Obituaries

Joan Butler of Brooklyn and Tenafly, N.J., who had a long career in finance administration, died on Aug. 30 surrounded by family at the home of a daughter in Carmel, N.Y. A lifelong summer visitor to Amagansett and East Hampton, she had been ill for a year with cancer. She was 67.

Nancy Nagle Kelley of Springs, a lifelong advocate for land preservation and stewardship on the East End, died on Saturday of complications of multiple system atrophy. The director of the Long Island chapter of the Nature Conservancy for over 22 years, she "shared an uncommon bond with the lands and waters that she called home," her family wrote.

Patricia Taylor Siskind, a part-time resident of Meadow Way in East Hampton Village since 1967, died on Friday in New York City. The cause was cancer. Ms. Siskind, who had been ill for around six months, was 87. 

Pauline Nathlie Mohan, an East Hampton native and a homemaker, died of cancer on Friday at home in Torrington, Conn. She was 72 and had been ill for eight months.

Ann Schafer-Wolf died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on April 12 after experiencing mitral valve insufficiency related to congestive heart failure. She was 87.

Jean Washburn Clarke of East Hampton Village and Amagansett died of cardiorespiratory failure on July 9 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. Mrs. Clarke was 96 and had been ill for three months. 

John J. Dworsak, who was known as Jack and lived in Springs, died of complications of Alzheimer's disease on Aug. 14 at the Brookhaven Health Care Facility in East Patchogue. He was 78.

John Stanley Sosinski died on July 31 of cardiopulmonary arrest; he had had a stroke and had suffered from emphysema for some time. He was 80.

Lula Blackwell-Hafner, who pivoted from a career as a dancer to one in landscape design, died of cancer on Aug. 10 at home in Kingston, N.Y. Once of Springs, she was 74.

Marion Griffing Arnold, an Amagansett native and elementary school teacher, died on Aug. 16 at an assisted living community in San Antonio. She was 94, and had been ill with Parkinson's disease and Covid-19. 

Myrna H. Klein, who was 92, died on Aug. 8 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. Friends and family described her as "a force of nature," and even her primary care doctor said she "was a warrior," her family said. 

Word has reached The Star of the death of Cora Brody Marcus at Southampton Hospital two years ago today. Ms. Marcus, a former resident of East Hampton, was living in Sag Harbor at the time of her death. The cause was a heart attack, following a long illness. She was 80.

Harold Eriv of East Hampton, the chief executive officer of Foundation Press, a publisher of law books, died of heart failure on July 20 at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 91.

John Hatton Fallon not only "shaped the minds of numerous students" as an East Hampton High School social studies teacher for 30 years, but "as a father, he did it all, from being a scout leader to getting involved in every aspect of his boys' lives," said his family. 

John J. Dworsak of Springs died on Saturday at the Brookhaven Health Care Facility in East Patchogue. He was 78. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Lynn Klein, a veteran of the Coast Guard who was a police officer in East Hampton Village for 20 years, died of cancer on June 14 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The East Hampton resident was 72 and had been ill for one month.

Florence M. Bevan, a Springs School kindergarten teacher for 16 years, died of cancer at home on Shelter Island on Aug. 4. She was 89. 

A graveside service for Daniel King will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Green River Cemetery in Springs.

Kenneth Freeman, a lifelong horse lover and carriage driving enthusiast, died on Aug. 3 at Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue, following an accident doing what he loved most, driving his carriage. He was 76.

Matthew J. Harris, an attorney formerly of East Hampton, died on Aug. 2 at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Park Slope, Brooklyn. He was 79. No cause of death was given.

Ronald Lewis, an entrepreneur, artist, and gallerist who lived in East Hampton since 1988, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on July 31 after a brief illness. He was 87.

John W. Bolton of Stuart, Fla., who volunteered for 19 years with the Montauk Fire Department and ambulance company and worked in the construction industry, died of a heart-related illness on July 18 at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart.

Robert Paul Fioresi, a salesman and the owner of a management consulting company, died of heart failure on July 23 while working on his boat in Montauk.   

Catherine Pombo, 91, of East Hampton died at home on June 24.

Dorothy M. Sinclair of Montauk, who taught elementary school for more than 30 years in Syosset, died of an unexpected illness at Stony Brook University Hospital on July 12. Most recently a resident of Greenport, she was 84.

Harry de Leyer, a native of the Netherlands known as "the Galloping Grandfather," attesting to the fact that even in his late 50s he remained a grand prix show-jumping rider to contend with here and abroad, died on June 25 in Stanardsville, Va., at the age of 93.

Louis J. Trakis, a prolific sculptor, cartoonist, and teacher whose work reflected deep philosophical commitments to nature, died at home in Southampton on July 7. Also a resident of Brooklyn, he was 94.

Ralph Gene Carter had a "wicked sense of humor" and will be remembered for "his love of reggae music, epic parties," and his efforts to win an award in the annual largest pumpkin contest in East Hampton, his family wrote. He died on July 21 at home in East Hampton. He was 66.

Eileen Patricia Eagan, who worked for the Suffolk County Water Authority for 26 years, died of cancer on June 30 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. Ms. Eagan, who had been living in Springs with her sister, Anne Marie Brierley, was 80.

James P. Daly, who worked in the resort industry in East Hampton, died in his sleep on July 5. The Union, Ky., resident, also formerly of Acton, Mass., was 71 years old.