Arthur E. Connors

Arthur E. Connors of Cooper Lane, East Hampton, who served as an assistant captain with the East Hampton Fire Department, died of a brain aneurysm on Jan. 13 at Ochsher North Shore Medical Center in Slidell, La. He was 90.

“A wonderful man,” his daughter Pamela Schenck said.

Mr. Connors worked as an underground foreman for LILCO from 1949 to 1986, when he retired and moved from East Hampton to North Fort Myers, Fla. He served with the Army Air Corps in England from 1943 to 1945 and was called up from the reserves and stationed at Mitchel Field in Garden City during the Korean War.

Mr. Connors was born on Oct. 19, 1924, in New York City to Arthur Eugene Connors and the former Hannah Buckley. He grew up in Hempstead and attended Our Lady of Loretto Parochial School and Hempstead High School.

He worked at Meadowbrook Hospital and Arnold Constable and Company prior to joining LILCO. On Aug. 28, 1948, he married Anne Mulford, who died in 2013.

Ms. Schenck said her father prized his family, Wiborg’s Beach, West Point, traveling, bartending, friends, and helping people. While living in East Hampton, he was an usher at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. He was also a member of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Cape Coral, Fla.

In addition to Ms. Schenck, who lives in East Hampton, he is survived by another daughter, Cynthia Quigley of Sayville, and a brother, Jack Connors of Slidell. Five grandchildren also survive him.

A memorial will be held at a later date. His ashes will be buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton.

The family has suggested donations  to the East Hampton Fire Department, 1 Cedar Street, East Hampton 11937.