Louis C. McDonald, who retired from a career in distribution and freight management to live in Montauk and fish aboard his boat, the Hattaduit, died on Tuesday at home on Old West Lake Drive. He was 77 and had lung cancer, his family said.

    Mr. McDonald, who was known as Lou, was a member of the Montauk Friends of Erin and active with the Montauk Lions Club, among other organizations. He was a past commodore of the Wyncote Club in Huntington, an honorary member of the Joseph J. Gorman Knights of Columbus in Syosset, and a member of the Glendale Kiwanis Club.

    Mr. McDonald and his sons were frequent competitors in the Montauk Boatmen’s Association shark tournament, winning it three years in a row at one time, his son Brian McDonald of Dix Hills said. His father would always donate half his winnings to the tournament charity, Mr. McDonald said.

    Though he did not take charter passengers, Mr. McDonald said, his father had passed the lengthy examination to get a Coast Guard captain’s license.

    He was born on Jan. 2, 1936, in Jamaica, Queens, to Louis White McDonald and the former Anne Genevieve Edel. He grew up in Queens Village, where he attended school and met his future wife, the former Joan Estelle Booth, while in high school. He attended Manhattan College for one year.

    The couple married young, having five children. In addition to Brian McDonald, they are Kathleen Nikifor of Hopewell Junction, N.J., Ralph McDonald of Ronkonkoma, Daniel McDonald of Port Charlotte, Fla., and Gerard McDonald of Cudjoe Key, Fla. He also is survived by 10 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. A sister and a brother died before him.

    Visiting hours for him will be at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Cremation will be private.

    The family has suggested memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73123-1718.

    Kurt Kahofer of Wainscott, a maitre d’ at Herb McCarthy’s Bowden Square, which in its day was one of Southampton’s most popular restaurants, and a fixture for 35 years at the “21” Club in New York City, died at the age of 80 on Jan. 28 in Florida. His death was unexpected and the cause had not yet been determined, his family said this week.

    Mr. Kahofer, who was born and raised in Pernitz, Austria, studied hotel and restaurant management in that country and was employed in various aspects of the business throughout his life. His profession dovetailed with his love of travel, and he worked at ski resorts in Switzerland, Italy, and Germany, in addition to Austria. Along the way he became fluent in five languages.

    He immigrated to this country in 1959, the year he and his wife, Mina, were married. In New York City, he went to work for Restaurant Associates. The couple, who raised five children, lived in Southampton during the summers when he was employed at Herb McCarthy’s. Then, and until his retirement from “21,” when the family came to the East End, they lived in Maspeth.

    Mr. Kahofer enjoyed oil painting, fishing, and playing musical instruments, including the violin, harmonica, squeeze box, and piano. Due to his European upbringing, he was a soccer fan and taught his children the sport. He later learned to enjoy football and became a Jets fan. Mr. Kahofer was also said to be handy and to love the upkeep of his house and grounds.

    In addition to his wife of 54 years, Mr. Kahofer is survived by his five children: Lisa Cory of Wainscott, Kurt Eric Kahofer of Southampton, Heidi Varucene of Water Mill, Amy Dalsimer of Moretown, Vt., and Karl Kahofer of New York. Five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive, as does a brother, Karl Kahofer, who lives in London. Another brother, Willbad Kaholfer, died before him.

    A celebration of Mr. Kahofer’s life will take place on March 16 at 2 p.m. at the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor. The family has suggested memorial gifts for the church, 44 Union Street, Sag Harbor 11963, or to a charity of personal choice.

    William J. Hood, a retired senior officer in the Central Intelligence Agency and a writer, died at home in Amagansett early on the morning of Jan. 28. He would have turned 93 on April 19.

    During World War II, having just transferred from the Army into military intelligence, Mr. Hood volunteered for the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor to the C.I.A. He worked for a time on Ultra, a top-secret exploitation of coded German messages that the British and Americans had cracked and that the Germans thought was invulnerable, Enigma.

    “Bill Hood was one of the heroes of O.S.S. and C.I.A., a major figure and leader in the clandestine services over three decades, a member of Allen Dulles’s wartime team, and a successful and inspiring leader of operations in Central Europe and at headquarters,” wrote Tom Polgar, a former colleague.

    After the war, Mr. Hood remained in Europe, working for the agency in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, often as chief of station. He was one of three deputies of James Jesus Angleton, the head of counterintelligence at the agency. Before retiring in 1975 he was chief of operations for Latin America and had also worked in New York under cover at the United Nations.

    Described by Kennett Love in a review of one of his spy novels as a “looming, powerfully built, agreeably sinister-looking veteran spook,” Mr. Hood became an Amagansett fixture after marrying a former O.S.S. colleague, Mary Carr Thomas, in 1976, and could often be seen in shorts sitting on Main Street benches taking the sun.

    Mr. Hood's first marriage in 1950, to Cordelia Dodson, a colleague, ended in divorce.

    After he retired, while he and his second wife were dividing their time among Portland, Me., New York, and Amagansett, Mr. Hood wrote “Mole,” a nonfiction story of a Soviet Army colonel who became a double agent.

    He went on to write three spy novels, “Spy Wednesday,” “The Sunday Spy,” and “Cry Spy,” all of which were well received. His last book was “A Look Over My Shoulder,” a biography of Richard Helms, whom he had worked for when Helms was the director of the agency.

    “William was an urbane and sharply intelligent observer with a wry, New England sense of humor,” said a friend, Sheridan Sansegundo. “He was a man of few words, but you could depend on those words being astute, perceptive, and dead on the money.”

    William J. Hood was born on April 19, 1920, in Portland, Me., the only son of Bethina Heath and Walter J. Hood. He attended Deering High School and Portland Junior College and also worked as a South Portland correspondent for The Press Herald. Newspaper work was where he thought he was headed, but once he became caught up in the work he found himself doing in Europe, the die was cast.

    His hobbies included photography, marksmanship, sailing, jazz, and collecting first editions. He was a member of the Cumberland Club in Portland and the Players Club in New York.

    Mr. Hood enjoyed some of the perks of his work, such as being able to own Jaguars and order suits from Anderson & Sheppard, Savile Row tailors. His youth had been quite spartan and he commented to his stepdaughter, Isabel Carmichael, one evening, “When I was in a jam and didn’t know if I would get out alive, I thought, if this jam works out and I get out alive I will indulge myself in the things I would have enjoyed more as an adolescent: any book, any photographic materials, and any piece of clothing.”

    Although he did not have children, he was close to Ms. Carmichael, who lives in Springs. His stepson, Dr. David Carmichael of New York City, several nieces and a nephew, and three step-grandchildren also survive.

    Mr. Hood was cremated. There will be a memorial to celebrate his life in the spring. Donations in his name can be sent to Smile Train, 41 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor, New York 10010.

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    The Rev. Denis C. Brunelle will officiate at a funeral for Marilyn Johnson of  Springs on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton. Ms. Johnson died on Monday at the Westhampton Care Center. Her ashes will be buried following the service in the church’s memorial garden.

    Those organizing the funeral have said that Ms. Johnson did not care for flowers and would not have wanted them. They suggested donations instead to St. Luke’s. An obituary for her will appear in a future issue.

    Pierre Lucien Schoenheimer, a financier and decades-long summer resident of East Hampton, died at his apartment in Manhattan on Jan. 25. The family did not provide a cause of death. He was 79.

    Mr. Schoenheimer’s parents purchased a house in Montauk in the 1950s. He and his family remained connected to the area ever since.

    Mr. Schoenheimer was born in Paris in July 1933 to Fritz R. Schoenheimer and the former Ellen Berliner. The family fled Europe in 1941, ultimately settling in New York.

    A graduate of the Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y., he received a bachelor’s degree from New England College and a master’s degree from Columbia University. Mr. Schoenheimer also participated in the Owner/President Management Program, an executive program run by Harvard Business School.

    He had three children with his first wife, Janet Gersten, who survives. His second wife, Idee German, survives as well.

    Described by his family as an “entrepreneur, philanthropist, and tour de force,” Mr. Schoenheimer had success in the worlds of business and philanthropy, serving on many boards. In 1970, he founded the Radix Organization, a private investment banking firm. He also co-founded the Austin Capital and Radix Sterling Fund, a fund of hedge funds.

    Whether in business or philanthropy, Mr. Schoenheimer devoted great energy and passion to the fields of education, science, and research. He also served on the board of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and was a board member for many years at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons.

    In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Joyce Oleshansky of Honolulu, Linda McCurdy of New York, and Daniel Schoenheimer of Montauk. He also leaves seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

    A memorial service is to be held this summer at the Jewish Center.

    Betty Barton Evans, a summer resident of Pondview Lane, East Hampton, who worked during World War II for the United States Coordinator of Information, the precursor to the Office of Strategic Services, and who later bred a Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes-winning horse, died at home in Greenwich, Conn., on Feb. 5. She was 89. The cause was gastric cancer, her family said.

    Ms. Evans and her second husband, Thomas Mellon Evans, owned Buckland Farms, a Virginia horse farm where they bred thoroughbred horses, including Pleasant Colony, the 1981 Derby and Preakness winner.

    Born on Nov. 22, 1923, in Rock Hill, S.C., to William Barton and the former Jane Dise Anderson, she grew up in Great Falls, Va. She attended Washington and Lee High School in Virginia.

    In 1942 she began working with the Coordinator of Information in Washington, D.C. The agency was later renamed the Office of Strategic Services, which eventually became the Central Intelligence Agency.

    It was in Washington that she met her first husband, Dr. William Farnsworth Loomis. They married after his deployment to China, and raised their children in Greenwich. The family emphasized the importance of travel and education, and every summer the couple took their children on trips to Europe and Asia.

    Ms. Evans was a member of the Greenwich Garden Club and was a skilled flower arranger who won many prizes, her family said. She also was on the flower committee of the Colony Club in New York City. Dr. Loomis died in 1973.

    In 1977, she marred Thomas Mellon Evans of Pittsburgh, a financier. They shared a passion for thoroughbred horse racing and established Buckland Farms.

    The Evanses were active philanthropists and supported a wide range of organizations, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New York Botanical Garden, the National Gallery of Art, and, in East Hampton, the East Hampton Library and the Ladies Village Improvement Society.

    Ms. Evans loved “all things canine,” her family said, and collected paintings, furniture, and wine.

    She was known for throwing beautiful parties, filled with interesting guests and exquisite wines, her family said, and will be missed, they said, for her “marvelous intelligence, extraordinary grace, natural elegance, and unforgettable charisma.”

    Mr. Evans died in 1997. Her children, Barton Loomis of Covington, La., and Jacqueline L. Quillen of Washington, D.C., survive, as do five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

    A service celebrating her life will be held at the Round Hill Community Church in Greenwich on March 9, with a reception following at the Field Club, also in Greenwich.

    Memorial donations have been suggested to the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, P.O. Box 901, Wainscott 11975.

    Suzanne May Marks of Treescape Drive in East Hampton and Highland Beach, Fla., died on Jan. 31 in Boca Raton, Fla. At the age of 80. She had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer a little over a year ago.

    Ms. Marks, who for three decades spent several months of each year in East Hampton, was born in New York City on May 16, 1932, to Edward and Piri Schweiger. She grew up in the city and attended Hunter College there.

    She married Donald Marks, who survives, on Sept. 3, 1950. For many years, Ms. Marks worked as an administrator at Richmond Hill High School in Queens.

    In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Nina Rosen of McLean, Va., and two grandchildren. 

    Ms. Marks was cremated. Funeral services were held on Feb. 4 at the Glick Funeral Home in Boca Raton, Rabbi Bernard Baskin officiating.

    The family has suggested memorial contributions to Hospice by the Sea, Fund Development, 1531 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486, or at hospice1.org.

    Sallie Rae Hammer, described by her family as a 12th-generation Bonacker and known as Aunt Sal, died last Thursday at the age 60 after a long illness.

    She had lived in Jonesville, Va., where she died, for the last eight years. Prior to that she spent all of her life in Springs, where people knew her as a straight talker who “would give you the shirt off her back” and make people laugh at the same time, according to her daughter Michele Hammer Hill.

    She had a passion for cooking and worked in many South Fork restaurants over the years, including Michael’s, Estia, Harry’s Hideaway, and Kipling’s. She was devoted to her family and more recently to two granddaughters and prided herself on her hard work and culinary skills.

    Some of her jobs along the way included working as a pin girl at the bowling alley in East Hampton, opening scallops, and cleaning out horse stalls. She owned her own restaurant in Virginia, the Buttery, and a hot dog wagon called the Hot Diggety Dog before her health failed.

    When she wasn’t working two or three jobs at a time, she enjoyed spending time with her family and her cousin Sheila Sopher, who was also her best friend. They sought out yard sales on weekends and went UpIsland to shop at Swezey’s department store and eat Chinese food.

    She was born on Feb. 5, 1953, in East Hampton and attended the Springs School and East Hampton High School. She met Edward Hammer at the bowling alley here and married him in 1972. He survives her. The couple had four children. In addition to Ms. Hill, who lives in Birmingham, Ala., they are Edward Hammer Jr. of Jonesville and Kerri Hammer of East Hampton. A son, Josiah Hammer, died last year.

    Four siblings, Debbie Koons of Sag Harbor, Michael Field of Redbank, N.J., Ron Field of Maryland, and Paul Field of Virginia, also survive her.

    Ms. Hammer was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton. The family had a private viewing in Virginia on Friday. A memorial service is to be announced at a future date.

    Kelly Anne Doroski loved being a stay-at-home mom and spending her time with the two men in her life, her fiancé, Max Corrigan, and their 22-month-old son, Joshua Aiden.

    Born on May 15, 1989, in Southampton to William J. Doroski and the former Patricia L. Smith, she grew up in Sag Harbor, and graduated from Pierson High School.

    Though she attended Suffolk County Community College for a time, her true love was someplace else, her mother said. She and Mr. Corrigan met at Starbucks, where they both worked, about four years ago. They became fast friends and fell in love, her mother said.

    When their son was born, Ms. Doroski decided that she wanted to stay home with him, her mother said. “She loved to put the baby in the stroller and go walking.”

    The couple recently moved to East Hampton, where Mr. Corrigan works for the AT&T store. When interviewed by The Star last summer, he was a whirling multitasker, answering phones and helping several customers at once, but when Ms. Doroski called, all that would come to a rest. He always had time for her. They were the perfect pair, her mother said. “He was rock-steady and pragmatic, she was free-spirited.”

    Ms. Doroski died in a car crash on Route 114 in East Hampton last Thursday.

    Besides her fiancé and her son, she is survived by her parents, and three siblings, Tracy Doroski, William Doroski, and Alice Delacruz, all of Sag Harbor.

    A memorial gathering will be held today at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor at 11 a.m. Friends and family have been asked not to dress in mourning, but to wear bright colors to celebrate Ms. Doroski’s life.

    The family has suggested donations in her name to the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, P.O. Box 901, Wainscott 11975.

    Marsha (Nicky) Edlich of Woodcrest Drive in Springs and Lafayette Street in Manhattan died at home in Manhattan on Jan. 31 at the age of 70. Her family said the cause of death was ovarian cancer, which she had survived for 10 years.

    Ms. Edlich taught French at the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan for some 35 years. She had previously been chief of operations for Club Med USA. She also was a member of the board of the New York Women’s Foundation, and had served as chair of its annual benefit breakfast.

    Born on June 20, 1942, in Brooklyn to Leo Hochberg and Ida Shapiro, she was raised in Brooklyn and Teaneck, N.J. She attended Wilkes College in Pennsylvania, from which she received a Bachelor of Arts degree.

    She was married to Stephen P. Edlich, an artist known for European modernism, who died in 1989 at the age of 45. Their son, Alexander Edlich of Wainscott and New York, survives, as does her mother, who now lives in Marlboro, N.J. She is also survived by a longtime domestic partner, Karyn Weiss, a brother, Richard Hochberg of Guilford, Conn., a sister, Susan Rosenberg of Middlefield, Conn., and two grandchildren.

    A service was conducted by David Schulz on Feb. 4 at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in Manhattan.

    Memorial donations have been suggested to support Dr. Stephanie Blank’s gynecological oncology research at New York University Langone Medical Center. They can be mailed to the medical center’s office of development, 1 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York 10016.