D. Elizabeth Stonemetz

    D. Elizabeth R. Stonemetz of Cross Highway in Amagansett died on Aug. 9 at the Westhampton Care Center. She was 94.

    She was born on Aug. 28, 1916, in Greenport, the daughter of Henry W. Rowland and the former Daisy E. Coen. Elizabeth Rowland was raised in Greenport and graduated from Greenport High School.

    She studied to be a secretary and began her career by doing the clerical work for the Greenport roller rink while still in school. She was married twice. Her second marriage was to the late Glen Stonemetz Sr. in 1986. For many years, she was the secretary for Ruscher’s store in Wainscott. 

    She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, the Amagansett Ladies Auxiliary, and the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Guild. She was not a member of the Amagansett Presbyterian Church but she sewed with its Ladies Guild.

    A funeral service was held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton on Friday, the Rev. Denis Brunelle officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery in Amagansett.

    Memorial contributions have been suggested for the sewing guild at the Amagansett church or for the Amagansett Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary, P.O. Box 911, Amagansett 11930.