to get the Iowa back in service ahead of schedule.

While in the Navy, Mr. Deal earned a number of awards, among them pistol sharpshooter and expert rifleman. He was awarded a Sea Service Deployment ribbon, three Battle Efficiency “E” Awards, and three Meritorious Unit commendations, his family said, and earned the Battenberg Cup for the U.S.S. Iowa. He was honorably discharged in 1987 and joined the merchant marine the next year. As a junior engineer, oiler, and seaman, he served on the U.S.S. Mercy for a year.

In August 1989, he took a job as chief engineer at the Montauk Yacht Club. Mr. Deal loved the East End, his family said, and met Patricia Twomey, whom they said was the love of his life, here. The couple had been married more than 13 years when Ms. Twomey died, in 2004.

Mr. Deal was a kid at heart, his family said, and adored his nieces and nephews. He is survived by his parents, who live in San Antonio; a sister, Linda D. Gonzales, also of San Antonio, and a brother, Christopher Deal of Dallas.

Mr. Deal was cremated. His ashes will be placed in a columbarium at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, following a private memorial service with military honors on Friday, June 17.

The family has suggested memorial contributions to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 417005, Boston 02241, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Sonya Scofield, the nurse at the Montauk School for over 30 years, died on May 25 in Orlando, Fla. She was 82.

“As with most nurses I’ve known (by the nature of the profession), Sonny had a heart of gold,” wrote Jack Perna, superintendent of the Montauk School, who worked with her for many years. “True, she seemed to have a hard shell at times, but that shell was easily cracked.”

When she was not attending to students’ aches, cuts, bumps, and illnesses, Ms. Scofield drove a school bus that her family said was “probably the quietist bus in the fleet.”

She was the first call or stop for many Montauk locals seeking advice on sutures or broken bones before making the drive to East Hampton or Southampton for further medical care, her family wrote. “Sonny was always available to the students and families in Montauk, especially back when there was no doctor’s office in Montauk,” Mr. Perna said. “People would bring their children to her home for emergencies or just to get more information. Sonny’s door was always open. Even after she retired, before she moved away, Sonny took time to help anyone who needed her; time of day or night didn’t matter.”

Ms. Scofield graduated as a registered nurse from the Brooklyn Hospital School of Nursing in 1954 and began her professional life as an obstetrics nurse at Norwalk General Hospital in Connecticut. She went on to work at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson before marrying Alexander Joyce and settling in Montauk.

When school was out for the summer, she worked at the Montauk Medical Center. She also did private-duty nursing in Southampton and Montauk, and later worked at Pfund’s Hardware in Montauk and the Montauk Corner Store.

Ms. Scofield was a member of the Montauk Community Church, the Montauk PTA, the Montauk Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, the Montauk Bowling League, and the Sag Harbor Ladies Golf Club. She had also worked a truancy officer. Her family said she enjoyed woodworking, sewing, knitting, golfing, dogs, music, and joking. “She had a trademark sense of humor and a laugh that will be remembered by many,” they said. 

She retired from the Montauk School in 1999 and moved to San Diego and later to Oviedo, Fla., to be near her daughter Marty Joyce of Carlsbad, Calif., and then her daughters Marylou Anconau of Jupiter, Fla., and Judy Ciesla of Oviedo. In California Ms. Scofield was activities chairwoman for the Rancho Carlsbad Ladies Golf League, with whom she earned a coveted hole-in-one trophy, and was the 2010 ladies league champion.

She was born in Jamestown, N.Y., on June 21, 1933, to George M. Scofield and the former MaryLouise Hull-Potter. She grew up in Port Jefferson and Walden, N.Y., and spent summers in Chautauqua, N.Y.

Ms. Scofield was divorced from Mr. Joyce, who died in 1987. In addition to their daughters, she is survived by her brothers, Douglas Scofield of Ridge and William Scofield of Port Jefferson. She also is survived by four grandchildren and was looking forward to the birth of a great-grandson.

Private services were to be held in California and Florida. Some of Ms. Scofield’s ashes will be dispersed in Chautauqua in August.

Contributions have been suggested to the First Methodist Church of Oviedo, attention Military Support Group, 263 King Street, Oviedo, Fla. 32765.

Lester Forbell Jr., who was called Zeke by family and friends, died at home on Queens Lane in East Hampton on June 7. He was 61 and had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer last summer.

Mr. Forbell was a skilled mechanic, with a passion for cars. He worked for the East Hampton Town Highway Department starting in 1995, and had previously worked at local junk yards and the old North Main Texaco in East Hampton. “He was the type that it got fixed right the first time,” his wife, the former Marianne Hawkins, said. Any free time he had was always spent working on cars. He had a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1, which he had restored and took to shows all over Long Island.

In recent years, Mr. Forbell and his son, Lester Forbell III, served in the pit crew for Cory Midgett, a cousin who races at Riverhead Speedway. Mrs. Forbell said it had brought them closer together. The raceway dedicated the race to Mr. Forbell on Saturday.

He was born at Southampton Hospital on Dec. 13, 1954; his parents were Lester Forbell and the former Mildred Havens, whose family has been in East Hampton for several generations. He grew up in East Hampton and Amagansett and attended East Hampton High School.

“He was one of the most generous people,” his wife said. “No matter what, day or night, if somebody needed help he would do it,” she said, adding that he never expected anything in return.

The couple had been together for 34 years, but married after more than 11 years when Mr. Forbell surprised his wife with a shopping trip to purchase rings. 

In addition to his wife and his son, Mr. Forbell is survived by his son’s fiancée, Jamie Bennett. The couple and their children lived with Mr. and Mrs. Forbell on Queens Lane. Mr. Forbell’s siblings, Mona Forbell of East Hampton, Diane Forbell of Riverhead, and Carol Tarazavich of Mastic, and numerous nieces and nephews survive, as do two grandchildren, Jaiden Forbell, 7, and Emma Forbell, 5, who were “the absolute joys of his life,” his wife said.

A service was held last Thursday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, followed by private burial. The family has said that donations to cover Mr. Forbell’s medical expenses would be appreciated. They can be sent to Mildred Forbell, P.O. Box 518, East Hampton 11937.

Stephen Soreff, a sculptor who had taught design for many years at C.W. Post College of Long Island University, died of lung cancer on April 23 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was 85 years old.

Mr. Soreff created found-object assemblages, which were exhibited at such galleries as Solar in East Hampton and at the Whitney Museum in New York City. Zachary Soreff of New York City, one of Mr. Soreff’s sons, said “his work was very much influenced by architecture, technology, and engineering.” His career at C.W. Post ranged from the early 1970s to the early 1990s.

He was born on Feb. 2, 1931, in the Bronx to Stephen Mayer Soreff and the former Jeanne Goldring. He grew up in Brooklyn and earned a degree in engineering from Brooklyn College, working for a time as a draftsman. He was drafted into the Army during the Korean War but was stationed in Germany and did not see conflict. His service to his country was said to have impacted his work as an artist, however. He and Helen Soreff, a painter whose work is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum, were married in 1960. She died in 1998.

His family said his lifelong interests included politics and culture as well as art. He enjoyed the South Fork, often remaining for six months of the year over the five decades he had a house here, and enjoyed going to restaurants, gallery openings, and film screenings. “He was a very friendly, popular guy. He was superintelligent. He was like an encyclopedia. He loved telling jokes. A lot of people knew him and loved him,” Zachary Soreff said. In his assemblages, “he would create anything from swords to high-heeled shoes to model airplanes. It was very interesting and challenging work,”

In addition to Zachary Soreff, Mr. Soreff is survived by another son, Alexander Soreff, and a brother, Richard Allen Soreff, both of New York City.

A private burial will take place on Sunday at Green River Cemetery in Springs, and a memorial service hosted by Mr. Soreff’s sons is planned for 4 p.m. that day at his house at 26 Whooping Hollow Road in East Hampton.

Chester Laird Uncapher and his wife earned dual pilot’s licenses in 1975, attending adult-education classes together in the evenings. Every summer, the couple hosted a pancake breakfast inside an airplane hangar attached to their house in Michigan, with friends either driving or flying in. They often served upward of 200 pancakes.

Mr. Uncapher died of a heart attack on June 1 while visiting his daughter’s house in East Hampton. He was 73.

Known as Chet, he was born on April 19, 1943, in East Aurora, N.Y., to Chester Uncapher and the former Sarah Zelda. In 1961, he graduated from Brookville High School in Pennsylvania. In 1965, he graduated from Clarion University in that state with a bachelor’s degree in education, later continuing his postgraduate studies at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich.

He also attended the American College of Financial Services in Bryn Mawr, Pa., earning certificates as a chartered life insurance underwriter and as a chartered financial consultant.

In 1962, he married Patti Lindemuth, his high school sweetheart. They were together for 53 years. She survives him and lives in Zeeland, Mich.

After Mr. Uncapher’s first year of teaching in Pennsylvania, the couple moved to Michigan, where he worked as an insurance adjuster, an elementary school teacher, a high school electronics teacher, and a cameraman for a Detroit television station. He also started his own financial-planning business, which he ran for more than 30 years.

Outside of work, he was an amateur radio operator, with a special call sign of W8HA. He belonged to the Experimental Aircraft Association, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Michigan Aviation Association, and the National Rifle Association.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Andrea Nichols of Jenison, Mich., and Karen Panish of East Hampton. He leaves two grandsons, 10 nieces, and six nephews.

Hoping to continue the Uncaphers’ pancake breakfast tradition, the family has planned one for mid-July in Michigan to celebrate his life.

His family has suggested memorial donations to the Michigan Aviation Education Foundation, 22436 Mylls Street, St. Clair Shores, Mich. 48081, or the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles Program, P.O. Box 3816, Oshkosh, Wis. 54903.

A celebration of the life of Robert L. Peters, a 1969 East Hampton High School graduate who died on Oct. 18 at the age of 64, will be held on Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Robbie and Kori Peters’s house at 4 West Way in East Hampton. All will be welcomed and have been invited to share memories of Mr. Peters at the gathering.

Marie Antoinette Kiembock, a lifelong resident of East Hampton whose plentiful breads and cookies were enjoyed by family and friends, died of cancer on May 19 at her eldest son’s home in Homosassa, Fla., surrounded by family. She was 82 years old and had been in hospice care for several days.

Mrs. Kiembock was not only a baker and homemaker, but also a talented seamstress. Her loved ones were said to look forward to Christmas each year, for which Mrs. Kiembock would bake at least a dozen different kinds of cookies, starting right after Thanksgiving and freezing them to be sure she had enough. She also had worked as caretaker and housekeeper for several families in East Hampton, retiring five years ago.

  One of the 13 children of Preston King and the former Antoinette Pelis, Mrs. Kiembock was born at home on Church Street in East Hampton on Feb. 29, 1934. Because it was a leap year, her birth date was recorded as March 1. She grew up on North Main Street and attended East Hampton schools.

She and  Anton Kiembock Jr. were married on May 28, 1960. The couple lived on Church Street, not far from where she was born. Mr. Kiembock died in 1981. Always active, Mrs. Kiembock enjoyed bowling, her cat, Ruby Slippers, and shopping, her family said.

She is survived by three children, James King of Homosassa, Ronald King of East Hampton, and Anton Kiembock III of Water Mill. Also surviving are five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and five siblings, who are Edwin King of Riverhead, Paul King and Brian King of East Hampton, Sharon Peters of Roanoke, Va., and Pauline Mohan of Torrington, Conn.

Mrs. Kiembock was a member of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, where the Rev. Msgr. Donald M. Hanson will officiate at a Mass on June 20. She was buried at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery.

Donations in her memory have been suggested to the Operation Cat project of the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, P.O. Box 901, Wainscott 11975.

Philip John McSweeney, a commercial fisherman who served as a spokesman for Long Island fishermen’s interests in Washington, D.C., and twice ran for East Hampton Town office, died on May 29 at his home in Corinth, Me. He was 75 and had been diagnosed with cancer a year ago.

Mr. McSweeney, who lived in Springs, kept a 40-foot dragger in Montauk for many years in the 1970s and ’80s. He served as an adviser to the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Council and was on the board of the Long Island Fishing Association and the Eastern Long Island Trawlers Corporation. For the Trawlers Corporation, he negotiated a million-dollar contract to supply butterfish and squid to large offshore Japanese fish processors.

“Dealing with the Japanese was not nearly as difficult as fighting the Democrats in Town Hall and in Congress,” according to his campaign literature for an unsuccessful 1985 bid for East Hampton Town councilman.

His efforts to protect the interests of commercial fishermen — in particular a fight against the upzoning of commercial fishing docks in Montauk in the mid-’80s — spurred his involvement in local politics. He ran for councilman on the Republican and Conservative tickets in 1985 and for town supervisor on the Independence Party ticket in 1999.

Mr. McSweeney was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 13, 1941, to Bernard McSweeney and the former Mary Murphy. He graduated from Freeport High School, then attended night classes at Adelphi College while working as a warehouse boy in a Patchogue clothing factory. The owner of the plant “took a liking to me and asked if I wanted to go to F.I.T. in New York and he would pay my tuition, and I said sure,” Mr. McSweeney told The Star in 1985. He attended the Fashion Institute of Technology for three years, studying statistics, math, and other industry-related subjects, and then took a job at the Fairfield Nobel Corporation, where he became vice president of manufacturing.

He and his wife, Isabel, were married on June 22, 1969, and settled in Patchogue.

“The sea was his calling, though, and instead of continuing his start in the garment industry, he preferred the deck of a dragger,” his family wrote.

An outdoorsman, he “loved the sea and working with his hands,” they said, and also enjoyed hunting and fishing. After commuting from Patchogue to Montauk for a few years, the family moved to Springs.

When he left fishing in the late ’80s, Mr. McSweeney worked as a general contractor on the South Fork. He and his wife retired to their cabin in Maine about nine years ago.

He was “an independent, kind, generous spirit who deeply loved his family and friends,” his family wrote, and he “especially loved spending time with his grandchildren,” David and Sam Coren and Patrick and Delaney Keane, and with Nick and Kaylee Harvey and Katie Roberts of Corinth, who were said to be like grandchildren to him.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, who lives in Corinth, and his daughters, Susan Coren of Ashburn, Va., and Bridget Keane of Narragansett, R.I.

A service will be held today at 1 p.m. at the Brookings-Smith funeral home in Bangor, Me., the Rev. Grace Bartlett of the First Congregational Church of Brewer officiating.

Contributions have been suggested to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston 02284, or online at dana-farber.org/gift.

Pearlina Alberta Moseley’s roots were firmly planted in Jamaica, where she learned from a young age how to grow fruits and vegetables and to take care of animals like cows and goats. In her lifetime, Mrs. Moseley, known to many as Sister Mama, would nurture a family that grew to include 9 children, 34 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. When she died on May 21 at home in Springs, she was under the care of hospice and surrounded by her loved ones. She was 79 years old and had breast cancer.

“She was the mother hen to her family, always keeping them together,” they wrote. “Even more, she was the mother hen to her sisters, many nieces, and nephews, who will remember her disciplined and nurturing spirit. She was seen as the miracle mother, making something out of nothing.”

Mrs. Moseley was born on March 7, 1937, to Ethan Samuels and Clementina Mulgrave in Gingerhill, Hanover, Jamaica. She attended the Riverside All Age School, and eventually left the countryside to join her older sister, Delrose, in the city of Kingston. It was there that she met her first love, Roy Artwell, with whom she had three children, although one of her sons died at a young age.

The longing for a simpler life called her back to the country, though, and after her return to Gingerhill, she met Clegburgh (Thomas) Moseley, who her family said captivated her heart. The couple lived together for 15 years before marrying on Aug. 6, 1976, and together would have six children.

Their sixth child, Melisa, was born when Mrs. Moseley was 44 years old. Out of concern that she would not be able to care for her in the same capacity with which she cared for her other children, it was decided they would move to the United States in 1997, when Mrs. Moseley was 60 years old, to live near her younger sister, Daphne, for support.

They came to East Hampton, where they believed they would find better opportunities, and purchased their house in Springs in 2005. Mrs. Moseley petitioned the government in 1998 to bring her other children to the U.S., and they were eventually allowed to join her and her husband in 2005.

Mrs. Moseley had worked as a clerk at Kmart and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, where she was known as Mother Moseley and considered a church elder. She was known as the family historian and a wonderful, wise storyteller.

“Pearlina was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother,” her family wrote. “She held her ‘Golden Text’ steadfast and taught her children about the power of prayer. Her last prayer was that her family stayed bonded in love and she saw that realized even in her last days. Like the pearl, Pearlina was precious and will be missed by all those she loved and who loved her equally.”

In addition to her husband, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, Mrs. Moseley leaves her children Lascelle Artwell of Maryland, Rosemarie Whiteley of Jamaica, and Curtist Moseley of Florida, and Lynsferd Moseley, Andrew Moseley, Sandria Moseley, Julianne Moseley, and Melisa Moseley, all of East Hampton. She also leaves seven siblings: DelRose Lowe of England, Daphne Gabbiden of Pennsylvania, Hyacinth Nelson of New York City, Audrey Mason of Islip, Carmeta Boothe of Islip, Erma Campbell of New York City, and Christine Christie of New York City.

Visiting hours for Mrs. Moseley were held on Tuesday and her funeral was on Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church. She is buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton.

A memorial service for Fritz Henry Riege, a retired coast guardsman and Montauk resident who died on June 27, 2015, in Anderson, S.C., will be held at the Montauk Community Church on Saturday at 2 p.m. A portion of his ashes will be spread off Montauk and a wreath thrown on the water in his honor during the Blessing of the Fleet there on Sunday at 5 p.m.

Burial and a flag service will take place at Calverton National Cemetery on Monday at 10 a.m. Another portion of his ashes will be spread off the coast of Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii, at a later date.