Elizabeth Jane Burns, a homemaker who enjoyed quilting, sewing, and crafts, died at Southampton Hospital on July 7 after a 10-month illness. She was 85 and had lived in East Hampton since the mid-1980s, first on Oakview Highway and more recently on Accabonac Road. She had previously lived in Sag Harbor.

    Ms. Burns was born in Englewood, N.J., to Vernon Butler Hogan and the former Marie Louise Keller. She attended Tenafly (N.J.) High School.

    Active in the community, Ms. Burns was a deacon at Sag Harbor’s Old Whalers Church in 1982, and volunteered at Southampton Hospital. She was a member of the Sag Harbor Home Extension Service and a quilting group there.    

    Ms. Burns is survived by three children, Robert C. Burns of Sag Harbor, Virginia J. Griffiths of East Hampton, and Charles H. Burns of Cotuit, Mass. Four brothers survive as well. They are Jack Hogan of Newland, N.C., Richard Hogan of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., George Hogan of Southbury, Conn., and William B. Hogan of Yardley, Pa. Thirteen nieces and nephews also survive. Her husband, Calvin C. Burns, died three years ago.

    A memorial service will be held at a later date. The family has suggested memorial contributions to a charity of one’s choice. 

    Estelle Edwards Adams, a former Orient resident who was born in Amagansett in 1913, died on June 17 at Asbury Solomons retirement home in Solomons, Md. She was 97.

    Ms. Adams was born in Amagansett on Aug. 27, 1913, to the former Elizabeth Green and John Dudley Edwards. She graduated from the East Hampton School in 1929, and from the State University at Cortland in 1932.

    She and Edward Burgess Adams married on Nov. 25, 1937, and spent the next 66 years living in Orient. She taught third grade at the Orient elementary school, and later returned as a substitute, teaching in the Orient and Greenport schools, after taking time to raise her family.

    Family members have said she was an enthusiastic volunteer for the Orient Methodist Church, and enjoyed helping friends develop their reading skills or complete their paperwork for taxes or wills.

    Ms. Adams’s husband died in 2005, and her son, Robert, in 2003. Two sons survive her, Don Adams of Ignacio, Colo., and Lawrence Adams of Prescott Valley, Ariz., along with four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

    A memorial for Frederick L. Butts Jr., a former East Hampton Town assessor, who died on March 20 in Dunedin, Fla., will be held at St. Andrew’s Cemetery in Sag Harbor at 11 a.m. on Aug. 6.

    A gathering of friends to remember Edmund Snow Carpenter, who died on Friday at 88, is planned, and will be held at a date and place to be announced, likely in New York City later this summer. Mr. Carpenter, who was known to friends as Ted, was an anthropologist, art historian, and media theorist, among his many callings. He and his wife, Adelaide de Menil, donated the buildings from their property on Further Lane, East Hampton, to become the new East Hampton Town Hall. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

    Gertrude Louise Mayer, who lived in Sag Harbor for more than 50 years, was a boating enthusiast. Her daughter, Louise Mayer of East Hampton, recalled childhood trips with “Mom and her cronies” in which they would travel from their house on Whalers Walk in Bay Point as far as the Connecticut River.

    Mrs. Mayer died at home on Sunday. She was 83 and had been in poor health for the past few years.

    Up until her illness, which kept her mostly homebound, she kept busy, her daughter said. She worked at Harpoon Realty in Sag Harbor for a number of years and also at C & W Mercantile in Bridgehampton. “She was an avid gardener and loved animals,” Ms. Mayer said.

    She was born on Dec. 5, 1927, in Jamaica, Queens, the daughter of Jules and Louise Tott. She graduated from Richmond Hill High School in 1946 and married Frederick J. Mayer, who predeceased her.

    Besides her daughter, Mrs. Mayer is survived by two sons, Andrew J. Mayer of California and Fred G. Mayer of Sag Harbor. Seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.

    Though she hadn’t been well, she was able to attend her daughter’s wedding on June 3. “She got to see her whole family,” Ms. Mayer said. “It was really special. I think I have pictures of her with just about everyone.”

    Visiting hours will take place at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m., with a service at 8. Mrs. Mayer was cremated. The family intends to have a private memorial on Saturday as well.

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

    Susan Ferraris, a Sag Harbor resident for four decades, died at home on Kola Drive on June 29 following a long illness. She was 64.

    She worked at the Harborview Counseling Center in Sag Harbor and also was a volunteer for the Retreat, a domestic violence shelter in East Hampton.

    Mrs. Ferraris was born on Nov. 14, 1946, in Ellington, Conn., to Kenneth Loveland and the former Virginia Hansen, both of whom predeceased her. She was also predeceased by her husband, Richard Ferraris, and a sister, Nancy Struthers.

    She and Mr. Ferraris were the parents of two sons, Richard Ferraris of Killucan, Ireland, and Gregory Ferraris of Sag Harbor. Four grandchildren also survive.

    A funeral was held for Mrs. Ferraris on Tuesday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home, followed by burial at Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor. The family has suggested memorial donations to the Retreat, 13 Goodfriend Drive, East Hampton 11937.

    Rose Gillio Enrione, who immigrated from Italy with her mother in 1928 and ran the Holiday Acres Motel on Montauk Highway in East Hampton for many years, died of pneumonia on May 18 at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn. She was 90.

    She was born on Dec. 29, 1920, in the Northern Italian province of Turin, the daughter of Battista Gillio and the former Maria Chiala. She came to the United States with her mother in July of 1928 to join her father, who had settled in Worcester, Mass. There she went to school to learn secretarial skills.

    During World War II she worked as a stenographer in the surgeon general’s office in Washington, D.C. On April 22, 1946, she married Peter Enrione, whom she’d met in Washington. The next year, the couple moved to New York City, where Mr. Enrione worked as a waiter in a number of the city’s prestigious eateries, including the 21 Club. He died in 1993.

    Mrs. Enrione is survived by two daughters, Barbara Straniero of Pompton Plains, N.J., and Norine Enrione of Brooklyn.

    In 1965, Mr. and Mrs. Enrione moved to East Hampton, where they built and operated the Holiday Acres. Mrs. Enrione retired in 1976, after which she volunteered at Guild Hall and at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She enjoyed gardening, gourmet cooking, Italian culture, and travel.

    She leaves a brother, John Gillio of Worcester, and four grandchildren.

    A funeral service was held at Most Holy Trinity on May 23. The Rev. David C. Parsons officiated. Burial followed at Mount St. Mary Cemetery in Flushing, Queens. Memorial contributions were suggested to the Heart Disease Research Foundation, 50 Court Street, Brooklyn 11201, or the Arthritis Foundation, 122 East 42nd Street, First Floor, New York City 10168-1899.

    Danny DeBoard, a lifelong resident of East Hampton and a longtime employee of the town Parks and Recreation Department, died of cancer on June 14 at Southampton Hospital. He had been diagnosed just a few weeks earlier.

    Mr. DeBoard was a member of the Sons of the American Legion, who are the children of service members. His father, Sam DeBoard, was a World War II veteran.

    An active member of the group, Mr. DeBoard often volunteered at events held at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett and enjoyed spending time there with friends, particularly Sidney Bye, whom he had known for more than 30 years, and his wife, Patty Bye.

    He liked to cook, said Mr. DeBoard’s sister, Sandra DeBoard Vorpahl of East Hampton. His specialties included ribs, sweet potatoes, and potato salad. For some years, until fairly recently, her brother maintained their father’s tradition of an annual pig roast, Ms. Vorpahl said.

    Born on Jan. 13, 1944, to Sam and Evelyn DeBoard, both now deceased, Mr. DeBoard grew up on Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton, where he continued to live. He graduated from East Hampton High School.

    Besides his sister, he leaves a brother, LeRoy DeBoard of East Patchogue. Two other brothers predeceased him.

    A wake was held on June 17 at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A service was held the next day at Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton, where Mr. DeBoard attended services. The Rev. Carleton Giles, a first cousin whose pulpit is in Connecticut, presided.

    Burial followed at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton. Memorial contributions have been suggested to the American Legion Post 419, P.O. Box 1343, East Hampton 11937.

    Jenny Riha of Bridgehampton died at Southampton Hospital on Friday after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Riha was 84 years old.

    Predeceased by her husband, Ralph R. Riha, Mrs. Riha is survived by a close circle of nieces and nephews.

    A reception was held at the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton on Monday, where a parish prayer service was conducted by the the Rev. Peter Devaraj, who also conducted a celebratory Mass on Tuesday morning at the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Bridgehampton. Burial followed at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in East Hampton.

    The family has suggested memorial donations to the Bridgehampton Fire Department and Ambulance Company, P.O. Box 1280. Bridgehampton 11932

    Miriam S. Eldar, a retired architect and author who loved to hunt for wild mushrooms, died on May 29 at home in Water Mill. She was 86.

    She was born Miriam Kohan in Warsaw on Jan. 1, 1925, the daughter of Dr. Syrkin Kohan, a bacteriologist, and Dr. David Kohan, a surgeon. In 1940, she escaped the Nazi occupation with her mother. She obtained a degree in architecture from the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. While studying there she met her future husband, Jake Eldar, a structural engineer.

    In 1958, she immigrated to the U.S., where she worked as an architect and later with the McGraw-Hill publishing company. There she developed an electronic information system for architects and the construction industry. She was elected a fellow in the Construction Specifications Institute. When Ms. Eldar retired from McGraw-Hill she continued to work as an independent consultant.

    Livia Yanowicz, her niece, said she often hunted mushrooms with her aunt “in secret places.” Ms. Eldar was a passionate gardener, she said. The Eldars lived on Ferry Road on North Haven for 22 years. After Mr. Eldar died, she moved to Little Noyac Path in Water Mill, where, Ms. Yanowicz said, she started a whole new life at the age of 72.

    “She planted a new garden and made new friends. She loved the community. The East End made her life worth living. Long Beach in Noyac was her favorite place on earth, outside her garden, of course,” she said.

    Ms. Eldar was cremated, and a memorial service was held in her garden, attended by more than 60 close friends, Ms. Eldar’s niece said.