Marie Ann Field of East Hampton died of heart failure at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton on Feb. 27. She was 74.
She loved the beach both here and in places she traveled to, where she collected shells; painting birdhouses and feeding the birds, knitting, cooking, and gardening. She enjoyed as well coloring books of birds, animals, farm scenes, and beach scenes. She loved her dog, Sadie, and spending time with her family, they said. Fishing on the Lazy Bones was a favorite pastime of hers.
Mrs. Field was a member of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton and of the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 419 in Amagansett. She worked in the meat department of the Amagansett I.G.A. for more than 40 years.
She was born at Southampton Hospital on May 29, 1947, the daughter of Ruth Hand Wilson and Cornelius C. Wilson, and grew up in Southampton and Wainscott, graduating from East Hampton High School in 1964. Afterward, she took a few college classes at Southampton College and more after her children grew up. She was a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, for the accounting classes she took at Suffolk Community College when she was older.
Mrs. Field also traveled regularly to Florida to see friends, Maryland to see family members, and once a year with there daughter to Foxwoods for Kentucky Derby Weekend.
On June 20, 1965, she married Bruce H. Field Sr., who died in 2007. She is survived by a daughter, Cathy Lavelle of East Hampton, and a son, Bruce Field Jr. of Mardela Springs, Md. She also leaves seven grandchildren: Chelsea Arlantico of Virginia, Chessa Choi of Delaware, Reese Field, Nicholas Lavelle, and Ava Lavelle of East Hampton, and Kristina Shank and Michael Shank of Maryland. Five great-grandchildren survive as well: Aden Guillermo, Sophia Arlantico, and Ellie Arlantico of Virginia, Reagan Choi of Delaware, and Colton Lloyd of East Hampton.
The family received visitors on Monday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, followed by a funeral Mass at Most Holy Trinity Church and a graveside service at the church cemetery.
