Christopher Louis Ehring, a former executive director of LTV, East Hampton’s public access television station, died of metastatic penile cancer at home in West Barnstable, Mass., on May 8. The longtime Springs resident was 73, and had been ill for 11 weeks.
Mr. Ehring had a 14-year career in the music industry during which he worked as a road manager for bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and Iggy Pop and the Stooges.
For the next six years he was an instructor at the New York Sailing School on City Island in the Bronx, and after moving to the East End in 1988, he worked as a manager and dockmaster at the former Wings Point marina on Three Mile Harbor.
In 1990, he married the former Kinnet Ann McSweeney, who survives. The couple moved to Irvington, Va., in 2003 to be closer to family, and then to West Barnstable seven years ago, selling their house in Springs around that time. A previous marriage to Carolyn Coombs ended in divorce.
Mr. Ehring founded a Citizens Police Academy in East Hampton that sought to foster good relations between residents and law enforcement, and provided educational forums, such as classes on firearms safety. He was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Barnstable, Mass., the Rappahannock River Yacht Club in Irvington, and the Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club in Kilmarnock, Va. In addition to sailing, he enjoyed gardening, reading, and playing the guitar.
Born on March 22, 1947, in Flushing, Queens, to William Ehring and the former Edna Burrows, he grew up in West Caldwell, N.J., graduated from James Caldwell High School there, and earned a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.
In addition to Ms. Ehring, he is survived by a daughter, Chelsea Mullen of Charleston, S.C., a son, Evan Ehring of Seattle, and four grandchildren. Two sisters, Elisabeth Brook and Nancy Perman, both of Williamsburg, Mass., also survive. A brother, George Ehring, died in February.
The Rev. Elizabeth Gibson will lead a memorial service at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Barnstable and the Rev. Kimberly Glenn will officiate at one at Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock on dates to be determined. Memorial donations have been suggested to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at dana-farber.org.
