Ruth Andrina Metz of Wainscott, the matriarch of a large extended family and an indomitable bicycle rider until the age of 92, died at home on March 7. She was 97 and had been unwell for about two months.

Mrs. Metz moved from Manhattan to Wainscott with her family when she was  5, attended the Wainscott School, and graduated from East Hampton High School. She was baptized at the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton when she was 10 and years later, after she had moved back to the East End, served for many years as the church’s Sunday School superintendent. She was also the secretary of the Missionary Society, a 50-year member of the Eastern Baptist Association, and a member of the Wainscott Sewing Society.

After graduating from high school and earning a B.A. in literature at Hunter College, Mrs. Metz was recruited at the Harlem Y.W.C.A. by a World War II plant employee to work at the Brooklyn Navy Base helping build battleships. She was soon promoted to supervise the measurements of bolts holding the gun turrets in place — “an original Rosie the Riveter,” her family wrote.

When the war ended, she got a job in the cataloguing department of the Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library. In 1947 she married Henry Edward Metz, and a few years later they returned to Wainscott. In 1960 she built a house — for $6,000 — on what remained of a one-plus-acre parcel her grandfather had bought for $100 in 1908, and brought up her four children there.

In addition to her church activities, Mrs. Metz worked for the journalist and author Shana Alexander — at whose Wainscott vacation house she met Maya Angelou — Truman Capote, Peter Jennings, and Frank Lloyd Wright. She especially enjoyed cooking for and with Craig Claiborne. She rode her bike everywhere she needed to be, until she felt the risk of falling was likely.

Ruth Andrina Metz was born on July 3, 1919, in New York City, one of six children of Wilson Walker and the former Maude Heath. Her brother Warren Walker and sister Margie Harris died before her, as did as her son Kent Edward Metz Sr. of Florida, in September 2016. Her surviving children are Mary Grady of Southampton, Robin Metz of Wainscott, and Roger Metz of Daytona Beach, Fla. 

She is also survived by a brother, William Walker of New York City, and two sisters, Helen Walker of New York and Billie Gourdine of the Bronx, as well as 6 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and many great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins, also into the greats.

The family received visitors on Sunday evening from 7 to 9 and the following morning from 10 to 11:45 at the First Baptist Church of Southampton. The Rev. Henry Faison Jr. presided at the funeral service there on Monday at noon. 

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Correction: An earlier version of this obituary that appeared in print and online contained errors. Mrs. Metz's husband was Henry Edward Metz, not Henry Edward Metz Sr. A brother who died before her was Warren Walker. Services for Mrs. Metz were held on Sunday and Monday, not on Saturday and Sunday.

Eileen Mary Kim, a Montauk native and member of the large Kenny family there, died  at the age of 64 at home in Queensbury, N.Y.,  on Feb. 18. Her husband of almost 40 years, John Kim, their three children, a son-in-law, and her 4-month-old grandson were present. She had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010.

Born to Charles and Josephine Kenny on June 1, 1952, Ms. Kim attended local schools and the University of Denver, returning to Montauk after receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1974. It was in Montauk that she and her husband fell in love and married, on June 5, 1977. In their early years together, the couple had a successful clam bar in Sag Harbor. 

Ms. Kim was always fond of Montauk and its ocean breezes, but in the early 1980s the couple fell in love with the Adirondack Mountains and decided to relocate to the resort town of Lake George. They invested in the area’s growth, buying the Mountain View Motel and a few other properties, which they converted into the Adirondack Factory Outlets of Lake George. The couple had several other business ventures in the area as well, but Ms. Kim’s favorite was their Lyn Aire Motel, where she enjoyed catching up with returning guests. 

Bringing up their children in the Adirondacks, Ms. Kim became a hockey, figure-skating, and skiing fan, spending many days cheering them on from bleachers and traveling around the tri-state area for games and competitions.

In addition to her husband, Ms. Kim is survived by her children: Jennifer Kim Murray of Darien, Conn., Valerie Kim of Chicago, and John Kim Jr. of Telluride, Colo. One grandson and her mother, Josephine Kenny of Montauk, also survive, as do her brothers and sisters: David Kenny of Lake George, Charles Kenny of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Edward Kenny of Montauk, John Kenny of Boca Raton, Fla., Joanne Mendillo of East Haddam, Conn., Patricia Bennett of Moodus, Conn., Maureen McGurk of Houston, Mary Ellen Schon of South Windsor, Conn., and Kathleen Dittrich and Theresa Menter, both of Lake George. Her father, Charles Kenny, and a brother, Michael Kenny, died before her.

 Calling hours were scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Regan Denny Stafford Funeral Home, 53 Quaker Road, Queensbury. A Mass will be said at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of the Annunciation Catholic Church, 448 Aviation Road, Queensbury. Burial will be at Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk at a later date.

Donations in Ms. Kim’s memory have been suggested to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at mdanderson. org, to the Saratoga Hospital Grateful Patient Program Designation or to the Cancer Patient Fund at saratoga care11429.thankyou4caring.org. Online condolences can be sent to the funeral home’s website: sbfuneralhome. com.

A service is to be held today at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor, from 12 to 2 p.m., for Percy King, a former resident of Sag Harbor and East Hampton, who died in his sleep at his apartment in Selden on Feb. 15 of an apparent heart attack. He was 70 years old.

Mr. King retired from his job at Sam’s restaurant in East Hampton about five years ago and eventually moved to Selden. He had previously been employed at Bucket’s Deli in East Hampton and with the Mayhall Duo Clean service.

He was born on Jan. 3, 1947, at Southampton Hospital to Austin Sterling King and the former Harriet Quinn. He was the fourth of their six children and remained a bachelor. 

Mr. King is survived by a sister, Ella Facchini of Centereach, who said he was a beloved figure wherever he went and was especially loved by children. His interests included collecting classic toys, gardening, and his family. His siblings Austin, Paul, Leslie, and Joseph King died before him. 

Mr. King was a member of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church. Burial at Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor will follow today’s service.

Ruth M. Steckowski, who worked for many years at the Amagansett Farmers Market, died on Monday at Southampton Hospital, where she had been admitted the previous day. She was 88.

Mrs. Steckowski was born in Bridgehampton on July 25, 1928, to Otto Walker Kessen and the former Anna Hermine Ellison. She graduated from the Bridgehampton School. A bit later, after meeting and marrying Anthony Steckowski, she moved to Amagansett. Her husband died in 1986.

Mrs. Steckowski is survived by six children. They are Dennis Steckowski and Michael Steckowski, both of East Hampton, Ruth Ann Goodale of Amagansett, John Steckowski of Maryland, Stephen Steckowski of Georgia, and Debbie Kirchmer of Pennsylvania. She also leaves 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Alice Maeder of Sag Harbor.

A private graveside service will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery in Amagansett on Saturday with a Presbyterian clergyman officiating.

Clara Bennett Windsor, who traced her roots to the early settlers of East Hampton, died of congestive heart failure on Friday at the Iroquois Nursing Home in Jamesville, N.Y. She was 90.

With her husband, Cliff Windsor, Mrs. Windsor ran the Montauk Bus Company for three decades. Her family said she also was a partner in making other family businesses successful, working at Montauk Hardware, owned by her father-in-law, driving a Montauk taxi, and leading bus tours in the summer in addition to driving a school bus.

She adored young children, her family said, and “many children in Montauk started their school day counting on her steady hand, ready welcome, and the occasional milk money when they forgot it.”

She was born in East Hampton on Aug. 15, 1926, to Horace Emmett Bennett and the former Clarissa Bell Lester and was raised among the extended Round Swamp Lester family of Three Mile Harbor Road. She graduated from East Hampton High School in 1944. She and Clifford E. Windsor Jr., a World War II veteran, were married on Oct. 5, 1947, and moved to North Shore Road in Montauk, living there until their retirement in 1976.

The couple traveled briefly, and for two winters after retirement, led caravans of recreational vehicles around Mexico as what were known as “wagon masters.” They eventually settled in Brooksville, Fla. Mrs. Windsor  remained in Brooksville after her husband’s death in 1984, moving north five years ago to be closer to her daughters, Donna W. Libert of East Hampton and Sharon W. Alestalo of Jamesville, which is in upstate New York. She and her husband had also enjoyed ballroom and square dancing.

She will be remembered for “her joy in helping others and could make friends anywhere she went,” her family wrote, describing her ready smile and friendliness. She was always willing to lend a hand to someone in need, and her church and community benefited from her generosity, they said.

“She was strongly motivated to preserve her blessings and leave things better than when she arrived; for her that often meant cleaner, neater, and prettier,” her family said, adding that she enjoyed being a homemaker and took pride in her home. Her family said they often were spoiled “as she showed her love by doing.”

In addition to two daughters, Mrs. Windsor is survived by three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Her siblings, who died before her, were Winifred Phillips, Isabel Nelson, Clarence Bennett, and Edward Bennett.

A memorial and burial at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton will be held in the spring. Donations in her memory were suggested to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 18 James Lane, East Hampton 11937, which she attended as a child, or the Montauk Community Church, P.O. Box 698, Montauk 11954.

Jose Lenin Sanchez, a resident of Montauk for 32 years, died on Feb. 22 in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he and his wife wintered every year. He had a heart attack, one of his daughters, Luney Sanchez-Tubis, said yesterday.

Known as Lenin, he was born on Dec. 14, 1947, in Colombia to Jorge Tulio Sanchez and the former Ana Delia Gomez. He grew up in Pereira, Colombia. There, he met Maria O. Garcia, and the two eventually married. The couple had two daughters, Ms. Sanchez-Tubis, who lives in Astoria, Queens, and Marcela Cardona of East Hampton.

In the late 1970s, he obtained a work visa and began going back and forth between his home in Colombia and New York. “He wanted a better life for his wife and kids,” Ms. Sanchez-Tubis said yesterday. By the early 1980s, the entire family had immigrated to the United States, living briefly in Brooklyn before settling down in Montauk.

Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez worked initially at Gurney’s Inn. Mrs. Sanchez left to pursue a career as a registered nurse, while Mr. Sanchez went to work at Amagansett Hardware. Most of his working career, however, was spent at the South Fork Country Club, where he started off doing lawn care. He worked different jobs there over the years, ending up running the pro shop for the club.

They bought their apartment In West Palm Beach many years ago, but it was only since Mr. Sanchez’s retirement three years ago that they began spending the entire winter in Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez loved working in their garden on their small Duryea Avenue property in Montauk and could be seen gardening together for most of their free time.

Mr. Sanchez also loved walking around the Culloden Shores area, from Gosman’s Dock to Captain Kidd’s Path.

Though not a very religious man, he frequently attended Sunday Mass at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church.

Spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren, was always special to him.

Besides his wife and two daughters, he is also survived by four sisters, Ofir Restrepo of Colombia, Mariela Sanchez of Southampton, Olivia Rodriguez of Riverhead, and Doris Sanchez of Hampton Bays, as well as three grandchildren.

A Mass in Mr. Sanchez’s memory will be said this morning at St. Therese at 10:30. He will be buried at Fort Hill Cemetery tomorrow at 2 p.m.

The family has suggested donations in his memory to the Montauk Ambulance Company, 12 Flamingo Avenue, Montauk 11954.

George Damien Mullan, an Irishman who served with the U.S. Air Force in Arizona for three years and ultimately settled in Montauk, died on Feb. 26 in Jupiter, Fla., after a short illness. He was 75.

Mr. Mullan moved back to Ireland after serving with the Air Force, met and married the former Rita Apkins, and they had two children. In 1989 the family moved to Montauk, where his daughter Debra Mullan was living, and stayed. He became the manager of Ocean End Apartments on South Emerson Street. It was only about three years ago that he and his wife moved to Jupiter, where Ms. Mullan was by then living.

In addition to his widow and his daughter Debra of Jupiter, Mr. Mullan is also survived by his sisters, Gemma McCabe and Maureen McCarthy of Ireland, and his daughter Rebecca Arikian of Montauk.

Mr. Mullan was cremated. At his request, there will not be a service.

Fritz Hubner of Montauk died at home on Feb. 17. He was 84 and had been in and out of the hospital for the past few years.

In addition to being a member of the Montauk Boatmen and Captains Association, which promotes the preservation of sportfishing and the sportfishing culture, Mr. Hubner was the captain of his own charter boat, the Mistress Too. It was fishing that first took him to Montauk, where for years he spent his summers. In 1964 or so, his family said, he moved there to live year round.

Fritz J. Hubner was born on Aug. 22, 1932, in New York City. He lived in Deer Park and worked as a service manager and mechanic for Crossman Cadillac in Great Neck before making the move to Montauk. He was married in 1955 to the former Judith Pol and had two children with her, both of whom survive. The marriage ended in divorce in the early 1960s.

The family received visitors at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton in February. On Feb. 22 there was a graveside service at Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk with Father Tom Murray of St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church presiding.

In addition to his daughter, Laura J. Mott of Montauk, and his son, Christopher J. Hubner of South Plainfield, N.J., Mr. Hubner is survived by his companion of more than 40 years, Joan Jones of Montauk, and four grandchildren. A memorial donation in his name to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has been suggested and can be sent to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Avenue, Seventh Floor, New York 10001, or by calling 866-232-8484.

Betty S. Miller, a lifelong member of the Amagansett Presbyterian Church who was proud of her Bonac roots, died at Southampton Hospital on Jan. 27 of congestive heart failure. She was about a month shy of her 87th birthday.

Mrs. Miller, who could trace her Amagansett family back 11 generations, was born to William H. Schellinger and the former Bessie Hawkins on Feb. 26, 1930, and grew up on Abraham’s Path. She was the eighth of her  parents’ nine children and the only one to graduate from high school, her brothers having gone off to war and her sisters to marriages. She graduated from East Hampton High School in 1949.

She married George E. Miller, whom she knew since childhood, on Feb. 11, 1950, at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church. His family also has roots in the area going back to the 1600s. The couple lived in Amagansett most of their married life. Mr. Miller owned the Amagansett Texaco gas station, and later the Shell station in East Hampton, where Saunders Real Estate is now. She was a homemaker.

In 1994, the couple moved to Cushing, Me., where they had often vacationed. Mr. Miller died the next year. She would remain living there for 22 years, until selling her house last year and moving in with her daughter, Deborah Dubrow, in Southampton. 

Ms. Dubrow said her mother loved baking and spending time with her family and going for walks with her dog. She and her sister, the late Charlotte Hamilton, were always in charge of the baked goods and candy tables at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church’s summer fair. She also enjoyed clamming and picking blueberries, cranberries, and beach plums on Napeague. In addition to her church, Mrs. Miller was a member of the Eastern Star.

In addition to Ms. Dubrow, Mrs. Miller is survived by two other daughters, Pamela Glennon of Amagansett and Georgia Loper of Springs. An older sister, Janet Halliday of Sag Harbor, and her youngest sister, Virginia Koons of Iowa, also survive, as do five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her brothers, George, William, Arthur, Morley, and Donald Schellinger, died before her, as did her sister.

A funeral service was held at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church on Feb. 1. Mrs. Miller was cremated, and a private burial will take place at Oak Grove Cemetery in Amagansett in the spring.

Memorial donations were suggested to Southampton Volunteer Ambulance, 1232 North Sea Road, N.Y. 11968, or to the Salvation Army through its website.

Barbara J. King, who was born Barbara Halliday, died at her home in Sag Harbor on Saturday. It was Feb. 18, her 62nd birthday. 

Funeral services were held yesterday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton yesterday. A full obituary will appear in a future edition of The Star.