Lynda M. Havens-Horn

Lynda Marie Havens-Horn, a former resident of Sag Harbor, died in Salt Lake City on July 20 from metastatic breast cancer, at the home of her son, Father Justin Lawrence Havens, a Christian Orthodox priest. She was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago and was in remission until 2016, when she learned it had metastasized. She was 59.

A self-taught chef, she worked as a private cook and caterer in Sag Harbor and ran a small baking company called Horn of Plenty some 20 years ago.

Ms. Havens-Horn was born at Southampton Hospital on Sept. 14, 1957, to Fredrick and Carol Corwin Havens. She grew up across from Havens Beach in Sag Harbor. For several years, she was a member of the Sag Harbor Community Band.

In 2012, she moved to Utah to live with her son, where she became a full-time grandmother to his seven children and a chef for the family’s home-school cooperative.

In addition to her son and his family, Ms. Havens-Horn is survived by her father, who lives in East Hampton, her daughter, Emily Horn of Sag Harbor, and two sisters, both of whom live in Florida. They are Barbara Jean Alamestica of Deltona and Patti Woliver of Mount Dora.

Funeral services were held on July 21 at Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Christian Church in Salt Lake City. At her request, she was buried at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Monastery in Washington, Tex., a place she fell in love with during a visit with her son.

Ms. Horn plans a memorial service for her mother at Havens Beach on Sunday at 5 p.m. Those attending have been asked to take a picnic dinner, as well as look for a piece of beach glass or a jingle shell that the family can keep.

Contributions to help with the family’s expenses can be made at gofundme.com/lynda-havens-horn-family-fund.

An earlier version of this obituary had an incorrect date for Ms. Havens-Horn's memorial at Havens Beach in Sag Harbor.