Jane Graboski, 88

Jane Graboski, a member of the Round Swamp Lester clan who was born at home on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton on Oct. 3, 1927, died on Aug. 31 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton, where she had been a resident for three years. She was 88.

Her parents were Ezra Finckenauer and the former Sarah Lester. She grew up in the family’s house on Three Mile Harbor Road and attended East Hampton High School.

Mrs. Graboski was a member of the East Hampton Neighborhood House Service Club and St. Matthew’s Guild at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton.

After marrying, she lived in a separate house on the Three Mile Harbor Road property where she was born.

Her daughter Sue Van Dyke said that Mrs. Graboski, like many of the Lesters, had a strong will. “Anything that could be given to her, she would work through it and move on.”

Pleasures for her included cooking, even into her old age, portions big enough to feed her extended family. She loved to bake and prepared treats for a group of friends who visited most afternoons, earning them the nickname the tea ladies. She enjoyed music and dancing, Ms. Van Dyke said.

A brother, James Finckenauer, lives in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. Her sister, Anna Byrnes and a brother, Frank Finckenauer, died before her, as did her husband, Vincent Graboski, in 1970.

She was also survived by her children, Ms. Van Dyke, Paul Graboski, Joyce Salisbury, and Steve Graboski, all of East Hampton, and five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and eight nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Graboski’s funeral was Saturday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton. Burial was at the Round Swamp Cemetery on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton.

Memorial donations have been suggested to the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, 1 Cedar Street, East Hampton 11937.