Death in Patchogue
Suffolk police are investigating the death of a Bridgehampton native whose body was found by the side of the road in Patchogue on Saturday night.
Chick Bills, An Artist, Plus
It is not hyperbole to say there was nothing Chick Bills could not make, fix, or take apart. The East Hampton artist, fabricator, and polymath died at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset on May 5. He was 68 and had been in poor health since a heart attack more than three years ago.
On the Police Logs 06.20.19
Strong winds on Saturday night gave people on a raft off Havens Beach a hard time. After calling 911 at 5:05 p.m., the caller rowed his own boat out to the raft and towed it back to shore.
Joseph Scheerer Jr., 92
Joseph Durand Scheerer Jr., a former resident of Amagansett and East Hampton who had a career as a stockbroker and president of a dairy company, died of heart failure on June 12, surrounded by family at his house in Duxbury, Mass. He was 92, and had been ill for only a short time.
Michael P. Miller
Michael P. Miller, a grocery and deli clerk at the I.G.A. supermarket in East Hampton for many years, died of cancer on May 25 at home in Micco, Fla. He was 60 and had been ill for three years.
Mildred P. Rosen, 89
Mildred Pafundi Rosen, whose distinguished legal career included a seven-year stint as commissioner of the New York State Labor Relations Board under Gov. Nelson Rockefeller — the first woman to hold that position — died on June 9 in New York City. The East Hampton summer resident was 89 years old.
Brian Grinnell
Brian Grinnell, a former mate on the Pontos and Donna Lee fishing vessels in Montauk, died of brain cancer on April 8 at home in Harpswell, Me. He was 61.
Maureen Wikane
Maureen Wikane of East Hampton died of pancreatic cancer on Tuesday at Quiogue’s Kanas Center for Hospice Care.
Betty R. Morici
Betty R. Morici died at home in Montauk on Friday.
For Paul J. Slevinski
Visiting hours for Paul J. Slevinski of East Hampton, who died on Monday, will be held on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.