Obituaries

Denice A. Schoen, who worked for the Springs School District for decades as a crossing guard and later a janitor, died of cancer at home in Springs on May 8. She was 65.

Maria-Louise Sidoroff, a teacher, archaeologist who traveled the world, and Montauker, died on May 9 in Hobe Sound, Fla., after a prolonged illness. She was 87.

A service for Robert Dale Nielsen of East Hampton will take place on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home here. A celebration of his life will follow at Kizzy T’s at 47 Montauk Highway in East Hampton from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Sheila Dunne Jones Bono, a retired special education teacher who worked first in East Hampton and later at the Tuckahoe School in Southampton, died of complications of a stroke on April 15 at the Acadia Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Riverhead. She was 80.

Visiting hours for John J. Karpinski of Amagansett and Long Beach, Miss., will be Wednesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a funeral Mass at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk at 11. Burial will be at Calverton National Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. that day. Mr. Karpinski died on April 23 at the age of 74.

Sheila Isham, an artist whose work had been shown in gallery and museum exhibitions around the world, died of pneumonia in Manhattan on April 9. She was 96. Ms. Isham lived in Sagaponack for over 50 years and had a painting studio in Southampton.

Barbara Ann Anderson of East Hampton, a former switchboard operator and accounting secretary, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Feb. 22 of complications related to surgery. She was 80.

A lunch celebrating the life of Janet Rose Dordelman of Springs will be held on May 4 at noon at the Springs Firehouse. Mrs. Dordelman, who ran a beauty salon in the hamlet for many years, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 89.

Mark H. Nason died on April 9 in Vandalia, Ohio. Mr. Nason grew up in East Hampton and was an Air Force veteran. He was 67. A service will be held at a later date in Ohio.

Dr. Paul Fordham Nugent Jr., a native of East Hampton, was an Air Force officer, flight surgeon, and military hospital commander who later served as medical monitor for NASA’s manned spaceflight program. He died in Cincinnati on April 6 at the age of 95.

Peggy Anne Bradt, beachgoer, bridge player, and Amagansett part-timer, died of complications of vasculitis on March 23 in New York. She was 91.

Paid Announcement: Peter Burling Robinson died Wednesday, April, 10, of complications of a brain tumor after a long illness. He was the great-granson of Frank A. Burling, the founder of the East Hampton Star and the Southampton Press.

Sarnie Ogus, a dance therapist who lived in East Hampton from 1991 to 2012, died on April 2 at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx. She was 97.

Carol Elaine Lambert, an animal lover and Elvis Presley fan formerly of Springs, died on March 18 in Port Charlotte, Fla. She was 85.

A prolific performer internationally in television, theater, film, at nightclubs, and on the radio, one who later had a second career in real estate, Faith Hermany of Montauk died at home on March 2 at the age of 97.

A memorial for Doris Brill Karp, who died on Oct. 19, will be held on April 21 at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton.

Herminia Vecino of Montauk died on April 2 in Southampton at the age of 99. Arrangements are being handled by the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton.

John David Ross, a member of the Bridgehampton Fire Department for his entire adult life, died on April 2 in Ephrata, Pa., where he had been living with his daughter. He was 88.

A memorial for Jaki Jackson, a yoga teacher here for many years who lived in Springs, will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church.

Paid Announcement: Judith Lee Suchy of East Hampton died at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Westhampton Beach on Thursday, March 14. She was 82 years old.

Peggy Virginia Wilford of East Hampton and Hernando, Fla., a social worker, died on March 24 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead at the age of 87. A funeral will be held on Friday, April 5, at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Bridgehampton.

Stuart Weiss of East Hampton, a photographer and bicycle enthusiast, died on March 16 at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 89.

Timothy Robert Reilly, a brick mason and wood sculptor who grew up on Three Mile Harbor Road, died in Alabama on March 21. He was 78.

Jennifer Close Mulligan, who was active in the L.V.I.S. and the East Hampton Library, died on March 2 at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 76.

An actress whose career included both film and television credits, Jennifer Leak D’Auria of Jupiter, Fla., died at home there on March 18. Formerly of East Hampton and Amagansett, she was 76.

Timothy R. Reilly of Anniston, Ala., who grew up here and graduated from East Hampton High School in 1965, died last Thursday at the Clay County Nursing Home in Alabama.

Jacqueline (Jaki) Riddick Jackson, a fixture in East Hampton for more than 60 years, “built a recognized place in the community as a teacher, mentor, and friend to countless people,” her daughter, Danielle Parris Canfield, wrote. A yoga teacher here for many years, she was prompted to retire from teaching at the age of 92 by a surprise diagnosis of colon cancer last June. Her daughter said that she “died with dignity” on Oct. 22, with “her small family and friends” at her bedside. 

Virgil Suciu, after escaping the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, immigrated to the United States in 1974 and went on to sponsor several Romanian families that eventually helped establish a small community of Romanians on the East End. He died of cardiac arrest on March 13 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. 

The family of Noreen C. Barbour of Sagaponack will receive visitors on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church.

Gloria M. Giles of Sag Harbor died on Sunday in Richmond, Va. She was 66.