Willard A. Mahar, a former heavy equipment operator for the Bistrian Gravel Corporation, died of cancer at home in Amagansett on Friday. The Amagansett native was 91 and had been ill for about two years.
Mr. Mahar was a member of the Amagansett Fire Department and the hamlet's American Legion Post 419. In 1955, he married the former Gladys Johnson, and the couple brought up three children. She died before him.
He enjoyed fishing, clamming, and scalloping, and was always eager to be on the water.
Born on Nov. 28, 1929, in Amagansett to Ralph Mahar and the former Mary Stolberg, he grew up in the hamlet and joined the Air Force in 1948. During his four years of service, he was stationed in Montauk and Japan. He earned a high school graduate equivalency degree.
He is survived by two daughters, Kammy Ball of Amagansett and Marianne Hoskins of Wildwood, Ill., a son, Martin Mahar of Amagansett, five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and four nieces and nephews.
A graveside service was held on Tuesday at Oak Grove Cemetery in Amagansett.
Memorial donations have been suggested to the Amagansett Fire Department at P.O. Box 911, Amagansett 11930.
