Elive Arnán, 88

Elive Arnán, who lived in East Hampton for about 10 years in the 1970s and had visited her extended family here frequently, died on Feb. 7 in her hometown of Fort Collins, Colo. She had been ill for two weeks after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

A native of Caimanera, Cuba, Ms. Arnán was born on Aug. 13, 1927, to Luis Arnán and the former Mercedes Guerra. She trained as a registered nurse in Havana, immigrating to the United States in the late 1950s, and working as a nurse in both Chicago and Puerto Rico before moving to East Hampton, where she lived in a house on Montauk Highway with a partner, Frank Sciascia.  

Her niece, Wendy Miller Fellows, said she was still a child when her aunt moved out of East Hampton, but she recalled that “the beach was what she loved the most.” She also adored animals, Ms. Fellows said. “She would always take in strays. Every picture I find, she has a cat or dog.” She also had a pet monkey when she lived in Puerto Rico.

Besides Ms. Fellows, who now lives in Connecticut, another niece, and two nephews,  she is survived by two sisters, Migdalia Morrissey of Fort Collins and Ivette Miller of Naples, Fla.

Elive Arnán’s ashes are to be buried at Green River Cemetery in Springs, and a celebration of her life will be held later this year.