Obituaries

Wendy Elizabeth Flanagan “could often be heard saying, ‘I love my life!’ ” A Montauk prekindergarten teacher, mother, and wife, and more recently a Pierson High School volleyball coach, she brought “boundless love and energy” to everything she did, her husband wrote.

William Cuthbert, who died on May 11 of metastatic bladder cancer, was a sensitive, caring man of high principles, his partner of 21 years said.

Marie Antoinette Zerilli, a talented seamstress who learned the craft from her father, developed a lifelong passion for textile design at an early age and parlayed that into a successful career at Leron Inc., a purveyor of handmade European custom linens. 

Dennis Patrick Longwell, a curator and author, died in his sleep at home in Sag Harbor on April 24. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.

A memorial service for Beverly Schanzer, who died on Feb. 14, will be held on Friday, May 20, at noon at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

Dennis Patrick Longwell of Sag Harbor, a writer and curator, died at home on April 24 of complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

Diane Antell, a former director and former board chairwoman of East Hampton Meals on Wheels, died at home last Thursday. The cause was respiratory failure.

Dwayne A. Denton, a decorated volunteer firefighter who served the Amagansett Fire Department for 33 years, died at home of cardiac arrest on April 8. He had been ill for about a month with lung cancer. He was 61.

A memorial service for Gregg J. Veltri of Montauk, who died on Feb. 27, will take place on May 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett.

Visiting hours for Jo-ann Valcich of Montauk will be held on Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Iris S. Osborn, who went from legal secretary to farmer’s wife, died in her sleep at home in Wainscott at the age of 87. The cause was cardiorespiratory failure; she had been in declining health for six months.

Theresa Frood, who lived in East Hampton from 1949 to 2000, died after a short illness on Easter Sunday in North Carolina.

Florence Thiele and her husband, the late Roger H. Thiele, started spending time in East Hampton at his parents’ house on Lily Pond Lane in the early 1950s. Mrs. Thiele died of congestive heart failure on April 15 at Mariner Sands, a private community in Stuart, Fla. She was 94 and had been ill for only a short time.

Gilbert A. Weber, who was 90 and lived in East Hampton, died in his sleep on Easter morning at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. He had multiple health complications.

Joan M. Eichhorn, a former East Hampton Town employee who was born on Atlantic Avenue in Amagansett, died on Nov. 27 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton, The Star has learned. The cause was Alzheimer’s disease. She was 87.

A nurse and East Hampton resident for many years, Margaret Hannibal died on April 2 in Asheville, N.C., where she had lived near her sons for the past five years. She was 85 and had been in declining health.

Stephen Peter Sicilian of East Hampton, a child psychologist who was the founder and executive director of East End Kids Therapy, died on April 12 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton after a long illness. He was 71.

Iris S. Osborn of Wainscott died in her sleep at home on Monday morning. She was 87. A wake will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on April 30 at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A graveside service will take place at 1 p.m. the next day at Wainscott Cemetery, with a reception to follow at the Wainscott Chapel.

Florence Lainhart Thiele of Mariner Sands, a private community in Stuart, Fla., died of congestive heart failure on Friday. A summer resident of East Hampton, she was 94.

Robert Vernon Fisher of Fishers Home Furnishings in Sag Harbor died of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his Latham Street house in that village on March 25. He was 76.

James M. Lowney, who had worked at Dreesen’s, Sam’s restaurant, Reed’s Photo, and the Maidstone Club, moved from East Hampton to Lancaster, S.C., in December. He died there on March 23 at the age of 60.

John Q. Trojanowski, a renowned neuropathologist and director of the Institute on Aging at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, died of complications of chronic spinal cord injuries on Feb. 8 in Philadelphia. A former summertime renter in Springs, he was 75.

Marisa Jordan Hansell of Lazy Point, Amagansett, a mental health therapist, died of bilateral pulmonary embolism in New York City on March 24. She was 57.

Maureen K. Murphy of Montauk, a professor and former chairwoman and executive director of the East Hampton Housing Authority, died at home on March 30 after a long illness. She was 84.

Richard Hugh Ketcham, who moved to East Hampton after retiring from a 30-year career with IBM in 1985, died on March 19 at the Chautauqua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dunkirk, N.Y. He was 91.

Richard Janis of East Hampton, most recently the dockmaster at the Montauk Lake Club and Marina, died unexpectedly at home on April 6. He was 66.

Robert John Burke, an ironworker who had spent many summers in Sag Harbor, died on March 24 at San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Greenport. Mr. Burke had been ill for three years. He was 78.

Visiting hours for Richard Janis of East Hampton will be held on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Yardley and the Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A graveside service will take place Monday at 11 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery on Cedar Street. Mr. Janis, who died on Wednesday, was 66. Condolences for his family can be shared in care of Yardley and Pino, online at yardleypino.com. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

"She was an amazing cook, and loved to eat and feed her friends and family. She enjoyed entertaining," said Robert Lager, a cousin of Anita Sheldon of Springs. Ms. Sheldon died at home during the early morning hours Friday, at the age of 88.

A funeral Mass for Margaret Adele Hannibal, a former Pantigo Road, East Hampton, resident, will be said on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, with burial to follow at the church cemetery on Cedar Street. Mrs. Hannibal, who was known as Maggie, was 86 and died in Asheville, N.C., on Tuesday. An obituary will appear in a future issue.