Obituaries

Gail Sheehy, a New York City journalist, commentator, and author who had lived part time in East Hampton until about 2008, died unexpectedly of complications of pneumonia at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Aug. 24. She was 83.

Robert J. Badkin of Mulford Lane in Amagansett, who was fondly known to many as Robbie the Welder, died at home of a heart attack last Thursday.

Arcadi Nebolsine, a retired professor of English and the humanities and a voice for preservation of cultural landscapes both here and abroad, died on Aug. 21 at the Westhampton Care Center after a long illness. He was 87.

John W. Jurgensen, a former sergeant in the mounted unit of the New York Police Department, died of pancreatic cancer at home in Montauk on Saturday. He was 74, and had been ill for more than two years. 

James F. Hewitt died last Thursday afternoon in Montauk at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Shawn and Karen Hewitt. The cause was congestive heart failure. Mr. Hewitt was 79. Am obituary will appear in a future issue.

Frederick Butti, a real estate broker, died of heart disease at home in East Hampton Village on Aug. 10. He was 75 and had been in declining health for a year. 

Kathryn Goodhart Graham, a psychotherapist and advocate for women's rights, L.B.G.T.Q. rights, and the environment, died after a fall at home in Stamford, Conn., on Aug. 28. Also a resident of Water Mill and New York City, she was 73.

Dan Budnik, a photographer whose subjects ranged from artists of the 1950s to the civil rights movement to Native American culture to the baymen of the South Fork, died at an assisted living facility in Tucson, Ariz., on Aug. 14.

Gail Sheehy, a New York journalist and writer of renown who also lived for a time in East Hampton, died on Aug. 24 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.

Steven Levin, a Manhattan commercial real estate developer turned surfer, died at home in Montauk’s Hither Hills on Aug. 20. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease, with which he had been afflicted for many years.

Cintra Carter-Sander of Montauk and Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., died on Aug. 3 at home at Marsh Landing in Florida. She had been in failing health for a week.

Helen Louise Burke of Montauk and Boynton Beach, Fla., died on Aug. 21 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 89. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Virginia DiPietro, a longtime East Hampton resident who was known as Dolly, died of a heart attack on Saturday, Aug. 22, at home in Ocean Township, N.J.

John Francis McCaffrey, “a true son of Wainscott,” his family said, died on Aug. 21 at the Highlands Living Center in Pittsford, N.Y. He was 88 and had a recurrence of pancreatitis. A month earlier he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer.

Robert P. DeVault of East Hampton, a Vietnam veteran and artist, interior decorator, carpenter, and entrepreneur, died unexpectedly at home on Aug. 25. He was 65.

Karen J. Vetrano of East Hampton, 58, died at home on Aug. 19. Her family did not give a cause of death.

Michael Helm Sr., a Springs resident active in the community for more than 50 years, died at home on Church Lane on Aug. 17.

Blanche B. Whisnant, a resident of Sag Harbor for 60 years, died on Aug. 10 in Rome, Ga., after a stroke. She was 96.

Mary M. Norris, an actress and director of community theater, died of Alzheimer's disease on June 25 at home in Norwich, Conn. The former East Hampton resident was 75.

Virginia DiPietro, who had lived in East Hampton for many years, died on Saturday at home in Ocean Township, N.J. Known as Dolly, she was 96. A funeral Mass was said yesterday at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Mary Ann Caldarone, a frequent visitor to Amagansett, where her son, James Caldarone Jr., has a house, died on Aug. 10 at home in Schenectady, N.Y. She was 98 years old and had been in declining health for two years.

A memorial service will be held in the fall.

Allen Asbury Edmonds, a lobsterman, surfer, sailor, carpenter, boat builder, and motorcycle mechanic, died on Aug. 5 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. The Montauk resident was 69 and died of complications of cancer, which he had for three and a half years.

Jacqueline Albert Simon, a political science journalist, college professor, and philanthropist who was a summer and weekend resident of East Hampton for more than 60 years, died on Monday in New York City at the age of 98. She had been ill with cancer for seven months.

David Bock, a retired landscaper and property manager, died on July 24 at home in Jacksonville, Fla. The East Hampton native was 88.

Susanne Wagner, a social worker who for more than 35 years helped families of children with special needs at the Hagedorn Little Village School in Seaford, died of breast cancer on July 16 at East End Hospice in Westhampton Beach.

Christine Daley, a resident of Brooklyn and of Montauk, died at her Montauk home on July 24, one day after her 62nd birthday.

Word has been received that Cynthia Jennett-Clark of Hinesburg, Vt. -- originally of Amagansett -- died at home of a heart attack on May 12. She was 61 and had had heart disease for many years.

Hildy Maze, an artist who specialized in painting and collage, died at home in East Hampton suddenly on July 2. She was 70.

Maureen T. Kenny of East Hampton died of complications following a fall at home on July 17 at Stony Brook University Hospital. She was 89.