Nicholas Sennefelder

Nicholas Sennefelder, a former Montauk resident, died on June 27 in Abingdon, Va., of cancer. He was 50 and had been ill for 18 months.

Mr. Sennefelder was born in Brooklyn on Sept. 9, 1967, one of six children of Maureen and Tom Sennefelder of Montauk, who survive.

He grew up in Montauk, graduating from East Hampton High School with the class of 1985. He worked as a carpenter after graduating, and in 2001 moved to Damascus, Va.

In addition to his parents, four of Mr. Sennefelder’s siblings survive: Donna Bennett of Montauk, Victoria Iorio and Ricardo Rivera, both of Shirley, and Vincent Pagan of Kokomo, Ind. His brother Mark Pagan died last year.

The Rev. Tom Murray of St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church of Montauk will preside at a memorial service for Mr. Sennefelder on Aug. 3 at 11 a.m. The family has suggested memorial donations for Freedom Fighter Outdoors, an organization started by charter boat captains to help wounded war veterans, 2436 North Federal Highway, Lighthouse Point, Fla. 33064.