Linda Willard Barrett of Springs, an accomplished baker who frequently delivered care packages of brownies and cookies to post office workers, veterinarians, doctors, and other members of the community, died on March 19 of complications from cancer at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 76. 

Born on Jan. 23, 1943, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Clark and Marion Willard, she graduated from the nursing school at Mount Sinai Hospital, and held several nursing positions during her career. Most recently, she worked at the former Hampton Medical Center in Southampton.  

In 1962, she married Raymond Barrett. The couple moved to Springs, where they raised two children. 

A cat lover, she would often provide food to stray ones that arrived at her home in Springs, as well as those she spotted in places as far west as Southampton. 

She enjoyed taking bubble baths, knitting and sewing, gardening, and drinking tea, her family said. Bargain shopping, going to the beach, camping, and trying her luck at slot machines were other favorite pastimes. She was also an enthusiastic reader, including of Archie comic books.

“Her greatest joy in life was her family,” they said. 

She is survived by her husband, Raymond Barrett of East Hampton, two daughters, Rebecca Barrett of Emmaus, Pa., and Kirsten Barrett of Hyattsville, Md., two grandchildren, and many dear friends. 

A celebration of her life will be held on April 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Neighborhood House in East Hampton. 

The family suggests memorial contributions to Elsa’s Ark Animal Rescue at elsasark.org or 28 Crystal Drive, East Hampton 11937.

John R. McCaffrey, an art lover who had collected work by East End artists since the 1960s, died of lung cancer on March 25 at his home in Bridgehampton. He was 87. 

Frequent visits to an aunt who lived in East Hampton led him to the South Fork. He eventually split his time between Bridgehampton and a winter residence in Sarasota, Fla.

It was at a Springs Fisherman’s Fair in the early 1960s that he bought his first local art. He soon discovered it was by Perle Fine, a well-known Abstract Expressionist.

Born on July 27, 1931, in Brooklyn, Mr. McCaffrey grew up in the borough and attended the Sacred Heart Catholic School there. After graduating from Penn State University, he joined the Air Force and was stationed in Texas. When he returned to New York, he worked for BlueCross BlueShield, the health insurance company.

An active man, he was a member of Guild Hall, the Parrish Art Museum, the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the Ringling Museum in Sarasota. 

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

Joan M. Carpentier Hevey “had a great sense of humor,” said her cousin Theresa Bochichio, who grew up with her in Westchester County. “She loved being around people, and she loved dancing. She was very intelligent.”

Mrs. Hevey, who lived on Norfolk Drive in Springs, died on March 24 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Quiogue after a long illness. She was 73.

Mrs. Hevey and her husband, Christopher John Hevey Jr., who died in 2005, began building their house in Springs in the 1990s. They spent summers there at first while living the rest of the time in Westchester, but eventually settled there year round. Mrs. Hevey loved the nearby beaches, her cousin said, and adored her two cats, Charlie and Taffy. She enjoyed gardening and decorating, too.

She was born in White Plains on Dec. 6, 1945, to Andrew Carpentier and the former Anna Leone. She grew up in Elmsford, N.Y., and graduated from Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale, N.Y., before going on to Berkeley College’s school of business in White Plains. She and Mr. Hevey were married in 1967. 

Mrs. Hevey is survived by a stepdaughter, Donna Morrison of Florida, and by two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, a brother, Ronald Carpentier of Tennessee, and her twin sister, Claire Tully of Roswell, Ga. She also leaves many cousins, six nieces and nephews, and eight great-nieces and great-nephews. 

She was cremated. Her ashes will be buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Valhalla, N.Y. A service has not yet been planned. 

Her family has suggested contributions in her memory to a children’s cancer charity of choice.

John C. Craft, the owner of the former Ocean View Farm in Montauk, who had been employed with his father at John A. Craft Real Estate and Insurance on Main Street in Montauk and also started a construction company, Custom Craft Homes of Montauk, died of bone marrow cancer on March 21 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. He was 75 and had been ill for 11 months.

A self-described “active and outside type,” he loved to fish and became a guide and captain of several sport-fishing boats at the former Deep Sea Club on Star Island in Montauk. He operated boats chartered by those interested in swordfish and other big-game fishing, as well as Montauk pilot boats, which often called for braving high seas, fog, wind, and ice. 

Mr. Craft attributed his illness to the wood and metal cleaning solvents he used in construction and said its onset had been rapid and debilitating.

After suffering a back injury, he gave up construction and concentrated on gardening. He sold produce at the roadside and eventually grew the business into a working farm. He was interviewed by The New York Times in 1981.  During his childhood in Montauk, he told a reporter, the nearest place to shop for food was 15 miles away. Growing produce, he said, allowed him to have a fully-stocked larder, and a feeling of self-sufficiency. He later operated the popular Ocean View Farmer’s Market in the hamlet. 

Called Jack, Mr. Craft was born in Brooklyn on Dec. 5, 1943, to the former Pauline Cesly and John A. Craft. He grew up in Montauk, where his father was head of construction for the Navy’s torpedo-testing station at Fort Pond Bay. 

He attended the Montauk School, which at the time had two grades of students in each classroom, and spent two years at LaSalle Military Academy in Oakdale before graduating from East Hampton High School. He attended Pace College for two years and then studied at the Pohs Institute, where he earned a license as an insurance broker.  

Mr. Craft was a member of the Montauk Fire Department for 20 years and its #1 Ambulance Company, took part in the Montauk Department’s Benevolent Association, and had been honored as Fireman of the Year. He served as building and grounds administrator of the Montauk School for two five-year terms, and was on the Montauk School Board for 10 years.

In 2000, he moved to Hampton Bays, where he met Rosemarie Palazzolo, whom he married three years later. The couple then moved to Port St. Lucie.

He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Jennifer Craft Hogan, two stepsons, Alan Schmalacker and Eric Schmalacker, and nine grandchildren. 

In keeping with his wishes, his ashes are to be spread at sea. No funeral service was held. 

The family has suggested memorial donations to the MDS Foundation, an organization that advocates for those suffering from a form of bone marrow cancer, at mds-foundation.org or the National Kidney Foundation at kidney.org.

An enthusiast with boundless energy, Michael Lynne can be said to have not ever lived his life on the sidelines. The former film studio head, winery proprietor, and dedicated supporter of arts organizations on the East End died on March 24 from cancer. He was 77.

Mr. Lynne, who had a house in Georgica for more than 20 years, told The Star in 2010 that despite the insistence of his father, Max Lynne, that he follow in his footsteps and pursue a law degree at Columbia University, he always found his way back to his first loves: theater and film.

He was born in Brooklyn on April 23, 1941, and grew up there. His mother, Sylvia Mark Lynne, was a homemaker. Before Columbia, he had graduated from Brooklyn College as an English major who spent a lot of time in the theater department. “As I went through law school, I wasn’t clear about my career choice, but I took a copyright course, and then learned there was a field called theatrical law, which kind of morphed into an entertainment practice,” he told The Star.

Between his second and third year in law school he went to work for Weisberger and Frosch as a summer clerk. The firm represented many major English actors who came to work in the United States, including Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. It also represented Elizabeth Taylor and the estate of Oscar Hammerstein. “It was an extraordinary place to be, and it was just five lawyers and me as a clerk.” After graduating, he joined a similar firm with every major Broadway producer as its clients. From there, he was in-house counsel to Embassy Pictures. “The first three films I worked on were ‘The Graduate,’ ‘The Lion in Winter,’ and ‘The Producers.’ If I didn’t have the bug before, I was going to get it from that.” 

Eventually he partnered with Bob Shaye, a classmate at Columbia, at New Line Cinema, a successful independent studio he helped steer as co-chairman. There he oversaw production of the Academy Award-winning film franchise based on the three volumes of J.R.R. Tolkein’s “The Lord of the Rings.” Both men left New Line in 2008 more than a decade after it became part of Time Warner. During those years, their studio made movies such as “About Schmidt,” the “Austin Powers” series, “Magnolia,” “Elf,” “Hairspray,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and many other eclectic titles. They then formed Unique Features, which produced films and television series.

In 2000, Mr. Lynne bought Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue and worked with the founding winemaker, Kip Bedell, to round out the staff and the focus of the vineyard. “I think the region has the potential to be a really important winemaking area,” he said in 2010. Great wines are usually considered the product of good soil, climate, terroir. “We have all of those factors.” As at his offices and homes, he filled the tasting room with contemporary art. He commissioned artists like Barbara Kruger to design labels for the bottles.

As a board member of Guild Hall, he was very involved in the museum’s exhibitions and acquisitions. He was head of the museum committee for over 25 years and a head of the major gifts committee. “He was always there for advice, willing to listen no matter how busy,” Christina Strassfield, the museum director and chief curator, said this week. “And he was straightforward. He would always tell you if he didn’t like something.” 

His Rolodex of top collectors, dealers, and artists helped make Guild Hall’s summer art shows distinctive and popular. Ms. Strassfield said exhibitions of artists such as Ms. Kruger and Julian Schnabel would not have been possible without him. For the gala, he was “instrumental in getting so many objects donated from artists and galleries. We collected thousands of dollars because of his ask,” she said.

Toni Ross, a founder and chairwoman of the Hamptons International Film Festival from 1992 to 1997, said this week that she asked Mr. Lynne to join the board 23 years ago. “His excellent taste in film and art were essential to our organization. His relationships in the art world allowed HIFF’s yearly focus on local artistic talent for our poster to soar with icons including David Salle, Cindy Sherman, Bryan Hunt, and Erik Fischl, to name a few.”

He is survived by his wife, Ninah Plotkin, and their daughter, Elizabeth Planet. His also survived by his bro­ther, Richard Lynne, his sister, Sherry Kramer, and three grandchildren. His son, Jonathan Lynne, died in February. 

A funeral service was held at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan last Thursday.

Josephine Mary Kenny was a woman born in Ireland who didn’t shy away from much. When she and her husband, Charlie Kenny, were younger and wanted a reprieve from their hectic business, Square Deal Auto Body on Manhattan’s West Side, they would hop on a motorcycle or fly their small plane to their weekend home in Montauk, landing on one of the fairways at the Montauk Downs golf course because the Montauk Airport hadn’t opened yet.

“And a lot of the time she did that trip she was eight or nine months pregnant,” her daughter Maureen McGurk said with a laugh yesterday. “She had 12 children.”

After moving to Montauk full time in 1957, with nine of their children already in tow, the Kennys opened Kenny’s Tipperary Inn on West Lake Drive. Mr. Kenny was also involved in other Montauk businesses, including the development of the East Lake Marina, before his death in 1994.

Mrs. Kenny remained active at the inn until her death from congestive heart failure on Saturday at her daughter Mary Ellen Schon’s house in South Windsor, Conn. She was 93.

Josephine Mary Kenny was born to Mary Ellen Brett Sweeney and Paul Sweeney on Aug. 13, 1925, in Clonmel, a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. Her family came to America when she was 2 years old and initially settled in the Yorkville neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Mrs. and Mr. Kenny, her childhood sweetheart, were married on Dec. 29, 1945 — or about six years after he took her on their first date to see the theater release of “The Wizard of Oz.” 

In addition to Ms. McGurk, of The Woodlands, Tex., and Ms. Schon, she is survived by eight other children: her daughters Joanne Mendillo of East Hampton, Conn., Patricia Bennett of Moodus, Conn., and Kathleen Dittrich and Theresa Menter, both of Lake George, N.Y., and her sons David Kenny of Lake George, Charles Kenny of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Edward Kenny of Montauk, and John Kenny of Coconut Creek, Fla. 

Also surviving Mrs. Kenny are 30 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and four of her siblings: Paul Sweeney and William Sweeney of Jupiter, Fla., Mary Ellen Sweeney Klinck of East Haddam, Conn., and Sharon Sweeney Livermore of Marblehead, Mass.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Kenny was predeceased by a son, Lt. Michael Kenny, a daughter, Eileen Kenny Kim, a great-grandson, Grady Gosman, and three of her brothers: Patrick Sweeney, Edward Sweeney, and Michael Sweeney.

When not busy with family and business, Mrs. Kenny liked to watch professional sports, particularly her beloved Yankees, and she enjoyed her time at the Montauk Senior Center, especially on bingo day.

A wake was held on Sunday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a Mass following on Monday at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. Mrs. Kenny was buried at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in East Hampton.

The family has suggested that those wishing to make a memorial contribution in Mrs. Kenny’s name consider the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at lls.org, or a charity of their choice.

The artist and writer Ruth Jacobsen was a hidden child during the Holocaust after her parents fled with her from Germany to Holland. To save her life, the Dutch resistance separated Ms. Jacobsen from her parents and hid her with a succession of Dutch families. There, she learned to adapt to fear and to uncertainty, often posing as a young cousin or sibling.

It is a testimony to Ms. Jacobsen’s courage and spirit that she survived the suicides of both parents, left Europe, and immigrated to the United States, her friends Ursula Hegi and Gordon Gagliano wrote.

They say through her writing and collages, “Ruth reclaimed herself.”

“She exhibited her art, published a moving and devastating memoir illustrated with her collages [called] ‘Rescued Images: Memories of a Childhood in Hiding,’ ” said Ms. Hegi, a German-born novelist who has written extensively on German identity and the Holocaust. “Her legacy is significant, certainly to her life but beyond that to world history, evoking the legacy of another child hidden in Holland — Anne Frank, who gave the world the girl’s perspective of the hidden child.” 

“Ruth Jacobsen gives us both the girl’s perspective and the woman’s perspective,” Ms. Hegi said.

Ms. Jacobsen, 86, died on Feb. 19 at the Hamptons Care Center in Southampton. Christine Epifania, her wife and partner of more than three decades, died in 2017. They were wed in the garden of their Southampton home, and were renowned for their community work, as well as hosting rowdy poker games that Ms. Epifania particularly loved.

Ms. Jacobsen was born on April 8, 1932, in Frankenburg, Germany. After arriving in the U.S., she became a textile artist and supported herself for the first 20 years as a movie projectionist, freeing herself to do her art during the day. Some of her collages were based on ideas such as depicting the childhood she wished she’d had, and honoring Jews who suffered and died under Nazi persecution during World War II, including her grandmother, who died at Auschwitz.

One of Ms. Jacobsen’s larger works is on permanent display at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton. She was also active in the Hamptons L.G.B.T. Center in Sag Harbor.

A Booklist reviewer called Ms. Jacobsen’s book “Rescued Images” an “unusual blend of memoir and image that reveals the horror of war and the transformative power of art.” In 2016, Ms. Epifania told The New York Times people were “horrified” when Ms. Jacobsen tore up the images from a family photo album she couldn’t bear to open for 40 years to make the collages. But in doing so, Ms. Epifania said, “She was telling the story in a different way.”

A celebration of Ms. Jacobsen’s life and art will be held on April 27 at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Turnpike in Bridgehampton. She was cremated.

Contributions have been suggested to Neighbors in Support of Immigrants (NISI), P.O. Box 803, Hampton Bays 11946, or to the Hamptons L.G.B.T. Center, 44 Union Street, Sag Harbor 11963.

Guy Ladd Frost of Roslyn and Springs died last Thursday of Lewy body dementia at the Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Port Washingon. He was 85.

As an architect, Mr. Frost concentrated on restoring historic buildings, both in Roslyn and other Long Island communities. He had offices in Roslyn and in East Hampton, where he was involved in the Whalebone Woods affordable housing project.

Among his awards was an Archi from the Long Island chapter of the American Institute of Architects and others, in 1977 and 1993, from the Preservation League of New York State. The Village of Roslyn honored him in 2015 for 50 years of service to the community.

He was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 17, 1934, one of four children of Stanley Frost and Rose Laurier Frost. Because his father was a traveling salesman, Mr. Frost’s family traveled throughout his childhood, from Brooklyn to New Zealand and Australia, and to West Virginia and North Dakota, where they settled. Mr. Frost attended high school there with his brother and two sisters, who died before him.

From 1954 to 1958 Mr. Frost served in the Air Force as an aircraft controller, stationed first in Japan and later in Montauk. After leaving the service, in 1958, he enrolled in the architecture program at the Rhode Island School of Design on the G.I. Bill. There, he met Donna Dussault, who was studying illustration. They married on Memorial Day 1959 and spent summers in Montauk while completing their degrees.

In 1965, the couple moved to Roslyn, where Mr. Frost was “taken under the wing of a master preservationist, Admiral Roger Gerry,” his family said, and with whom he worked for 25 years restoring and adapting 50 structures in Roslyn’s Historic District, including the Ellen E. Ward Clock Tower.

The couple bought a house in Springs in 1973, which helped Mr. Frost pursue his interest in motor sports at the Bridgehampton Race Circuit, where he participated in regional events as a Sports Car Club of America driver and steward. In 1981, he founded the Bridgehampton Racing Heritage Group and dedicated himself to preserving the track. He continued to organize events, such as the Vanderbilt Cup Races that highlighted the history of Long Island car racing, even after the track was closed in 1998.

His wife of 59 years, his children, Erica French of Canada, Christopher Frost of Glen Head, and Jessica Frost of Springs, survive, as do five grandchildren.

Memorial donations have been suggested for the Roslyn Landmark Society, P.O. Box 234, Roslyn 11576.

Mr. Frost was cremated. His ashes will be scattered on the site of the former Bridgehampton race track. A memorial service will be held in Roslyn at a future date.

In addition to his construction and painting business, Terrance Remkus was a bartender for many years at Sag Harbor watering holes such as the Corner Bar and the Black Buoy, to which his quick sense of humor was said to be perfectly suited. He died of pancreatic cancer at home on North Haven on March 7 after an eight-week illness. He was 69.

Mr. Remkus was known for telling stories that would leave his customers and friends, including those in the Sag Harbor Fire Department, where he was a longtime member, laughing out loud.

One of Mr. Remkus’s best known stories was about an escaped dog that came into his backyard and left a memento. The dog’s owner was the singer Jimmy Buffett, a neighbor, who  asked Mr. Remkus if he had seen the dog. When Mr. Remkus said yes, Mr. Buffett left, but not before Mr. Remkus suggested the singer pick up after the dog. The story went that Mr. Buffett balked and asked Mr. Remkus if he didn’t recognize him. Mr. Remkus is said to have shot back, saying, “I don’t care if you’re Jerry Garcia.” 

“That was Terry,” Denis Corridan, a friend said. “To say he was fun was putting it mildly.”

A lifelong resident of the Sag Harbor area, he was born on Aug. 26, 1949, to Louis Remkus and the former Margaret Trimpin. He graduated from Pierson High School. 

Mr. Remkus loved sailing on the East End’s bays, playing softball, and rooting for the Yankees and Jets, as well as his favorite team, Pino’s, of Sag Harbor, his family said.

He was buried on March 11 at St. Andrew’s Cemetery in Sag Harbor after a Mass at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church and a service honoring his 28 years with the Sag Harbor Fire Department. 

Mr. Remkus is survived by his partner, Teddi Zaluski, two daughters, Amy Remkus of Sag Harbor and Kelly Remkus of Riverhead, and a grandson.

Memorial contributions were suggested to the Sag Harbor Fire Department, 1357 Brick Kiln Road, Sag Harbor 11963.

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Correction: An earlier form of this obituary listed the wrong date of birth for Mr. Remkus. He was born on Aug. 26, 1949.

Nancy E. Parsons, a longtime East Hampton resident who moved to California 13 years ago, died of pancreatic cancer at home in Los Angeles on Friday. She was 74. An obituary will appear in a future issue.