Obituaries

Vivian Roberts Moss, a television writer and producer from the early days of the medium, died at home in Amagansett on April 16. She was 99. 

Ms. Moss worked in radio first, in Washington, D.C., as a writer for the government during World War II. When the war ended, she returned to her native New York City and married George Willard, an announcer for WMCA radio.

Virginia Zabriskie, the founder of the Zabriskie Gallery on East 57th Street in Manhattan, died on May 7 at her home in the city. The part-time resident of East Hampton was 91.

Franklin Alexander Russell, a prolific writer of books on nature and animals, died on May 5 at Windmill Village in East Hampton, where he had lived for several years. He had had a stroke some 16 years ago and had been in failing health ever since. He was 92.

Kenneth Leo Rafferty, a charter boat captain, artist, musician, and mason contractor, died at home in Springs in the early hours of last Thursday. He was 75 and had been diagnosed with cancer last year.

Amelia Vilar of Springs, a former manager of Nassau Hospital’s food services division, died on May 8 of complications of pneumonia while on vacation in Portugal. She was 85.

Jacqueline Ann Meacham Lattimer, who was known as Jackie, died at the age of 61 on April 24 while camping, a favorite pursuit, near Carlisle, Pa. Her death was attributed to a heart attack.

Ernst A. Ebsen of Montauk died at the Westhampton Care Center last Thursday. He was 88. A memorial ser­vice will be announced by his family. An obituary for him will appear in a future issue.

Anne Fritts Stewart of Springs and Manhattan died at Mount Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side on May 5, of complications following abdominal surgery. She was 80 and had been ill for one day, her family said.

Marilyn Jane Kouffman of East Hampton, an actress in Off Broadway productions who appeared on the stage at Guild Hall after moving here in the late 1950s, died of pneumonia at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on April 12.

Warren H. Phillips, who died at the age of 92 in his Bridgehampton home on Friday, was widely known as director emeritus of Dow Jones & Company. He had guided it as it became highly profitable, developed European and Asian editions, and expanded into cable television and book publishing.

Mrs. Murphy died on Dec. 7 of cardiac arrest at her home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She was 92.

“To two exceptional women of Sag Harbor: Mrs. Russell Sage, who gave the village its wonderful library, and Dorothy Sherry, whose hard work and devotion have done so much to enrich it.”

Word has been received of the death of John C. Louise of Sag Harbor, at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital last Thursday. He was 90. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Edith P. Daniels’s children remember her as a mother and homemaker who believed so strongly that “family is everything” that she found deep contentment in simply gathering with them and their kids at the East Hampton house she lived in for the past 65 years. Mrs. Daniels, who was 86, died at home on Saturday of complications of Parkinson’s disease.

The family of Gary F. Darenberg of Montauk, who died on Friday, will receive vistors today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Irene Attinello was living in Montauk with her son and his wife, Margaret Attinello, when she died on April 3 of complications of a stroke she’d had in January. She was 89.

Joan M. Carpentier Hevey, who lived on Norfolk Drive in Springs, died on March 24 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Quiogue after a long illness. She was 73.

John C. Craft, the owner of the former Ocean View Farm in Montauk, who had been employed with his father at John A. Craft Real Estate and Insurance on Main Street in Montauk and also started a construction company, Custom Craft Homes of Montauk, died of bone marrow cancer on March 21 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. He was 75 and had been ill for 11 months.

John R. McCaffrey, an art lover who had collected work by East End artists since the 1960s, died of lung cancer on March 25 at his home in Bridgehampton. He was 87.

An enthusiast with boundless energy, Michael Lynne can be said to have not ever lived his life on the sidelines. The former film studio head, winery proprietor, and dedicated supporter of arts organizations on the East End died on March 24 from cancer. He was 77.

Ms. MacDonald, who was 71 and lived in Montauk for over 40 years, died on Dec. 10 after a brief illness.

Linda Willard Barrett of Springs, an accomplished baker who frequently delivered care packages of brownies and cookies to post office workers, veterinarians, doctors, and other members of the community, died on March 19 of complications from cancer at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 76. 

Born on Jan. 23, 1943, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Clark and Marion Willard, she graduated from the nursing school at Mount Sinai Hospital, and held several nursing positions during her career. Most recently, she worked at the former Hampton Medical Center in Southampton.  

Jordan Metzger of East Hampton died of complications of a stroke on Sunday at the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook. He was 89 and had been living there for five and a half years.

Nancy E. Parsons, a longtime East Hampton resident who moved to California 13 years ago, died of pancreatic cancer at home in Los Angeles

Ms. Rogé, who was 66, died in her sleep at home in Montauk on Friday. The cause of death was undetermined, pending results of an autopsy.

Guy Ladd Frost of Roslyn and Springs died last Thursday of Lewy body dementia at the Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Port Washingon. He was 85.

A wake was held on Sunday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a Mass following on Monday at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. Mrs. Kenny was buried at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in East Hampton.

Mr. Remkus was known for telling stories that would leave his customers and friends, including those in the Sag Harbor Fire Department, where he was a longtime member, laughing out loud.

The artist and writer Ruth Jacobsen was a hidden child during the Holocaust after her parents fled with her from Germany to Holland.

Jonathon Hren, whose friends called him Jono when he was growing up in East Hampton, died of lung cancer on March 4 at the Kanas Hospice Center on Quiogue at the age of 66.