Eugene L. Stoler, C.P.A. and Lawyer

Eugene Lyle Stoler of East Hampton and New York City died at home in the city on Saturday. He was 80 years old and had had leukemia for a long time.

Mr. Stoler was a certified public accountant and a member of the New York Bar Association. He had a degree from

Brooklyn Law School and a master’s degree in taxation from New York University. His family said he was considered by many of his peers and friends to be a “walking encyclopedia” of tax information. At his death, he was a partner emeritus at Raich, Ende, Malter & Company in New York City.

Mr. Stoler began his career at his father’s firm, Elias A. Stoler and Company, in Manhattan. Besides his accounting and law practice, he was an adjunct assistant professor at Long Island University, a frequent lecturer for the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Bar Association, as well as a contributor to professional publications and an editor of the Journal of Taxation.

 Mr. Stoler, who was called Gene, was born in Brooklyn in October of 1936 to Elias Stoler and the former Katherine Levine. After primary and secondary schooling in Brooklyn, he graduated from the Wharton School in Philadelphia. An athlete, he played Division I lacrosse at the University of Pennsylvania and also competed in water polo and swimming. He was a certified scuba diver, had a captain’s license, and earned a black belt in tae kwon do.

He was a proud member, according to his family, of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and a part owner of the former Captain’s Cove Marina in Montauk. He enjoyed fishing and cruising in his boat, the E&L’s Midabet III, off Montauk and at one time ran a charter boat, the Midabet I. His son Michael Stoler, of Chatham, N.J., said his father would have loved to make a career of boating and fishing, but he had been discouraged by his parents.

After remarrying in 2008, he and his wife, the former Linda Landau, divided their time between the South Fork and Manhattan. In addition to his wife and Michael Stoler, Mr. Stoler is survived by his other children from a previous marriage, David Stoler of Jericho and Beth Glazer of Montvale, N.J. He also is survived by his wife’s children, Debra Freedman of Syosset and Dina Garza of Columbia, Md., 10 grandchildren, and a sister, Diane Levy of Chicago.

A private memorial service was held on Tuesday in the city. Donations have been suggested to the Coast Guard Auxiliary, cgaux.org, and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, vnsny.com.