A Mass for the Rev. Ronald Ciaravolo, a former pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk and a Sunday priest for many years at St. Peter’s in Amagansett, will be said in the Montauk church in which he served today at 11 a.m. Father Ron, as he was known, lived in Montauk. He died on Monday. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
A funeral Mass for Gerald E. McCarthy, 76, of Oak Road, Noyac, who died on Saturday at Good Shepherd Hospice in Port Jefferson, will be today at noon at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Bridgehampton. Burial will be at St. Andrew’s Catholic Cemetery in Sag Harbor. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
Elfriede Field, whose first job after emigrating from Germany in 1954 was assembling watches at the Bulova factory in Sag Harbor, died at home in East Hampton on Friday of complications of heart disease. She was 80.
Mrs. Field met and married Russell Field of East Hampton shortly after the end of the war in Germany, where he was stationed as an Army policeman.
“They were married three times,” her son, Russell Field Jr. of East Hampton, said. “The first time in a German church because it was the law, then in an Army chapel, and when they came here they were married again.”
He said he came directly to East Hampton with his mother and father when he was 4. His mother found work as a waitress in addition to her job at Bulova and being a homemaker. She was a wonderful cook, who specialized in dishes from the old country such as wiener schnitzel, weisswurst, and sauerbraten, he said, and a gardener, who specialized in flowers, especially roses. She had opened her home here as a foster parent to 10 children over the years. Her husband died before her.
She was born in Landshut, Germany, on Feb. 5, 1933, a daughter of Anton Kiembock and the former Franziska Huber. In addition to her son, Mrs. Field is survived by a brother, Bernhard Kiembock of East Hampton. She was predeceased by another brother, Anton Kiembock, and a sister, Zita Worm. She also leaves two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visiting hours were held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Monday, and a Mass of Christian burial was said at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton on Tuesday, the Rev. Donald Hanson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions were suggested for the East Hampton Fire Department, 1 Cedar Street, East Hampton 11937 or East End Hospice, 481 Westhampton-Riverhead Road, Westhampton Beach 11978.
Thomas P. Peacock, a former assistant general counsel for the City of New York who chaired the successful capital campaign to restore and expand the Amagansett Library in 2004, died of prostate cancer on March 9 in Islamorada, Fla. He was 79.
Mr. Peacock was a partner at Winthrop Stimson Putnam and Roberts and a founding partner at the law firm now known as Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel, both based in New York City. Besides serving as an assistant general counsel for New York City, he was a general counsel for the group of financial companies known as MONY.
Amagansett, where he had spent weekends and summers, became Mr. Peacock’s home after he retired, although he spent winters in Florida. In addition to being on the board of the Amagansett Library, he was a member of the Amagansett Beach Association and the Devon Yacht Club. A sailor who had won many championships, he had participated in the Newport to Bermuda race and was a member of the New York Yacht and Racquet and Tennis Clubs.
From 1955 though ’57, Mr. Peacock served in the Navy as a supply officer on the U.S.S. Thuban and at a communications station in Annapolis, Md.
He was born on Aug, 8, 1933, in Charlotte, N.C., the son of William Trotter Peacock and the former Katherine Monk. Three years later, the family moved to Arlington, Va., when his father, a journalist, was assigned by the Associated Press to cover the White House and Congress.
Mr. Peacock graduated from Washington and Lee High School in Arlington, and, in 1955, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was sports editor of the Daily Tar Heel newspaper and a member of Chi Phi fraternity. He graduated in 1959 from the Columbia University School of Law, where he was editor of the school newspaper.
Mr. Peacock is survived by his wife, Catherine Lee Peacock, and by a brother, William T. Peacock Jr. of Oro Valley, Ariz.
A funeral service was held on Friday at St. James the Fisherman Church in Islamorada, and a celebration of Mr. Peacock’s life will be held in Amagansett in the summer.
The family has suggested donations to the Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of the Florida Keys, 92001 Overseas Highway, Tavernier, Fla. 33070.
Richard T. Johnson, who was among the founders of the Concerned Citizens of Montauk, died at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport on Feb. 21. He was 87. The cause of death was cancer, his niece, Frances Walton, said.
Mr. Johnson was a person of many interests. He worked for Chrysler in Latin America and South America, and on the side wrote plays. His co-written script for the comedy “All the Girls Came Out to Play” had a three-day run on Broadway before closing in 1972 but continues to be performed by theater companies around the world.
He was born on Christmas Eve in 1924 to Rudolph Oscar Johnson and the former Ethel Thomblade in Utica, N.Y. He grew up in Bronxville, N.Y.
He majored in economics and linguistics at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and then entered the Army. During World War II he was a staff sergeant, seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge.
After the end of the war he remained in Europe, undertaking postgraduate studies at the University of Geneva.
His time in Montauk, at a house he owned on Big Reed Path until 2008, was important to him. He was involved in local politics and conservation, and was an enthusiastic gardener, Ms. Walton said. He also collected African art.
The concerned citizens environmental group came to be as a group of homeowners, including Mr. Johnson, organized to block the development of the land around Big Reed Pond with as many as 1,400 houses. Their effort led to the creation of Montauk County Park, then to a string of other environmental victories.
Mr. Johnson was buried at Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk. A sister, Barbara Walton, died before him.
A memorial service for Mr. Johnson will be held at Fort Pond Cemetery at 4 p.m. on March 30. Ms. Walton suggested donations in his memory to San Simeon by the Sound, 61700 Route 48, Southold 11944.
Craig C. Morton, a Montauker who had lived in Rincon, Puerto Rico, for the past 15 years, died on Friday in Rincon after a brief illness. He was 49.
Mr. Morton was an electrician and helped a lot of people in Rincon, according to his brother, Chuck Morton of Montauk.
“He could do just about anything he put his mind to. He was loved. He was funny. They loved him down there. Everybody from Montauk who has gravitated to Rincon over the years would report back to us. They said he was like the unofficial mayor of Rincon,” his brother said, adding that Mr. Morton was hailed by his nickname Gomez — “a name I gave him from the character Gomez in ‘The Addams Family,’ and it stuck.”
The youngest of four children, he was born in St. Albans, Queens, to Chester Morton and the former Helen Schoell. He lived in West Babylon until the age of 10, when his family moved to Montauk after his father fell in love with the place. It was the early 1970s, and he attended the Montauk School and East Hampton High School, where he was active in sports, especially soccer. He was a softball player and enjoyed dirt biking, camping, and fishing. His brother said he had his own fishing technique, “which always seemed to net him a catch.”
Mr. Morton married young, but the marriage ended in divorce. He is survived by three children, Michael Morton, a general contractor in Puerto Rico, Joseph Morton, who is in the Navy stationed at Pensacola, Fla., and Chester Morton, who is in the Marine Corps and currently deployed in Kuwait.
In addition to his brother, he is survived by two sisters, Christine Morton-McDonald and Lisa Morton DeVeglio, both of Montauk. He leaves two grandchildren.
A memorial gathering will be announced in the future.
Samuel Jacob Spielberg, who loved his hometown of East Hampton and was raising his own daughter here, died on Feb. 22 following a single car accident in Amagansett. He was 31.
Hundreds filled Ashawagh Hall in Springs and gathered on the lawn outside during a celebration of his life on Feb. 28.
Mr. Spielberg was dedicated to his family and to his friends, both lifelong and new, and they spoke last week of his generous and caring nature.
One friend described how Mr. Spielberg had taken immense joy, from the very start, in being a father, and had determined to be the very best dad to his daughter, Bianca Mar Spielberg, now 6. By all accounts, he succeeded. The job he loved the most was being a devoted and loving parent, his family said. It was “the role that he was put on this earth for,” his sister, Summer Wolff, said at the memorial.
He was a thoughtful man, colleagues said, who, as he entered his 30s, was growing to become more and more like his father.
For the last four years, Sam Spielberg worked alongside his father in the family business, Spielberg Nursery.
He was born in Reading, Pa., on Feb. 7, 1982, the son of Jason Spielberg and the former Sherry Richards. The family moved that year to Springs, where Mr. Spielberg attended the Springs School. He graduated from East Hampton High School in 2000.
Relatives recalled a lively, sometimes mischievous little boy, one of a pack of cousins that were like siblings.
As the younger sibling, his sister said, he took his share of teasing, but when he got older, instead of turning the tables, Ms. Wolff said her brother looked after and protected her, as well as her friends. He had a “huge heart,” she said.
After high school he lived in Colorado and then in California for a time, working and taking classes at community college.
In June 2008, he was married to the former Karriann Huff. Mr. Spielberg liked to snowboard and to surf. Surfer friends are planning to gather for a “paddle out,” circling together in the ocean in his memory, on a future date.
He was a fan of reggae, and, at his memorial, Mama Lee (Lawler) and Rose performed some reggae songs a cappella. He loved East Hampton, Ms. Wolff said, loved being a local in his hometown, and loved his parents’ house on Three Mile Harbor.
Besides Ms. Wolff of Montaldo, Italy, his wife, Kariann Spielberg of East Hampton, and his daughter, Mr. Spielberg is survived by both his parents, who live in Springs.
In her father’s memory, the family has established a scholarship fund for Bianca Spielberg. Donations may be sent to Jason Spielberg at 16 Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road, East Hampton 11937.
A wake will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton next Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. for Mary Dunne of Amagansett, who died on Sunday at the age of 94. A funeral Mass will be said on Friday, March 22, at 10 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton.
An obituary will appear in a future issue.
Visiting hours for Gloria Rousell, 90, of Montauk, who died Sunday at Southampton Hospital, will be tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass for her will be said at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be at Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk.
The Rousell family has suggested memorial donations to St. Therese of Lisieux, Box 5027, Montauk 11954; the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, Box 901, Wainscott 11975, or the Montauk Fire Department, 12 Flamingo Avenue, Montauk.
An obituary will appear in a future issue.
Margaret Moffat Young, an East Hampton real estate agent who served as a nurse’s aide during World War II, died on Jan. 27 in Lancaster, Pa. She was 88 and had Alzheimer’s disease.
She was born on Sept. 18, 1924, to John Gilchrist Moffat and the former Jane Scull. She attended the Knox School in Scranton, Pa., and Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She married John Dowdney in 1947. They lived in New York and summered in East Hampton.
She later married Nigel Young of Glasgow, Scotland, who served with the Royal Air Force and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in World War II. The couple lived in London for three years beginning in 1959 and then settled in East Hampton. Mr. Young died in 1988.
In 1946 she went overseas as a counselor with the Maclannet Committee for Aid to French War Orphans.
Mrs. Young was involved in Republican politics and served as chairwoman of the Women’s Division of the New York State Citizens for Eisenhower. She also worked for the Long Island campaign to elect Richard Nixon.
After leaving Vassar she got a job as a relocation consultant for the Homerica Corporation, a mortgage broker in New York City. She helped find houses for corporate customers, work that prepared her for a career in real estate. She was active in the Friends of the Philharmonic and the Junior League of New York.
After marrying Mr. Young in 1965, they joined the Edward F. Cook firm in East Hampton. They later founded Woods Lane Estate Agents, and then Young and Company, which operated throughout the late 1970s and through the 1980s. Young and Company was folded into the Allan M. Schneider agency after Mr. Young’s death.
In East Hampton she served on the executive committee of the town and village and worked with the Ladies Village Improvement Society. She moved to Lancaster in 2002.
Mrs. Young is survived by three children, Lisa Dowdney of Leadville, Colo., Deborah Seaman of Eagle, Colo., and James Young of East Hampton. She leaves Luisa Castillo of East Hampton, a dear friend she thought of as a daughter, and a sister, Jane Mueller of Lancaster. She is also survived by five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions were suggested for the Ladies Village Improvement Society, 95 Main Street, East Hampton 11937. A memorial service will be held starting at noon on May 4 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton. The Rev. Denis Brunelle will officiate. Mrs. Young was buried in the church cemetery.