Isabelle Ray Morgan, a lifelong East Hampton resident who helped baymen by opening shellfish at her shucking shack in Springs, died of pneumonia on Christmas Day at Southampton Hospital. She was 86.

As a child, Ms. Morgan left grade school to stay at home and care for her younger siblings so that her mother could work for another East Hampton family. This prompted a nickname, Mama, which stayed with her and rang true all her life, said Theresa Cullum of San Tan Valley, Ariz., a granddaughter whom she had raised. Ms. Morgan took in anyone in need and “was everybody’s mother,” Ms. Cullum said.

Born in East Hampton on Jan. 23, 1928, to Mildred and Wilbur Grant Bennett, she was one of six children. Floyd Bennett, Oliver Bennett, Doris Slowey, and Jessie Histand died before their sister; Stanley Bennett of East Hampton survives.

Ms. Morgan’s husband, Charles Morgan, died in 1989. The couple had three children. Laura Morgan died before her mother; Anthony Bennett of Claremont, N.H., and Donna Dellapolla of East Hampton survive.

Ms. Morgan was one of the first residents at the Windmill II senior citizen housing complex in East Hampton and had lived there for the last 10 years.

She enjoyed doing puzzles, including jigsaw puzzles and word searches, and was a fan of Nascar racing. She also loved westerns, her granddaughter said, and had visited a classic Old West town during one of several trips to Arizona.

A graveside service was held on Sunday at Green River Cemetery in Springs, the Rev. Denis C. Brunelle of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton presiding. Memorial contributions have been suggested to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978.

Marianne Ajamy, an artist and designer, succumbed to leukemia on Saturday at her Hoppin Avenue house in Montauk. She was 66 and had been ill for a year.

Ms. Ajamy’s paintings had been exhibited on the East End, and a vase she had decorated, her “Butterfly Fantasy Vase,” was included in the book “The Painted Butterfly: 15 Painting Projects for Home Décor.” She also was known for painting children’s faces at birthday parties.

She was a “great mom, grandmother, and artist,” her husband, Louis Ajamy, said this week. The couple were married in 1974 and lived briefly in Brooklyn before moving to Commack in 1976. In 1980, they moved to Kings Park, where they raised their children.

The Ajamys have had a house in Montauk since 1990, where they spent summers and long weekends throughout the year before becoming full-time residents. “Montauk was very special to her and our family,” Mr. Ajamy said.

She was born in Port Washington on Nov. 14, 1948, to Joseph Powers and Carol Beckman Powers. She received a bachelor’s degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three children: Karen Kuneth of Montauk, Louis Peter Ajamy of Ronkonkoma, and Jillian Ajamy of Huntington. A sister, Joan Powers of Montauk, also survives, as do three brothers, James, Thomas, and Robert Powers, and two granddaughters.

Visiting hours were held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Monday night and a funeral Mass was said at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk on Tuesday.

A memorial service for Jeff Golub of New York City and Bridgehampton will be held Thursday at the Society for Ethical Culture at 2 West 64th Street in Manhattan at 1 p.m.

Mr. Golub, a jazz, blues, and rock guitarist with a long solo career and who also played with Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Peter Wolf (of the J. Geils Band), John Waite, Vanessa Williams, Gato Barbieri, and Bill Evans, among many others, died on New Year's Day at home in New York.

He was 59 and had been diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a brain disorder.

Donations in Mr. Golub's memory have been suggested to his family at jeffgolub.com or to curepsp.org.

Margaret (Peggy) Keller, 87, of South Delphi  Street in Montauk died Sunday evening of natural causes at Southampton Hospital surrounded by her family. Family and friends have been invited to gather at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton between 2 and 4 p.m. and 7 and 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8. A funeral service will be held at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, with the Rev. Thomas Murray officiating.

A funeral Mass for Dorothy Marie McGinnis-Haberstroh, who died on Dec. 26 in Weeki Wachee, Fla., at age 104, will be said tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton. Mrs. Haberstroh was a former East Hampton resident. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

A service for Patricia Liptrot of Springs will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton. A wake is being planned with the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home, but details had not been finalized as of press time. Mrs. Liptrot, who was 84, died on Tuesday at Stony Brook University Hospital. A full obituary will appear in a future issue.

Sydney Steven Griffin, a longtime resident of Northwest Landing Road in East Hampton and a dedicated merchant seaman, died on Christmas Day at Southampton Hospital. He was 76 and had been in declining health for several years.

Mr. Griffin graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point in 1960, going to work on tankers and freighters. At 25, he achieved master ranking, becoming the youngest person to captain ships of unlimited tonnage since World War II. After leaving the merchant marine, he went to work in 1965 on Columbia University research vessels. One of his sons, Sydney Griffin Jr. of Hampton Bays, recalled how excited he was when his father took him along. The task was to scoop up material from the ocean floor so that scientists could examine it.

Mr. Griffin worked for Columbia for 10 years, eventually contracting with the Navy’s Military Sealift Command to transport troops and supplies to ports around the world. Navy Commodore J.W. Arens commended Mr. Griffin for his performance during the Persian Gulf War, writing that his ship, the U.S.N.S. Antares, had “performed to the highest standards.”

Toward the end of his seagoing career, Mr. Griffin ran cruise ships around the Hawaiian Islands, which, his sister Kathleen Griffin of Hilton Head, S.C., said in an email, was probably his favorite assignment.

He was born in the Bronx on Aug. 8 1938, to Sydney Griffin and the former Catherine McEnery. “His parents purchased a cottage on Northwest Creek in 1952,” his sister said, which was without running water or electricity. He was 14 at the time, and the cottage was his magical escape from the housing projects in the Bronx where he was growing up. Spending teen summers in East Hampton, surrounded by water, nurtured his love of the sea.

Mr. Griffin has lived in the Northwest Woods house for the past 38 years, calling it home for at least part of the year for the past 60 years. He is survived by his life companion of the last 25 years, Margery Hadar, and three children, who, in addition to Sydney Griffin of Hampton Bays, are a son, Luke Griffin of Tucson, Ariz., and a daughter, Spencer Shea of Pittsburgh. He also is survived by another sister, Mary Hall of Seaford, and by four grandchildren.

The family plans to hold a memorial service on Aug. 8, his birthday.

Margaret Keller, the matriarch of an extended family and a charter member of the Montauk Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary, died of natural causes on Sunday at Southampton Hospital. She was 87 and had lived in the same house on South Delphi Street for more than 60 years.

Mrs. Keller, who was known as Peggy, moved to Montauk with her family from Pennsylvania along with the Ecker family, who are relatives, in 1937, settling on Navy Road until the hurricane of the following year. For more than 30 years, she worked at the family restaurant, Trail’s End, which was on Fort Pond Bay until it was moved in the wake of the hurricane to its present location at South Euclid Avenue and Edgemere Road. She was a great cook whose specialties included Long Island duck.

“My mother was loved dearly by the community,” said her son, Thomas Keller of Miranda, Calif. “She was not only a mother to a family of seven children, but pretty much the whole community of Montauk. We had a large family, yet we continuously had other children at our house. Basically, she was considered a surrogate mother to many children of the community.”

Mrs. Keller, who was also a charter member of the Montauk Friends of Erin Ladies Auxiliary, was the last surviving member of a group of Montauk women who dubbed themselves the Rat Pack. The group included Ellie Prado, Sara Handrup, and Stella Stanislaw. “Very old-time Montauk,” her son said of the women.

Margaret Mary Pugh was born on April 22, 1927, in Oneida, Pa., to Joseph Pugh and the former Marie Ziegler. She was a member of East Hampton High School’s class of 1945, and married Joseph (Gil) Keller on Feb. 22 of the following year. Mr. Keller died in 2002.

In addition to her son Thomas, Mrs. Keller is survived by her children Patrick Keller, Kathleen Keller, Maureen Keller, and Mary Russell, all of Montauk, and Joseph Keller of Nobleboro, Me. A nephew also survives, as do nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A son, Robert, died before her, as did her brother and sister, Edward Pugh and Anna Pugh.

A wake will be held today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said tomorrow at 11 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. Burial will follow at Fort Hill Cemetery, also in Montauk.

The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Montauk Fire Department’s Ambulance Company or Ladies Auxiliary, 12 Flamingo Avenue, Montauk 11954.

Frederick Joseph Knapp, a singer and musician who had a career in industrial shows and, with his wife, the former Penny Leka, later founded a company that trained businesspeople in public speaking, presentation, and dress, died of a heart attack in Northport on Nov. 13 at the age of 84. The couple recently sold a house in East Hampton they had owned for 24 years.

Mr. Knapp left a Sears management program in the 1960s to take roles in industrial television and film commercials. He was the M.C. or lead in over 50 Broadway-style shows, and introduced  new Buicks and Fords to dealers, including Lee Iacocca’s first Mustang and Honda’s first car in America.

While working with Ford, Mr. Knapp jumped on a suggestion from an executive to establish a consulting firm. Frederick Knapp Associates, which was based on Madison Avenue, trained some 31 top executives from 29 countries and 64,500 managers over the next 31 years. The company worked with AT&T, John Deere, Bacardi Rum, Nabisco, and Philip Morris, among others.

Mr. Knapp and his wife, a violinist, met in New York City and were married on Dec. 18, 1965. They enjoyed working together in the consulting business but also entertained on cruise ships from time to time. “We were so happy together, we didn’t want to be apart,” Mrs. Knapp said.

He was born on April 9, 1930, in Superior, Wisc., to Frederick D. Knapp and the former Helen Haremza. A brother, Robert Knapp, and a sister, Larraine Hurd, died before him. He grew up in Shell Lake, Wisc., and went to the University of Wisconsin, where he received a degree in economics. He also did postgraduate work there and at Columbia College in Chicago. He had served as an Army officer during the Korean War.

Mr. Knapp joined Sears, Roebuck & Company, working in Wisconsin before he was selected for the management program at Sears headquarters in Chicago. He then moved to New York City to pursue singing and acting.

He was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Society of Training and Development.

At the age of 49, Mr. Knapp began to experience problems with his sight, and in 1992 he became legally blind, though he maintained peripheral vision. He served two terms as the president of the Blinded Veterans Association.

A service will be held at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan, of which he was a member, on Jan. 10 at 2 p.m., followed by a reception. His ashes are to be buried at the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Ill.

Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Guide Dog Foundation, 371 East Main Street, Smithtown 11787, or to Pianofest, P.O. Box 639, Hudson, Ohio, 44236.

An obituary in last week’s paper for Robert W. Mott, who was known as Buzzy, failed to include some of his survivors. In addition to his father, Harry L. Mott of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., his children, Christopher Mott of Venice, Fla., and Shelly Mott Fisher of Sarasota, Fla., and four grandchildren, Mr. Mott is also survived by his sister, June Bubka, and her husband, Tom Bubka, of East Hampton, who took charge of his care for 30 years following a traumatic brain injury in 1985, and their daughter, Jennifer Bubka of Brooklyn.

Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Amagansett Presbyterian Church’s Scoville Hall Restoration Fund, P.O. Box 764, Amagansett 11930.