Obituaries

Miriam S. Eldar

Miriam S. Eldar, a retired architect and author who loved to hunt for wild mushrooms, died on May 29 at home in Water Mill. She was 86.
Hartstein Service

Claire Posillico

Ms. Posillico, a Springs resident, died at Southampton Hospital on June 1 after an illness. She was 79.
Daniel DeBoard

Edith Dallas Ernst

Edith Dallas Ernst married into one of the most influential art families of the 20th century, and she became inextricably linked to them and their accomplishments, but she was not one to rest lightly...
Gwendolyn Dukette

Marguerite Shannon, 98

Melvin Riddick

Melvin Eugene Riddick, the treasurer of Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton from 1979 to 1994, died in North Carolina on April 19.
Michael Gochenour

Michael Elwood Gochenour died at home in Delray Beach, Fla., on May 30 after his esophagus ruptured.
John Helmuth, 70

John Lockman Helmuth Jr. died on May 15 in Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, two days after having a massive stroke. The former East Hampton resident was 70 years old.