John Dana Smith, a financial adviser for Cabot Lodge Securities and a sportsman of broad interests, died in Vero Beach, Fla., on Sept. 5. He was 69. The cause of death was coronary artery disease linked to Agent Orange defoliant exposure during the Vietnam War, his family said.

Mr. Smith, who was known to friends and family as Dana, had lived in East Hampton full time from 1985 to 2008. His family said that his death was sudden and came as he was sitting under his favorite tree by Parker’s Pond on his Prosperity Farm property in Vero Beach.

Locally, he served as a secretary of the East Hampton Lions Club and was a member of the Devon Yacht Club and the Amagansett Beach Association. He also belonged to the Mashomack Fish and Game Club of Pine Plains, N.Y.

He was a master sporting clays shooting champion, an avid bridge player, and a co-owner of Reddog Kennel, a producer of champion Nova Scotia duck-tolling retrievers. With his shooting skills, he was in high demand to shoot for hunting retriever tests on Long Island and in Florida, his family said.

Mr. Smith served in the Army from March 1966 to August 1968. He finished his tour of duty in Vietnam with the National Defense Service, Viet­nam Service, Vietnam Campaign, and Good Conduct Medals. Mr. Smith served in the Army as a combat engineer, declining a battlefield commission during his tour after deciding he would return to civilian life.

His civilian life included a contract as a bodyguard for the prince of Morocco, an extended exploration of the Australian outback, and a hunting safari across the Kenyan countryside.

His adventures provided countless stories and legends that thrilled people for years, from kids around Cub Scout campfires to youth soccer teams he coached to his children and their friends, his family said.

They said that Mr. Smith had a brilliant mind, which made him a fearsome and respected competitor on the Vero Beach bridge circuit. “He was a mentor, a friend, a spiritual adviser, a confidant, and a source of wisdom to all of his friends and family, and sometimes even virtual strangers. His family and friends will all miss his humor, his wit, his compassion, his love, his advice on paleo living, and his daily anarcho-libertarian email updates from the Lew Rockwell website,” they said.

He was born on June 10, 1947, in New York City to Gregory B. Smith and the former Margaret Skinner, and grew up there and in Washington, D.C. He attended the St. David’s School in Manhattan, the Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn., and Columbia University.

He married the former Marjorie Webb on May 18, 1974.

Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, who is known as Mardie, and two children, Hannah Smith Walsh of Colley­ville, Tex., and Simon Bradstreet Smith of Long Beach. A sister, Barbara Skjelfjord of Hilton Head, S.C., and three grandchildren also survive. A brother, Gregory Smith, died before him.

A service was held on Friday at the Thomas Lowther Funeral Home in Vero Beach. A meeting for worship and burial will take place at the Rancocas Friends Meeting in Rancocas, N.J., in April. The day is to be determined.

His family suggested memorial donations to the Canterbury School, 101 Aspetuck Avenue, New Milford, Conn. 06776, or online at cbury.org/give.

Charles Sheehan, a 32-year employee of the East Hampton Post Office who lived on Oakview Highway here for many years, died of congestive heart failure on Aug. 19 in New Port Richey, Fla. He was 85 and had been ill for three months.

Mr. Sheehan was born on Nov. 28, 1930, in Watertown, Mass., to Gerald Sheehan and the former Ida Poole. His parents died young, said his son Gerald Sheehan of East Hampton, and he and his brothers lived in an orphanage. Mr. Sheehan grew up in Watertown and attended high school there.

His service in the Air Force brought him to the South Fork, where he was stationed in Montauk. In 1953, he and the former Beth Browne married. In addition to Gerald Sheehan, the couple had two other children, Jed Sheehan of Blacksburg, Va., and Charles Sheehan of Warrenton, Ore.

Mr. Sheehan’s first marriage ended in divorce. On June 29, 1979, he married Dorothy A. Young of New Port Richey, who survives. He enjoyed fishing, golf, and decoy carving, his wife said.

Active in the community, Mr. Sheehan was a member of the East Hampton Fire Department for 39 years. He served as a deacon at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church and was a member of the American Legion post in Amagansett.

He retired to Florida around 20 years ago, his son said. There, he was active in several clubs, served as a volunteer with the Medical Center of Trinity, and belonged to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in New Port Richey, where he was a member of the men’s fellowship.

In addition to his wife and children, Mr. Sheehan is survived by five siblings, Allen Sheehan of Seward, Neb., Barbara Owens of Youngstown, Fla., Cathy Bohannan of Galesburg, Ill., Nancy Rizzo of Waltham, Mass., and Lillian Rogers, also of Massachusetts. Seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive.

A funeral Mass was offered at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church on Sept. 6. A veterans service was also held. Mr. Sheehan was cremated, and his ashes were buried at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.

His family has suggested memorial contributions to the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, 1 Cedar Street, East Hampton 11937.

Cmdr. Stewart R. Graham, a helicopter pioneer who served in the Coast Guard for 26 years, died at home in Naples, Me., on Aug. 13. He had been ill for a month and was 98 years old. Cmdr. Graham was stationed in Montauk in the late 1930s, and he helped rescue efforts when the Hurricane of 1938 hit.

Born on Sept. 25, 1917, in Brooklyn to the former Edith Stewart and William Moutrie Graham, he came from a military family and had lived throughout the country, including Alaska, when he was growing up. He graduated from high school in Brooklyn and then signed up with the Coast Guard, becoming an aviator. Later, he learned to fly and repair helicopters, as well as the development of the hydraulic lift, according to his niece, Dawn Rana Brophy of Amagansett.

He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross and two air medals during his service and was inducted into both the Coast Guard and Navy Halls of Honor. Because of his renown, he and his wife, the former Thomasina Rana, were invited to the Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh residence. More recently, the Belgian government had invited him to a ceremony in Belgium at which he was to be knighted in recognition of the role he played in the rescue of the passengers who survived a Sabena Airlines DC-4 flight that crashed on a hillside in Gander, Newfoundland, in 1946. He died before being able to receive the honor in person.

Mr. Graham and his wife, who was known as Mae, met while he was stationed at Montauk. She died in 2014 after their long marriage. Her relatives, Peter Rana Jr., Diana Voor­hees, and Rose Lester, and their families are his survivors here.

In addition to the Rana relatives and his niece, he is survived by two sons, Ross Graham of Naples and William Peter Graham of Jacksonville, Ore., and by two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

His ashes are to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Steven Charles Overby, a furniture buyer for Macy’s in New York City for many years who rose to become a senior vice president at the company, died on Sept. 6 at Stony Brook University Hospital, where he had been under care since a home accident at the end of August. He would have been 72 later this month.

Mr. Overby lived in Amagansett with his wife, Sylvia Overby, an East Hampton Town councilwoman. Nicknamed “the colonel” by his sons’ friends for his “tough love and guidance,” he was devoted to his family.

Born in Huntington on Sept. 25, 1944, to Otto L. Overby and the former Geraldine Sullivan, he grew up there, graduating from Huntington High School before earning a degree at Northwestern University in Chicago in 1966. He went on to receive a law degree from Northwestern Law School.

During the Vietnam War, Mr. Overby was a lawyer with the federal government’s Defense Supply Agency. He then followed in his father’s footsteps at Macy’s. His work with the department store took him to recently opened China in 1978 to lead foreign trade agreements on Chinese rugs. He also traveled to India, Egypt, and Europe, buying rugs and furniture for Macy’s. He was transferred to Atlanta in 1978 and met his future wife, Sylvia Wilson, there. He later opened his own furniture and rug stores in that city.

The Overbys were married on March 26, 1981. They built a house in Amagansett three years later and split their time between Amagansett and Atlanta until 1994, when they moved here full time. Mr. Overby had vacationed in Montauk every summer as a child. “His happiest moments were on the beach,” his wife said.

He was an accomplished tennis player and golfer, and later in life brought home numerous trophies from tournaments here and in Florida. He had made it to the men’s Montauk Downs C-Flight final this year, and although he was unable to compete due to his accident, his fellow players awarded him the trophy.

Mr. Overby also enjoyed designing and building houses, taking great pleasure in poring over plans for friends and family and for the renovation of his own house several years ago.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons, Alec Sullivan Overby of Garden City and Andrew Dwight Overby of Amagansett, and by a grandson. He also leaves two sisters, Gail Savage of Exeter, N.H., and Barbara Blasch of Boston, and three nephews.

An open house and celebration of his life for family and friends will be held at his Seabreeze Lane residence on Sept. 25 from 3 to 6 p.m. “He loved life and did not want to have people mourn,” his wife said.

Donations in his memory have been suggested to the East Hampton Food Pantry, online at easthamptonfoodpantry.org.

Emily Estes Whalen, an Amagansett resident who had spent the last two years in Quogue, died on Sept. 8 at Southampton Hospital of complications of pneumonia. She had just celebrated her 90th birthday.

Mrs. Whalen, who lived in New York City from the 1940s until 1997, when she moved here full time, was educated at St. Margaret’s School in Connecticut and Connecticut College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts. She began coming to East Hampton for weekends and summers in 1966.

She was born on Sept. 2, 1926, in Brooklyn, to the former Clementine Zartman and Thomas W. Estes, and grew up in New Rochelle, N.Y. She married Thomas Charles Whalen on Oct. 10, 1958; he died 10 years ago. Mrs. Whalen was a longtime volunteer at the Women’s City Club of New York, which promotes income equality, safe, affordable housing, accessible government, and quality health care for all New Yorkers.

An active member of the Devon Yacht Club until last year, Mrs. Whalen treasured her summers sailing and swimming in Gardiner’s Bay, said her daughter Anna Petrocelli. She swam in a pool until falling ill, five days before her death. She moved to Quogue to be closer to family, but Amagansett was always her favorite place, her daughter said.

Ms. Petrocelli said her mother, who attended the Columbia School of Architecture after graduating from college, enjoyed drawing all her life, and that her friends and family looked forward every year to the Christmas cards she illustrated and sent them. Her work was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum.

In addition to Ms. Petrocelli, of New York City, she leaves another daughter, Emily Whalen DeMello of Forest Hills, and two grandchildren. Donations in her memory have been suggested to the Jenny and John Paulson Emergency Department, Southampton Hospital, 240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton 11968.

Irene King followed in the footsteps of her father, a captain in the New York City Police Department, and a sister, who became an N.Y.P.D. detective, by joining the force in 1967. During 16 years with the department, she worked undercover and made more than 400 arrests.

Mrs. King, who lived at Lazy Point in Amagansett, died on Aug. 17 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She had been ill about four months and died from complications of sepsis, her family said. She was 73.

She and her sister, who were among the first wave of female officers, wrote a novel called “She’s a Cop, Isn’t She?” Based, loosely, on their experiences as women in a predominantly male force, the book was published in 1975.

“She was my superhero,” her daughter, Amy King of Springs, said. “I can’t think of a better way to describe her. She was tough on herself and others, but she had a big heart. And, she never quit.”

During her whole life, she spent summers in Amagansett. Her parents began visiting the South Fork in the early 1930s and by 1945 had a house at Lazy Point. Family friends who lived next door left their house to Mrs. King’s parents, and she inherited it in 1982.

Born Irene Alice Markloff in New York City on July 8, 1943, her parents were Charles J. Markloff and the former Alice Thurman. She grew up in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx. She and her husband, Robert J. King, a fellow police officer, met while on the job. They were married on Oct. 25, 1969, and lived in West Nyack and New City, N.Y., before moving to Florida. He died in 1994.

  The couple moved to Spring Hill, Fla., in 1983, after she retired from the police force. She became a real estate broker and, briefly, a commercial artist. Mermaids she designed for Weeki Wachee Springs State Park and Buccanneer Bay Waterpark were sold in the gift shop there, and two 10-foot-tall murals she created hung at Cyril’s on Napeague.

In her late 40s, she decided to go back to school to study nursing, something she had wanted to do since high school. She earned an associate of science degree and registered for nursing certification from Pasco-Hernando State College in Florida. She worked as a nurse, mostly in home health care, for nearly seven years.

In 2001, she had a brain aneurysm that impaired her memory and she had to give up nursing. She moved to Painter, Va., to be closer to family, and moved to her house at Lazy Point full time in 2011.

In addition to her daughter, Mrs. King is survived by a son, Adam R. King of Amagansett and Niskayuna, N.Y., and her sister, Caryl Collins of Painter, Va. A grandson also survives.

A service will be held at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett, of which she was a member, on Sept. 24 at 11 a.m. The Rev. F. Robert Modr, the interim pastor, will officiate. Private dispersal of her ashes will follow.

Memorial donations have been suggested to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978, or at eeh.org.

Claire Dibble White, who worked as an operating room nurse alongside renowned surgeons, died at home in East Hampton last Thursday after a short battle with cancer. She was 80.

A longtime resident of East Hampton, she was brought up in the village, and, after graduating from East Hampton High School in 1954, earned a nursing degree in 1957 from the Flower Fifth Avenue School of Medicine nursing school in Manhattan.

A child of the Great Depression, Ms. White “learned the value of education and the meaning of hard work and resilience early in life,” her family said.

After working in several large metropolitan hospitals, she accepted a job in 1961 in the Sinclair Oil Company’s medical division in Manhattan, where she met the man she would marry. He was her boss, Willis A. Dibble.

The two were married in October 1964, and lived in New York City, Ridgewood, N.J., Calabasas, Calif., and Macungie, Pa., before settling in East Hampton in the summer of 1977.

Ms. White worked at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, at Topanga Medical Center in Calabasas, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown, Pa., and then at Southampton Hospital. “She thoroughly enjoyed her colleagues on 3 North and in the operating room,” her family wrote.

After Mr. Dibble died of leukemia in April 1979, she dedicated herself to raising their only child, Elizabeth. In May 1983, she married Harold J. White; their marriage ended in divorce in 1992.

Ms. White loved reading books — especially biographies — and watching old movies that she borrowed from the library. She enjoyed going to the cinema, traveling, playing golf, and swimming in the ocean.

Her family and good friends were important to her. A “graceful and curious woman” who enjoyed dancing and the music of icons such as Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, and Judy Garland, she was “famous for her limericks, her nursing stories, her quick wit, her integrity, and her genuine laugh,” her family said.

Fun loving, feisty at times, and frank, she was “never shy or retiring,” they said, and “did not suffer fools gladly.”

She was intensely competitive, they said, a trait that came to light early when she played basketball in middle school, and served as a cheerleader for football and basketball in high school.

She was a longstanding member of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, the Amagansett Beach Association, the Ladies Village Improvement Society, and the South Fork Country Club.

A daughter of Delia Durkan and Herbert McGuire, she was born at Southampton Hospital in April of 1936.

Ms. White is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Dibble Milne of Mumbai, India, formerly Bombay, and her daughter's husband, Stuart Milne, with whom she was very close, and by three grandchildren, and by two stepchildren, Joan Dibble Smotzer of Dallas and Willis A. Dibble Jr. of Glenside, Pa., and sister, Margaret Hayes of Memphis. A sister, Marjorie (Chico) Miller, died before her.

A wake will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton.

The family has suggested memorial donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978.

Jane Graboski, a member of the Round Swamp Lester clan who was born at home on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton on Oct. 3, 1927, died on Aug. 31 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton, where she had been a resident for three years. She was 88.

Her parents were Ezra Finckenauer and the former Sarah Lester. She grew up in the family’s house on Three Mile Harbor Road and attended East Hampton High School.

Mrs. Graboski was a member of the East Hampton Neighborhood House Service Club and St. Matthew’s Guild at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton.

After marrying, she lived in a separate house on the Three Mile Harbor Road property where she was born.

Her daughter Sue Van Dyke said that Mrs. Graboski, like many of the Lesters, had a strong will. “Anything that could be given to her, she would work through it and move on.”

Pleasures for her included cooking, even into her old age, portions big enough to feed her extended family. She loved to bake and prepared treats for a group of friends who visited most afternoons, earning them the nickname the tea ladies. She enjoyed music and dancing, Ms. Van Dyke said.

A brother, James Finckenauer, lives in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. Her sister, Anna Byrnes and a brother, Frank Finckenauer, died before her, as did her husband, Vincent Graboski, in 1970.

She was also survived by her children, Ms. Van Dyke, Paul Graboski, Joyce Salisbury, and Steve Graboski, all of East Hampton, and five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and eight nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Graboski’s funeral was Saturday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton. Burial was at the Round Swamp Cemetery on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton.

Memorial donations have been suggested to the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, 1 Cedar Street, East Hampton 11937.

James Norman Flynn, whose experiences as a merchant seaman during World War II included being a prisoner of war for a short time and being presumed dead when he was found on the coast of Yugoslavia after his ship hit a mine, died on June 18 at his brother’s home in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 92 and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mr. Flynn lived in Sag Harbor for many years, where he owned Captain Biru’s Nautical Antiques for about 15 years in addition to a shop of that name in Manhattan.

Mr. Flynn was in the merchant marine from 1940 to 1955, leaving the service as a captain. He was on two ships that were torpedoed by U-boats in the North Atlantic, and was taken prisoner after one of the strikes. His family said he was released to a neutral country after two weeks. Later in the war, after his ship struck a mine, he was found caked with ice and thought to be dead. It was then learned that he had tuberculosis, and he spent 18 months recovering.

 Mr. Flynn lived in Panama for about five years after leaving the merchant marine. Returning to the United States, he opened antiques shops in Manhattan and Sag Harbor, where he was well known in the 1960s and ’70s.

He was born on Feb. 27, 1924, in Dublin, to James and Isabella Flynn and came to this country with his parents and an older brother at the age of 10. Sylvia Bell Pennebaker of Sag Harbor, who was his companion for many years, died in 1999. He often spent time with her daughter, Stacy, taking her out for tea and giving her presents, and later became fond of his companion’s granddaughter, Molly.

Mr. Flynn kept a 28-foot cabin cruiser in Sag Harbor waters, called Evita. He loved reading, particularly history and biography, and amassed a fine library, his family said.

He moved to Fort Myers two years ago and is survived by the brother with whom he lived, Patrick Flynn, as well as a nephew and three nieces. He was cremated and a full military service is to be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a time to be determined. Memorial donations have been suggested to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.

Mary Bernadette Greene of Springs, who had worked at a variety of local jobs, from Sag Harbor to Montauk, died of esophageal cancer on Aug. 28 at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center in Quiogue. She was 72 and in remission from lung cancer, for which she had been treated in 2004. Esophageal cancer was diagnosed two years ago.

 Over the years, Ms. Greene worked at the Bulova Watchcase Factory in Sag Harbor, moving on to Sag Harbor Industries, and then to the Viking Fishing Fleet in Montauk, where she worked in its ticket booth on the dock. She also drove a school bus for John M. Marshall Elementary School students in East Hampton for a time.

She was born at Southampton Hospital on July 10, 1944, to Nicholas Santacroce and the former Anna Gardino, and grew up in Sag Harbor. She and Robert Greene Sr. were married on Sept. 7, 1963, and would have celebrated their 53rd anniversary about a week after her death. The couple moved into a house on Ocean View Avenue in East Hampton, where they reared two children, both of whom survive and make East Hampton their home: Robert Greene Jr. and Annette Greene. In addition to her children and husband, Ms. Greene is survived by three grandchildren.

“She loved the beaches, watching the water and the wildlife,” her son-in-law, Anthony Weiss, said yesterday. “It was her favorite place to go.” She loved the whole area, and never wanted to live anywhere else, her family said. She also was a superb cook and baker and enjoyed preparing decorative baked goods, they said.

A graveside service will be held at Green River Cemetery in Springs on Saturday at 10 a.m.

The family has suggested donations in her memory to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978-7048, or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.