Michael C. Volk

Michael C. Volk loved Montauk and his East Lake Drive residence, and had no interest in living anyplace else. One of the aspects of the hamlet that most thrilled him, his son said yesterday, was playing a round of golf at Montauk Downs.

“Despite the challenges he faced, he was a good-hearted man,” his son, Michael Volk of Honolulu, said. “He was always helpful. There was not a bad bone in his body.”

Mr. Volk died on Sept. 15 at Stony Brook University Hospital of complications following a fall. He was 62.

He was born to Edward Volk and the former Madelaine O’Brien on June 30, 1953, at Southampton Hospital. Growing up on Essex Street in Montauk, he attended the St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic school and later East Hampton High School. After graduating, he went to work in the family business, Volk’s Montauk Disposal.

He was a volunteer firefighter with the Montauk Fire Department and a member of the Montauk Friends of Erin.

He met his future wife, Joan Cangelosi, who was originally from Queens, in Montauk. They settled down and had two children — in addition to Mr. Volk, a daughter, Kristin Greene, who now lives in Hampton Bays. The couple divorced when the children were young.

In addition to his children, Mr. Volk is survived by two sisters, Rosemary Pitts Volk of Cornelius, N.C., and Judie Crocitto of Deerfield Beach, Fla.

Mr. Volk was cremated. The family held a private service.

Donations in his memory have been suggested to the Montauk Fire Department, 12 Flamingo Avenue, Montauk 11954.