Services Wednesday for Ralph Carpentier

Ralph Carpentier of Springs, a well-known painter of local landscapes and the founder and director for 14 years of the East Hampton Town Marine Museum, died on Friday. He was 87.

A graveside service will be held at Green River Cemetery in Springs on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. A reception for family and friends will follow, at 3 p.m., at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton is handling the arrangements. 

Mr. Carpentier, whose artwork is represented in museums and private collections throughout the country, worked many years ago as a commercial fisherman and went on to serve as an East Hampton Town Trustee. He was an interim director of the East Hampton Historical Society as well, serving for two years. 

His was appointed to a committee advising the town on Amagansett historic landmarks and to the East Hampton Town Architectural Review Board, and was a founding member of the East Hampton Artist Alliance.

A full obituary will appear in a future edition of The East Hampton Star.