Obituaries

Hazel M. King of Springs, a devoted homemaker who will be remembered as her two grandchildren's "number-one fan," died on Sunday at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 76.

Leonard L. Schaefer, whose family company, Edward Schaefer and Sons, bused East Hampton children to school for decades, died on Oct. 7 at the Villa at Westhampton, an assisted living facility. He was 70. 

Donald Fishman, a pulmonologist and chief resident at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, died at Calvary Hospital Hospice in the Bronx on Sunday. Dr. Fishman, who had lived in Montauk for many years, had cancer.

Eugene Waldstein of East Hampton died on Sept. 13 of acute myelomic leukemia. The former stage manager and television director for NBC was 91.

Jerold M. Barber of Springs, a landscaper described by friends as a “true local,” died on Oct. 6. A cause of death was not provided.

Joseph O’Connell of East Hampton, 87, “lived with conviction, strength and courage — his way — never accepting the status quo, fighting the good fight, and endeavoring to give voice to the voiceless,” wrote his daughter Kathleen O’Connell. Calling him “a hero among men,” she added that his “humor, unwavering ethics, and indestructible values were at the core of his character.”

Rose Pizzorno of Springs, a former teacher aide, died of cardiac arrest on Sept. 20 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after a short illness.

Steven R. Romanowski, an Army veteran who had a four-decade career as a glazier, working on public and private projects, including at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., died on Oct. 4 at home in Rensselaerville, N.Y. He was 64.

Kathleen Mary Cole, who grew up in Wainscott, died on Oct. 3 at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 74 and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema.

Marlena Gershowitz, a Southampton resident who was a donor to the Montauk Playhouse Community Foundation and the Montauk Medical Center, died at home on Sept. 26. The cause was lung cancer. She was 79.

A funeral for Kent I. Feuerring of Sagaponack, a pilot who died when his small plane crashed at the edge of Three Mile Harbor last Thursday, will be held on Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor. Visiting hours will be Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton.

Anne Jennett Edwards Kelsey loved photography, reading, and arts and crafts, but her favorite thing to do was spend time with family, her children wrote.

John Joseph McFarland, who was affectionately called Johnny Boy, was “the life of any party or gathering,” his family wrote. He loved being around people, loved music — especially Whitney Houston — and was a great dancer, they said.

Leroy Everett DeBoard, one of East Hampton’s great athletes, an educator, and a two-term East Hampton Town councilman beginning in the mid-1980s, died on Sept. 21 at the age of 89.

Robert Kalfin, a director, producer, and co-founder of the Chelsea Theater Center in New York City, died on Sept. 20 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. The cause was complications from leukemia. Mr. Kalfin, who lived on Harbor View Lane in Springs, was 89.

Derek Miller, a 2000 graduate of East Hampton High School who lived here and in Jacksonville, N.C., died at home in Jacksonville on Sept. 10. He was 41.

Donald R. Klein, who ran a company called EastEndTech to service computers from Montauk to Manhattan until he retired in 2018, died in New York City on Sept. 16. He was 77.

A celebration of Louis Arceri’s life will take place on Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Springs Presbyterian Church.

A funeral service for Robert Otto will be held on Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton.

Mary Louise McHugh Nelson, a former trustee and missionary board member of Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton, died at home on Sept. 8 in Dalzell, S.C., where she had been living since 2011.

Nancy Orshefsky, an art teacher and working artist formerly of Sagaponack, died of cardiopulmonary arrest on Aug. 14 in Great Neck, where she had been living since 2015.

A musician, singer, actor, and interior designer, Peter Johannes van Hattum of East Hampton died on Sept. 20 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. He was 90.

Visiting hours for Derek Miller of East Hampton and Jacksonville, N.C., who died on Sept. 10 at age 41, will be on Friday, Sept. 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A graveside service will take place the following day at 10:30 a.m. at Green River Cemetery in Springs.

Dominic Annacone, a veteran educator and school administrator who had a reputation as a progressive leader on the South Fork, died at home in Amagansett on Sept. 12 after a long illness. He was 86.

Elinor Irene Nason, a stay-at-home mom for many years, died at home in Springs on Sept. 11. She was 90.

Ray Barrett, who was known for driving his familiar tool truck all over the East End while serving as the region’s representative for the Snap-On Tools company, died of complications of dementia on Sept. 4 at Brookdale Senior Living in Dublin, Pa. The former Springs resident was 80.

Vaughan Allentuck, a resident of Springs for 52 years and a founding member of the Community Theater Company, died on Sept. 10 of advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which she had for many years. She was 90.

Walter Alvin Nelson III, a maritime transportation specialist who lived on East Lake Drive in Montauk and in Maryland, died on Sept. 12 in a motor vehicle accident.

A service for Dominic Annacone, an educator who served as principal of Pierson High School and superintendent of the Sag Harbor School District, interim superintendent of the Springs School District, and superintendent of the Wainscott School District, will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on on Wednesday at 11 a.m., followed by interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton at 1 p.m. 

Jean Knoesel, who lived in East Hampton for more than 40 years, died at home on Old House Landing Road in Northwest on Saturday after a short illness.