Obituaries

Elaine Jones, an outspoken observer of local politics who, when neither of the town’s major parties met her expectations, founded and led her own, died at her family house in Amagansett on Sept. 18. She was 82.

A memorial service for Phyllis Kriegel will be held on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Ashawagh Hall in Springs.

Marilyn Fitterman, a former president of the New York State branch of the National Organization for Women who lived part time in East Hampton, died on Tuesday at her second home in Florida.

Neil Kraft, the creative director behind groundbreaking campaigns at Calvin Klein, Esprit de Corps, and Barneys New York, died at home in East Hampton on Sept. 6. He was 68.

A wake for Elaine Jones of Amagansett, who died on Sept. 18, was to be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. On Wednesday, a celebration of her life will take place at 11 a.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton, followed by interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, and a reception at the Amagansett Fire Department.

Paid Notice: Our beloved Daniel Leopold Horwith died in his apartment in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., on September 7, 2025. He was 34 years old. 

David D. King, who ran his own plumbing business, David King Plumbing and Heating, died at home in East Hampton on Sept. 9. He was 71 and had cancer.

June Marlene Bubka, hairdresser, caterer, bank teller, and, most of all, mother, died of a heart attack on Sept. 5. She was 77.

Rick Davies, founder of the British rock-and-roll band Supertramp, which sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and produced hit songs including "Take the Long Way Home," "Bloody Well Right," "Dreamer," "Give a Little Bit," and "The Logical Song," died at home in East Hampton on Sept. 6. He was 81.

Jeffrey L. Laytin, an attorney and a founding partner of the Lewin & Laytin law firm, died on Sept. 4 at the Old Hollow Lane, East Hampton, residence he called home for 30 years. He was 80.

The family of June Marlene Bubka of East Hampton, who died on Sept. 5, will receive visitors on Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor.

N. Hilton Rosen, a residential and commercial real estate developer in New York and East Hampton, died at his home overlooking the East River in Manhattan on Aug. 9. He was 92.

Simon Parkes of East Hampton, a noted painter, art conservator, adviser, and collector, died of cancer on Aug. 20 at the age of 71.

Victor Caglioti, an art professor and painter who showed widely on the East End, died of Covid-19 in Greenport on Aug. 26. He was 90.

Craig R. Humphrey, a professor of sociology and a sailor, died at home in East Hampton on July 31. He was 82.

Thomas David Talmage, a former East Hampton Town engineer, died at his house on Long Lane in East Hampton on Aug. 26. He was 65 and had Parkinson’s disease.

Timothy F. Marquand, a part-time Sag Harbor resident and a founder of the Jazz Composers Orchestra Association, died of pneumonia in February at Aspen Valley Hospital in Colorado. He was 83.

Paid Notice: John Frederick Garretson, age 78, longtime resident of both Malverne and East Hampton, Long Island, passed away on Friday, August 15, 2025, at the Home of the Good Shepherd Assisted Living in Malta, N.Y.

Paid Notice: We are stunned and saddened to share the sudden death of Susan Leyner Wartur of Springs on Monday, August 25th.

Barrett Whitman, who as a Grumman engineer led structural analysis for the Apollo lunar module that landed on the moon in 1969, died on Nov. 15. A Montauk resident, he was 95.

Frank Schwitter, an executive with the Arthur Andersen accounting firm and an Air Force veteran, died on Aug. 5 at the Bluff Road, Amagansett, house he owned for 50 years. He was 91.

Jane Stuart of Springs, who founded HomeWorkPeople, a New York City commercial and residential real estate firm, died on July 7 under hospice care in Westhampton. She was 77.

Kenneth Jacob, who had a career in the Air Force and later owned a television repair business in Montauk, died on Aug. 10. He was 91.

Adam Perle of Wainscott, a musician and former innkeeper and sommelier at the 1770 House in East Hampton Village, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 76.

Marie-Christophe de Menil, a child of a fabulously wealthy, cosmopolitan, and culturally prominent family, died on Aug. 5 at her apartment in Manhattan. A past resident of Amagansett and East Hampton, she was 92.

Ronald LeRoy Walker, a fan of travel and motorcycles who worked at Suffolk Community College, died of a heart attack at home on Sayre’s Path in Wainscott on Aug. 1. He was 78.

Paid Notice: Beloved wife, mother, mother in law, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, Beverly Jane Grimes, age 86, passed away, at her home in East Hampton, New York on August 17, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. 

Paid Notice: Joan Lorraine Harrington of Stamford, Connecticut, and Amagansett, New York, died on August 7th in Stamford. She was 90. 

Elena Bosch McCormick of East Hampton, who for many years worked at a foundation that promotes inclusive democracy and progressive social change, died on July 23 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. She was 94.

Phyllis B. Kriegel, an editor turned painter who spent summers in Springs for 30 years, died at home in Greenport on July 29. She was 95.