Linda Sylvia Baker, who grew up in Montauk, died on Friday at her home in Cutchogue at the age of 55. She had suffered from back problems and diabetes, said her husband, Paul W. Baker.

Ms. Baker was an artist who created pencil drawings depicting nature scenes. She loved the water, particularly the ocean, her husband said, having grown up near it. Her family moved from Glen Cove to their Leisurama summer home when she was a teen, and she graduated from East Hampton High School in 1978. One of her first jobs was in the ticket booth for Montauk’s Viking Fleet.

More recently she was a homemaker and focused on her art. She was fond of cats and excelled at cooking, her husband said, and they enjoyed boating and traveling together. She was also a big NASCAR fan, he said, particularly of Jeff Gordon and the Pocono Raceway.

Born in Oceanside on April 8, 1959, her parents were Louis Alfred Sylvia and the former Concettina Norma Gigliotti. She lived in Las Vegas and Denver for a time before moving to the North Fork in her early 30s. A divorcee, she met Mr. Baker while living in Southold and they married in 1993.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two stepsons, Eric Baker of East Providence, R.I., and Paul Baker III of North Attleboro, Mass. She also leaves two sisters, Louann Sylvia of Manorville and Maria Sylvia of Lake Ronkonkoma. A half-sister, Dorothy Schlegel, and a half-brother, James Sylvia, both live in Massapequa. Her parents and a brother, Louis Sylvia Jr., died before her.

The family is receiving friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold, where a wake was held yesterday. Ms. Baker was cremated, and her ashes will be scattered over the water. Memorial donations may be directed to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook 11794.

Martha J. Wolford of Springs was found dead on Aug. 29 at her home on Old Stone Highway. According to her only survivor, a niece who came to East Hampton with her husband this week to settle her affairs, she had been dead for some time, possibly weeks, when police went to the house. A gardener had reported not seeing her for a while.

Ms. Wolford’s longtime companion, Maurice Ackroyd, died on May 26. He was about 83; she was 80. After she fell in January and broke her wrist, said her niece, Pamela Blackwell of Yadkinville, N.C., he “did everything for her.” She said that after his death, her aunt “became so reclusive that the gardener was the only one she would initiate a call to.”

The couple had lived here year-round for about five years. Mr. Ackroyd was friendly with several members of the South Fork Country Club, where he played golf, but Ms. Wolford, though cordial in their company, apparently had few if any close friends.

She was devoted to her garden, according to her niece, and took up painting at some point. Several framed postcard-size sketches by her were found in the house, of scenes in England, where Mr. Ackroyd was born. The couple had spent summers there with a college friend of his from Cambridge University, and would go to Delray Beach, Fla., in the winter.

They met in Manhattan many years ago, Ms. Blackwell said. She said Ms. Wolford was a computer programmer at the United Nations and Mr. Ackroyd worked at I.B.M. She eventually gave up her own apartment and moved into his, on Bank Street in Greenwich Village, which they kept even after moving full time to Springs. So far as is known, they had not been back to the apartment for several years.

About six years ago Mr. Ackroyd had a stroke. Ms. Wolford took the subway from Greenwich Village every day for months to be with him at St. Luke’s Hospital, near Columbia University, and later at a rehabilitation facility. Finally they returned to Springs, where she cared for him by herself. Mr. Ackroyd recovered some of his strength, but Ms. Wolford lost much of hers during that ordeal and its aftermath, and developed diabetes, her niece said.

Martha Wolford was born on Jan. 29, 1934, in Tiffin, Ohio, to William H. Wolford and the former Maybel Ghastin. As a young woman she was said to have been very beautiful, and when she moved to New York, after graduating from Ohio State University, she worked first as a model. Ms. Blackwell said her mother, who died about 35 years ago, kept all the magazines that had photographs of her sister.

   Ms. Wolford was cremated, as had been Mr. Ackroyd, who left several nieces and nephews in Great Britain. Ms. Blackwell suggested that any donations in her aunt’s memory be directed to the Nature Conservancy, P.O. Box 5125, East Hampton 11937.

Margaret Myers, who moved year-round to Maidstone Park in East Hampton about 30 years ago, died at her house on Mudford Avenue on Friday. She was 92 and had been in poor health for some time, her family said.

Much of Mrs. Myers’s life was focused around family and friends. Cooking for and entertaining guests were her joy. Coming from an Italian-American family in Queens, she never needed a cookbook to produce lasagna and other dishes, almost without effort. “She was hospitable; everyone was welcome,” said her daughter, Edna Myers of Mastic Beach.

She was a familiar face to many here as a manager at the Upper Crust Bakery, formerly on Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton, and at the Indian Wells Trading Co. store in Amagansett.

She drove a car well into her 80s, visiting people she knew UpIsland. The late Mary Long, her neighbor in Maidstone Park, was a close friend.

Mrs. Myers was born on Nov. 26, 1921, to Carmine Maletta and the former Philomina Muraco in Ozone Park. Her siblings all predeceased her, as did her ex-husband, Robert H. Myers. They were divorced before she moved to Maidstone Park full-time.

In addition to her daughter, she is survived by three sons, James and Timothy Myers of East Hampton and Robert Myers of Oceanside. She leaves one granddaughter.

A funeral Mass was said on Tuesday

George Tilghman, who was known as Fletcher and had owned his own upholstery business, Fletcher’s Interiors, in East Hampton, died on Aug. 4 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., after a lengthy illness. He was 75 and had experienced complications from diabetes, according to his wife, Judy Tilghman.

Mr. Tilghman was proud of his career in the Air Force as an airman first class, serving from 1958 to 1966, including four years in England. He had worked for Grumman on Long Island and in Salisbury, and painted houses with his dear friend A.J. White for many years.

He was born on July 3, 1939, at Southampton Hospital, the only child of George Tilghman and the former Cathel Justice. He grew up in East Hampton Village, living for a time on Gingerbread Lane before moving to Maidstone Avenue. He graduated from East Hampton High School in 1958, and then joined the Air Force.

After he married the former Judy Tillbrooke of Sag Harbor on Oct. 12, 1968, the couple moved to Whooping Hollow Road in East Hampton. Except for his time in the Air Force, he lived here for 44 years, until 1983, when he and his wife moved to Pocomoke City, Md., to live on his father’s farm. They moved to Stockton, Md., in 1999.

Having no children of his own, he adored his many nieces and nephews and his neighbors’ children, his wife said. He also doted on his dogs, Patches and Sugar.

“He loved his wife, his church, his family, his friends, and his home. He enjoyed fishing, gold panning, metal detecting, traveling, and playing Scrabble with his wife,” a statement prepared by the Holloway Funeral Home in Poco?moke City said.

A funeral was held at Spence Baptist Church in Snow Hill, Md., on Aug. 9. Mr. Tilghman was buried with military honors at Beth Eden Tilghman Hill Cemetery next to his father, who had donated land to the cemetery.

Donations have been suggested to Spence Baptist Church, 7603 Spence Church Road, Snow Hill, Md. 21863.

Andrea Kathleen Stein, who spent summers in Montauk throughout her life, died on Friday in Rohnert Park, Calif. She was 52 and had cancer for the past six years.

Growing up in Long Beach, Ms. Stein loved taking family trips to Montauk, where they took boat rides and went camping. As a resident of Northern California, she continued to visit Montauk during the summers and over the Thanksgiving holiday to see her family. While there, she especially enjoyed Ditch Plain Beach. Ms. Stein also volunteered at the Montauk Community Church’s holiday rummage sale, where she tended to the jewelry table.

Born in Long Beach on March 5, 1962, to John Stein and the former Aster Opi Koleoglou, Ms. Stein graduated from Long Beach High School. Not long afterward, she moved across the country to Monterey, Calif., eventually settling near Petaluma, where she raised her two children.

An outdoors enthusiast, she was particularly fond of the forests and beaches of California. Ms. Stein was also a fan of the Grateful Dead.

She is survived by her two children, Adina and Tyler Stein, both of Petaluma. She is also survived by her partner, Thomas Rick Gee of Rohnert Park, and by her mother, Aster Stein of Montauk. She leaves three brothers: Noel Stein of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Dennis Stein of Bayonne, N.J., and Paul Stein of Montauk.

Private family services will be held on two of her favorite beaches: Salmon Creek in California and Ditch Plain in Montauk. Her family has suggested donations to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City 73123, or the V Foundation for Cancer Research, 106 Towerview Court, Cary, N.C. 27513.

Richard B. Hammer, a Springs summer and weekend resident since 1971, died of cancer on Aug. 22 at his retirement home in Naples, Fla. He was 79, and had been diagnosed not long before.

Born on Feb. 26, 1935, Mr. Hammer grew up on Chicago’s South Side, graduating from Navy Pier High School there and then from the University of Illinois Urbana-Cambria, with a B.S. in marketing.

He was a disc jockey on the university radio station when, said his son, Richard A. Hammer, he went out on a date with a co-ed named Beverly Beutel. The next weekend, before going off the air, he announced that if anyone wanted a date, they should give him a call. The phone rang. It was the future Mrs. Hammer. “How dare you?” she said. From then on, they were a couple.

Mr. Hammer enlisted in the Navy after college, serving aboard the U.S.S. Cambia, an attack transport ship stationed in the Mediterranean, as a chief petty officer. He and his college sweetheart, who had stayed in touch by mail, were married on June 25, 1960, at St. Daniel’s Church in Chicago. Soon after, they moved to New York City, where he began a career in media advertising sales, first for radio, then television, working for individual stations as well as networks. He eventually managed the Christian Broadcasting Network’s entire advertising sales program.

The Hammers lived in Yonkers before moving to Rockville Centre.  Their Springs house, where they spent as much time as possible, was one of the first built in Clearwater Beach. In time, they sold that house and moved to Northwest Woods.

Mr. Hammer, a keen fisherman, preferred wooden boats to all others, said his son. “I remember being with my father at the Montauk Lighthouse,” his son said. “Then we’d go to the Montauket for lunch,” or fishing off the Three Mile Harbor town dock.

Tragedy struck the family on July 17, 1996. Mr. Hammer’s wife and daughter, Tracy Anne Hammer, both died in the TWA 800 plane crash off East Moriches. The plane went down in the Atlantic; all 230 people on board were killed. The cause has never been determined with certainty.

Mr. Hammer eventually remarried. His second wife, the former Dianne Malashivich, became an integral part of his life and his son’s, said the younger man.

After he retired in 2008 and moved to Naples, Mr. Hammer went into the rental real estate business, buying houses, fixing them up, renting them out, and eventually selling them. His son said the business gave his father “great joy,” and that the family received many floral tributes from former renters after his death.

In addition to his son, who lives in Montauk, he leaves a grandson, Truman Andrew Hammer.

A funeral Mass was said at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, followed by burial with military honors at the church cemetery, beside his wife and daughter. Contributions in Mr. Hammer’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City 73123.

Milton M. George, a former commercial fisherman who lived in Amagansett and East Hampton, died on Sept. 9 surrounded by loved ones at his son’s house in Noyac, where he had lived for the past year. He was 88 and had several ailments, including colon cancer and heart problems, his daughter-in-law Susan George said.

His passion for the waters off Long Island led him to a long career as a fisherman, working as a haul-seiner until the practice ceased. He went on to have several odd jobs, including working at Cedar Point Park in Northwest Woods, but became mainly a caregiver, first for his wife, the former Dorothy Magee, who died in January 1976. He never remarried.

“Milton dedicated himself to his greatest joy in life, caring for and helping others. He was a very caring person,” Ms. George said, adding that he would cook for friends when they went through hard times.

Born on Nov. 15, 1925, in his parents’ house in Sag Harbor, he was the son of Edward George and the former Frances-Rose Bennett. By the time he reached school age, they had moved to East Hampton, and he attended school there. He would go on to serve in the Navy during World War II.

He and his wife raised their family on Lazy Point in Amagansett. He later moved to Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton. His family said he loved to tell stories about the “good old days” in his beloved Bonac.

Surviving him are his four children, Milton George Jr. of Sag Harbor, Gary George of Victoria, Va., Wayne George of Quakertown, Pa., and Darlene Moran of Port Orange, Fla. Five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.

In addition to his wife, Mr. George was predeceased by a brother, Edward George, and a sister, Hazel Bono.

Mr. George’s ashes are to be buried next to his wife at Oak Grove Cemetery in Amagansett. His family will have a private service at a later date.

Memorial donations have been suggested to the East Hampton Baymen’s Association, P.O. Box 498, Amagansett 11930, or East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978.

Joan Marie Aldrich, who was known as Mimi and with her husband had owned several Sag Harbor businesses, died on Sept. 8 at Scott White Hospital in Temple, Tex., of complications from diabetes. She was 81, and had been ill for some time. Her three children and a number of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were with her at the time of her death, her family said.

Ms. Aldrich and her husband, Robert W. Aldrich, who married in 1954, had owned Aldrich Transportation Service, the Foxes restaurant, and the Cinderella Shop on Main Street in Sag Harbor. They lived in Sag Harbor, where they brought up their children, until 1984, when they moved to Northwest Woods, East Hampton. Mr.  Aldrich, who was also village police officer for 27 years, While raising her children, Ms. Aldrich took part in many other children’s lives. She worked for the Sag Harbor School District for many years, volunteering her time and creativity, her family said, to make costumes for school plays, whether her children had lead roles or not. She welcomed many of them to the family house on Ackerly Street, offering help on any project, a meal, or a hug.

Ms. Aldrich was born in Gloucester, Mass., on June 21, 1933, a daughter of Howard Fry and the former Ruth Johanson.

She is survived by her children, Donna Wiser of Lorena, Tex., Debbie Falborn of Center Moriches, and Scott Aldrich of East Hampton, as well as 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

A celebration of her life was held in Texas. Another will take place in East Hampton on a date to be announced.

Joan A. Schellinger was many things — a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, a volunteer — and will be remembered as a woman who cared deeply about her family, letting them know they were at the center of her life, they said.

A native of Bridgehampton who lived in Springs for many years, Mrs. Schellinger died on Aug. 30 at Southampton Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was 78 and had cancer.

Born to Chester and Julia Lewandowski in Bridgehampton on April 5, 1936, she graduated from the Bridgehampton School with high honors, receiving an award for an essay about the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Shortly thereafter, in 1954, she married Stanley Schellinger, who went by Pep. They raised their four children in Springs. He died in August 2011. On Sept. 5, the couple would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

Mrs. Schellinger was fond of bingo, scratch-off lottery tickets, crossword puzzles, card games, yard work, and comedy TV shows, and had a deep appreciation for nature. As a young adult, she chaperoned field trips and helped with Girl Scout meetings, and enjoyed watching the various sports played by her children and grandchildren.

She volunteered at the blood drive in Amagansett for more than 25 years and at the East Hampton Healthcare Center, where she was a familiar and welcoming face.

Mrs. Schellinger is survived by her children, Charles Schellinger and Yvonne Wood of Springs, Evelyn Shields of Amagansett, and Wendy Schwob of Vero Beach, Fla. Seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive her, and she leaves three siblings: Eleanor Weber of Connecticut, Marsha Weaver of Florida, and Leon Lewandowski of Colorado.

The family has suggested donations in her name to the Springs Fire Department Ambulance Fund, 179 Fort Pond Boulevard, East Hampton 11937, or the East Hampton blood drive, which is run through American Legion Post 419 at 15 Montauk Highway, Amagansett 11930.

Douglas Mulaire, an artist, educator, and fishing and gardening enthusiast, died of pancreatic cancer on Monday at home in East Hampton. He was 65.

A professor of photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, he lived in Brooklyn as well as East Hampton. He “loved the light and beauty of the East End,” his wife, Susan Taylor, wrote.

Mr. Mulaire was born in Stamford, Conn., on Sept. 28, 1948, to Victor J. Mulaire and the former Vera Walden. He graduated from Boston College and earned his master’s degree in photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Ms. Taylor said her husband was “appreciated and remembered as a kind, thoughtful, and calm friend, teacher, and colleague.”

“He loved food and nothing brought him more pleasure than cooking, using what he could harvest or catch from the ocean or pick from his garden for friends and family.” She also remarked on his “wonderful sense of humor and delightful storytelling.”

In addition to his wife, Mr. Mulaire is survived by a sister, Juanita Cullen of Vienna, Va., and two brothers, Vic Mulaire of Easton, Conn., and Larry Mulaire of Barnstable, Mass.

The family has suggested donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978. A memorial service will be held in Brooklyn at a later date.