Yaeko Lawler

Yaeko Lawler, who lived in East Hampton with her husband, Thomas H. Lawler, in the late 1950s and early ’60s and kept a house here until the 1990s, died in Bowie, Md., on Dec. 22 after a long illness. She was 82.

Mrs. Lawler was born in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 15, 1932, to Eitarou Yukawa and the former Ikuno Ohe. She grew up in Japan and was married in June 1956 to Mr. Lawler, an East Hampton native. The couple lived on Three Mile Harbor Road from 1957 to 1963, when they relocated to Bowie.

She is survived by their sons, Mark Lawler of Millersville, Md., and Thomas Lawler of Bowie. She also leaves six grandchildren, a great-grandchild, and two sisters, who live in Japan. Her husband died before her, as did a third son, Johnny Lawler.

A service was held on Dec. 31 at the Evans Funeral Home in Bowie.