Sophie Kalish, 98
Sophie Appel Kalish, who studied to become a beautician in Paris before moving to the United States, died at her son’s house in East Hampton on Friday. She was 98.
She was born in Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 26, 1910, a daughter of Michael Restacher and the former Annette Liscovitch. She attended a French school in Egypt and in December of 1939 married Isadore Appel. The couple had two children, Richard and Fauvette, who survive. In 1956, the family fled Egypt during the Tripartite Invasion of the county by Britain, France, and Israel.
In 1957, after studying to become a beautician while in Paris, she left France for the U.S., where she and her family joined her sisters, Bette, Annie, and Giselle. Her brother, Meyer, and his family moved to Israel. Mr. Appel died in 1967.
Sophie Appel plied her trade at John Christie’s salon in Forest Hills from 1957 to 1976, when she married Louis Kalish. The couple lived in Florida for a time. Mr. Kalish died in 1999. Mrs. Kalish came to live in East Hampton last year at the home of her son, Richard Appel, and daughter-in-law, Jean Appel.
Mrs. Kalish’s daughter, Fauvette Nudleman, lives in Jupiter, Fla. Mrs. Kalish also leaves four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Her sisters and brother died before her.
Jean Appel said her mother-in-law loved to swim and swam late in life, and also loved to read — Danielle Steele was a favorite — and do needlepoint. “She was a great lady, loved by everyone,” her daughter-in-law said.
A service was held at the Gutterman Funeral Home in Woodbury on Sunday. Rabbi Stephen Dresner officiated. She was buried beside her first husband at Mount Ararat Cemetery in Lindenhurst. Memorial contributions were suggested for the Southampton Hospital emergency room, 240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton 11968.
Donald P. King
Donald Penny King, who had been a proprietor of the Marmador Luncheonette in East Hampton, died at Southampton Hospital on June 21 of complications of emphysema. He was 81 years old.
Mr. King, who also was a retired school custodian, lived on Hedges Lane in Amagansett for over 50 years.
His daughter, Betsy J. Martin of Amagansett, said he was a kind, patient, and loving man who adored animals, especially dogs, and “never refused a good dish of vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.”
Mr. King enjoyed fishing on Gardiner’s Bay and off Montauk along with his son, grandson, and son-in-law, Neal Martin. He was one of the earliest members of the East Hampton Ambulance Squad, a past president of the Amagansett School Board, and an elder at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church.
His wife, Judith Talmage King, said that in the 1960s, he belonged to a group of scuba or skin divers who were occasionally called upon by the police department to perform difficult underwater tasks, such as untangling boat propellers.
A member of the 11th generation to live in East Hampton on his father’s side, he was born on Sept. 11, 1927, at his family’s house on Egypt Lane. His parents were the former Edna Bryant and Selden Leroy King. He attended the Clinton Academy and East Hampton High School, joining the Army before graduation.
He rose to the rank of corporal, serving in Germany from 1945 to 1947. His duties included driving officers around as they gathered evidence for the Nuremberg Trials. Later, he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in East Hampton.
Upon returning from postwar Germany, he married his high school sweetheart on Sept. 21, 1947. The couple would have been married for 62 years this fall.
They worked together, along with their children and daughter-in-law, Lynn King, at the Marmador Luncheonette. The family business stood on Main Street until the Edwards Theater fire destroyed it in 1965. It was rebuilt on Newtown Lane, but, according to his daughter, “that all ended abruptly in the ’70s, when rents skyrocketed and the business folded.”
A skilled craftsman, Mr. King made boat canvases and house awnings, and he also caned and rushed chairs for extra income. “I remember standing beside him as a young girl in our basement as he meticulously laid out the wooded pegs used in the caning process,” his daughter said.
Mr. King completed his high school education at night and took a job as a custodian at the Springs School, where he was known as “the lollipop man.” For the last 10 years he worked alongside his son and grandson, who run a plumbing business in East Hampton.
Besides his wife and daughter, Mr. King is survived by a son, David D. King of East Hampton, a brother, Remington Woodward King of Virginia, five grandchildren, and four nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by three brothers, Alfred (Speed) King, Melville King, and Edwin King, and by a sister, Florence Miller.
A funeral service was held at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church last Thursday, and burial was at Green River Cemetery in Springs. His family asked that memorial donations be sent to the Amagansett Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 764, Amagansett 11930, or to the Amagansett Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 470, Amagansett 11930.
Mary D. Almeraz, 57
Mary D. Almeraz, who lived in Montauk before settling on Harbor View Drive in Springs, died on June 16 at Southampton Hospital. She was 57 years old.
She was born on Aug. 14, 1951, in Rockville Centre to William McClinton and Dolores Rametta Kazio, and grew up in Lake Ronkonkoma. She attended Suffolk Community College before moving to Montauk, where she worked at a number of places, including Bill’s Inn. She met her husband, Frank Almeraz, while bartending at Tattler’s in Montauk. The couple were married on Jan. 16, 1987.
Mr. Almeraz said his wife was well liked and had “a great personality.” In her will, she requested that her ashes be spread in Hawaii, “because Frank has never been to Hawaii,” he said.
She loved to cook and enjoyed “everything” about this area, her husband said, especially fishing, clamming, and walking on the beach.
Over the years, Ms. Almeraz worked as a secretary at the Amaden Gay insurance agency in East Hampton, and at the Montauk Shores Condominiums. She had not worked in several years because she had been ill with kidney and liver problems.
She is survived by three children, Michelle M. O’Connell of Mooresville, N.C., Lisa Almeraz Matz of East Hampton, and Tomas A. Almeraz of Virginia Beach. A brother, Joseph McClinton, lives in Florida, and eight grandchildren also survive.
She was cremated, and Catholic prayers were said at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on June 18. Her husband suggested memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City 73123-1718, or to the Springs Ambulance Company, 79 Fort Pond Boulevard, Springs 11937.
Peter Fagg III
Peter Fagg III, who was integrally involved in the development of I.B.M.’s 360 and 370 supercomputer systems, died of cancer on June 17 at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 80.
Mr. Fagg had a long career with I.B.M. He served as the executive director of research in Fishkill, N.Y., for a number of years and also managed sites in Germany, England, and Japan.
Born to Marion and Ken Fagg on Sept. 26, 1928, in Queens, Mr. Fagg grew up in Sunnyside and Chappaqua, where he attended Horace Greeley High School. He spoke highly of his teachers there, according to his family.
Mr. Fagg went on to study at Middlebury College in Vermont, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. He earned two master’s degrees, in engineering and astronomy, and also served in the Army.
He married Janet M. Szvarvas on May 31, 1952. They had three children together, as well as a foster daughter living in Greece, whose family they supported and whom he visited throughout his life.
Mr. Fagg loved to play tennis and enjoyed skiing, traveling, and swimming in the ocean in East Hampton, where he spent the summers for 60 years. He was a lover of classical music, often attended concerts at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, and supported the Itzhak Perlman Music Program for young musicians on Shelter Island as well as the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival.
Mr. Fagg also relished gardening, so much that he decided to earn a master gardener certificate after retiring. He received it from the Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies in Millbrook, N.Y.
In his retirement, Mr. Fagg could often be found in his garden on Copeces Lane in Springs, where he enjoyed cross-pollinating flowers to create new breeds. He and his wife loved to go on garden tours given by the Garden Club of East Hampton.
Mr. Fagg was also fascinated with biology and chemistry and wrote a paper, “DNA as the Long Term Memory Storage Cell in the Human Brain,” arguing that human memory is stored in the brain’s DNA, not in synapses. The paper was published in a science journal.
When he was not gardening or studying science, Mr. Fagg, who was a member of AARP, helped other people save money by completing their tax returns.
Mr. Fagg is survived by his wife of 57 years. He is also survived by his three children: Vivian, Dawn, and Christopher Flagg, by his foster daughter, and by six grandchildren. His twin brother and closest friend, Donald Fagg, died before him.
No service has been planned. Memorial donations have been suggested to the Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, N.Y. 12545-0129. Condolences can be sent to the family at the Web site of Straub, Catalano, and Halvey Funeral Home, StraubCatalanoHalvey.com.
Gloria Jean Boerem, 91
Gloria Jean Boerem died at home in Montauk on Friday. She was 91, and had lived in Montauk since 1967.
Mrs. Boerem is survived by her husband of 68 years, Daniel H. Boerem, and by the couple’s son, Daniel R. Boerem of Montauk. Three grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive.
She was a member of St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk, where she will be remembered during a dedicated Mass on Aug. 2.
Born the day after Christmas in 1917, Mrs. Boerem was the daughter of John Francis Weiss and the former Elsie Lynch of Whitestone, Queens. She attended Bayside High School, and was a member of its first graduating class.
In Montauk, she had enjoyed the beach, her son said, and went out on the water with her husband when the couple had a boat. A member of the Montauk Garden Club, she helped the group maintain the gardens at Second House, and tended her own garden at her house.
Mrs. Boerem was cremated. Contributions in her honor have been suggested to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978.
Geraldine A. Vorbach
Geraldine A. Vorbach, who moved from New Hyde Park to Sag Harbor nine years ago, died at home on Bridge Street on June 12. She was 86 and had cancer.
Mrs. Vorbach had vacationed in Sag Harbor for 30 years, raising her six children in Flushing and New Hyde Park. She retired around the age of 65 as a second vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank in Queens.
In Sag Harbor, she was known to take walks up and down Main Street and people-watch from a bench. Hilary Chasin of Manhasset said her mother “loved the simple joys” of visiting people at work at places like the Garden Center and the Sag Harbor Launderette.
She spent a lot of time with her sister Agnes Pilinko (they were sisters who married brothers), who lives in Sag Harbor, and looked forward to her family’s frequent visits. When Ms. Chasin rented a house on Noyac Bay, her mother would sit by the water and do crossword puzzles “in no time flat,” she said.
She was born on March 28, 1923, in New York City, a daughter of Joseph Gramlich and the former Catherine Flynn, and graduated from a Catholic high school in Brooklyn.
Her first husband, Vincent Pilinko, died when their children were young. Six years later, she married John Vorbach. He also predeceased her.
In addition to Ms. Chasin, Mrs. Vorbach is survived by five other children, Vincent Pilinko of Ronkonkoma, Stephanie Dellamora, also of Ronkonkoma, Valerie Gilday of East Williston, Lawrence Pilinko of North Massapequa, and Eugene Pilinko of Roslyn Heights. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, and 6 nieces and nephews.
Also surviving are another sister, Eileen Tonkin of Washingtonville, N.Y., and a brother, Joseph Gramlich of Brick, N.J.
A Mass was said at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Sag Harbor on June 16. She was buried at Long Island National Cemetery in Pinelawn. The family has suggested memorial donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978, or St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis 38105.
Carol Salvadori
Carol Salvadori, who was known as Cari and was a co-owner of Pospisil Real Estate in Montauk, died on Tuesday, a month after her 73rd birthday. A service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Montauk Community Church, followed by a reception, also at the church.
A full obituary will appear in a future issue.
Phillips Memorial
Helen A. Harrison, the director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center at 830 Springs-Fireplace Road in Springs, has invited those in the community who knew Arthur Byron Phillips to a memorial for him at the center on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Mr. Phillips, a painter and collector, died of a heart attack in November 2008.
Harry Clare Cook
Harry Clare Cook, formerly of Bridgehampton, died on Sunday at Peconic Landing in Greenport. He was 88 years old. A full obituary will appear in a future issue.
Philip John Cicero
A Mass will be said today at 10:30 a.m. at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Sag Harbor for Philip Cicero, who lived in Noyac and died on Tuesday at the age of 84. Burial will follow at Calverton National Cemetery. A full obituary will appear in a future issue.
A Correction
In an obituary last week for Donald Petrie, his daughter’s name was listed incorrectly. She is Ann Elizabeth Sauter of Oneonta, N.Y.