Russell Gay Conklin was a family man of deep faith and myriad interests who began every morning with a few moments of religious contemplation.

Mr. Conklin, 89, who was afflicted with Parkinson’s disease late in life, died after 10 days of pneumonia on Sept. 29 at Orchard Pointe in Surprise, Ariz..

Mr. Conklin and his wife, Marjorie, retired to Sun City West, Ariz. in 1993. He was buried with military honors at Holy Cross Cemetery in Avondale, Ariz. 

He was born in Southampton on Sept. 1, 1929, to Russell and Louise Conklin and grew up in East Hampton as a member of a large extended family. He was proud to be an 11th-generation descendant of William Hedges, of one of the founding families of East Hampton. Through genealogical research, Mr. Conklin was also able to locate his mother’s relatives in Germany, who became friends.

Mr. Conklin’s family described him as a talented individual who loved learning and mastering new things throughout his life. As a young man, he was a carpenter, a gardener, and a beekeeper, and lavished homegrown produce and honey on family and friends. After two years with the Army during the Korean War, he used the G.I. Bill to attend Purdue University and later earned an M.B.A. from Indiana University, which launched him as a civil engineer. He had a long career with Caterpillar, and then with the Army Corps of Engineers. 

He and Marjorie Harisak of Yonkers, N.Y., were married in 1957, a union that lasted 55 years until her death in 2013. They had four children, and Mr. Conklin, a devoted husband and father, was constantly undertaking projects to improve their home.

His family said he loved reading about everything from business to finance, ancient history to science, travel to fitness. In retirement, he enjoyed a good night at a local karaoke club or going out dancing with his wife.

He is survived by his children, Elizabeth Conklin of Little Rock, Ark., Catherine Kauffman of Naperville, Ill., Peter Conklin of Portland, Ore., and Barbara Conklin Williamson of Litchfield Park, Ariz., and by three grandchildren. 

He and his wife were active members of the Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Sun City West, Ariz., and volunteered for the Society of St. Vincent DePaul as well as a local food bank.

Among the things Mr. Conklin’s family cited in their memorial was a phrase by George Sand that they believe typified him: “There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.”

James G. Caradine, a longtime Warner Music executive who helped launch the company internationally, died of cardiac arrest at home in Jupiter, Fla., on Dec. 26. He had a house in East Hampton starting in 2001 and was 80 years old.

In 1974, Mr. Caradine had been working for the Paris tax department of the accounting firm Arthur Andersen International, when he had the opportunity to join Warner Communications, which led to a 25-year career. According to friends, he brought to the job “a clear head for multi-jurisdictional agreements and acquisitions,” and was asked to help structure an agreement between the Brazilian soccer legend Pelé and the New York Cosmos.

 Mr. Caradine soon caught the attention of Nesuhi Ertegun of Warner’s record division, which they rebranded as Warner Music International. He ultimately became the head of the video division of the company and oversaw the signing of artists and labels, including Phil Collins, Luis Miguel, and Tommy Boy Records.

As the company expanded, so did Mr. Caradine’s role and seniority, reflecting “his invaluable contribution to W.M.I.’s growth and the esteem in which he was held,” according to a company memo. The memo calls Mr. Caradine “a Southern gentleman . . . who rose to the very top with skill and charm.” It goes on to say, “Unlike many, he knew exactly the time to retire, planning, with his usual meticulous detail his travel schedule with the many work friends he had from all corners of the world.”

After retiring, Mr. Caradine spent most of his time in East Hampton until moving to Florida in 2015.

He was born on Sept. 5, 1938, in West Point, Miss., one of two sons of Eunice Colbert Caradine and Emmett Everett Caradine. A brother, Emmett Everett Caradine Jr., died before him.

He is survived by a nephew, who is planning a memorial celebration in East Hampton in the spring. His family said “his personal style combined warmth, wit, and kindness with the cool elegance of a Cole Porter lyric.”

Eileen Zagar, who with her husband owned and operated Mirko’s restaurant in Water Mill for just shy of 30 years, died last Thursday at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Quiogue. 

Mirko Zagar, her husband, was the chef of the small restaurant that bore his name, but it was Eileen who set the stage and charmed the loyal crowd of regulars, which included a cadre of billionaires, assorted local celebrities, and Bill and Hilary Clinton. They came for Croatian stuffed cabbage and rigatoni Bolognese — and to be coddled and amused by their hostess, Mrs. Zagar, who ran the front of the house and was the maitresse d’ for the intimate, 12-table dining room. 

The establishment, tucked in the back of the Water Mill Square, was hard to find for first-timers, which lent an extra dollop of cache to its insider appeal.

According to her daughter, Robin Scott, Mrs. Zagar had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage — caused by a brain arteriovenous malformation — a few days before she died. She was 72. 

Her family said she cherished the restaurant business and the special relationship she forged with her clientele. She was well known, they said, as an astute businesswoman with a bubbly personality and an artist’s attention to detail. 

Mrs. Zagar was a warm and gracious hostess, said Laura Donnelly, The Star’s restaurant reviewer. The couple retired in 2013.Mrs. Zagar and her twin brother, Edward Carpenter, were born in Greenwich Village to Edward Carpenter and the former Martha Holt on July 23, 1946. She spent her early childhood in Greenwich Village, moving to Brooklyn with her mother after her parents divorced. She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, and worked as a bookkeeper and dental assistant before going into the restaurant industry.

She married Mirko Zagar in October of 1972, and they settled in Brooklyn before moving to Baldwin. They owned and operated the Weathervane Inn in Manhattan, serving lunch and dinner to a business crowd, until high rents pushed them out in 1983. 

The following year, an ad in a newspaper prompted them to head east to look at a space in Water Mill. They opened Mirko’s in May of 1984, and moved to Southampton full time that fall, renting a small house on Henry Street in the village. They bought a condominium on Leland Lane in 1991. They were wrapped up in the successful restaurant for nearly three decades, only closing from January through March. 

When they retired in 2013, they took time to travel. Mrs. Zagar especially loved Paris, where she had been seven times, and Anguilla, where the couple spent colder months. They moved back to Manhattan after closing Mirko’s, but still kept a place in Southampton. 

Ms. Scott said her mother also had a gift for decorating and finding the best bargain.

Her husband of 46 years and her daughter survive her, as does her twin brother, Edward Carpenter of New York City, and an older sister, Anne Polder of Bradenton, Fla. A younger brother, Robert Carpenter, died her before. 

To show their gratitude to the Kanas Center for Hospice Care, her family has asked for donations to be sent there care of East End Hospice. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Gail M. Murray, an award-winning breeder of Siamese cats, died of Alzheimer’s disease in Great Barrington, Mass., on Dec. 3. A longtime East Hampton homeowner, she was 88 and had been ill for several years. 

Born on Feb. 27, 1930, in New Rochelle, N.Y., to the former Helen Dodge and Hamilton McInnes, she attended the St. Agnes School in Albany and Edgewood Park College. 

She and Donald F. Murray were married in 1952. The couple lived in Brooklyn and had two daughters, Lynn and Diane. Diane died of cystic fibrosis at the age of 11. 

After moving to Ardsley, N.Y., in 1957, Ms. Murray designated a section of their house for breeding and raising the purebred cats. She was fond of the social aspect of her pastime, her family said, often traveling to compete on the cat-show circuit.

She later lived in Pound Ridge, N.Y., where she started a successful antiques and furniture-restoration business. 

She and her husband, who died in 1989, built a house on Marley Lane in East Hampton in the early 1960s. For 25 years, they celebrated the holidays, summer vacations, and a quiet escape during the off-season there.

In 1983, the couple purchased what was known as the Peanut Cottage in Great Barrington, a historical house that got its nickname from the shells that were used as insulation. They renovated the house and expanded the property, eventually living there in retirement.  

Known as a multitalented, creative person with a gregarious personality, Ms. Murray was a leading member of the Cat Fanciers Association. Her family said she also loved the outdoors, gardening, entertaining, and preparing gourmet meals. 

She is survived by her daughter Lynn Slonaker of Pawling, N.Y., her companion of 10 years, Thomas Ackerman of Great Barrington, and a granddaughter.

The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association, alz.org; the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, cff.org, or the Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship, endeavorth.org. Remembrances can be sent to Finnerty and Stevens Funeral Home at finnertyandstevens.com. 

Josephine Wilson Murphy, 92, died on Dec. 7 at her New York City home. Mrs. Murphy, who had been in declining health for several years, is survived by her children, Michelle Murphy Strada of Amagansett, Elliott Murphy of Paris, and Matthew Murphy of Wainscott. 

A memorial on the South Fork is being planned, with a date to be announced. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

A graveside service for Jehovina Kelsall will be held on Wednesday at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton. The time had not been determined as of yesterday, but can be learned by calling the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, which is handling arrangements. 

Mrs. Kelsall, who was known as Joh, died at home on Newtown Lane on Sunday. She was 81.

Visiting hours for Elizabeth Carroll, 82, of East Hampton, who died on Monday, will be held today from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church tomorrow at 9 a.m., with burial to follow at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery on Cedar Street. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Harvey J. Horowitz, a corporate lawyer and longtime resident of East Hampton, died at the New Jewish Home, a rehabilitation facility in New York City, on Dec. 22 of complications of lymphoma. He was 75 and had been ill for six months.

Mr. Horowitz and his wife, Eugenie Gavenchak, who is known as Genie, married in 1984. After years of visiting the South Fork, they bought their own house here in 1987. Mr. Horowitz became active at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, not only working out there but becoming its chairman. He was also a member and past president of the South Fork Country Club and an adviser to Share the Harvest Farm in East Hampton.

Harvey Joseph Horowitz was born in Brooklyn on Feb. 2, 1943, one of two sons of Ted Horowitz and the former Florence Goldschein. He grew up in Bayside, Queens, where the family moved soon after his birth. He graduated from Martin Van Buren High School there and went on to Queens College, the City University of New York, and New York University School of Law, where he earned his law degree.

He began working at the Manhattan firm of Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer while still in law school, eventually becoming a managing partner. Between 1996 and 1998 he was general counsel at a public apparel company in the city, after which he joined Mintz & Gold, a firm founded by two former Squadron firm colleagues. He remained of counsel to the firm until his death.

Mr. Horowitz represented many public and private companies and advised many not-for-profit arts organizations over the years. They included the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theater of Harlem, New York City Center, the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. He also served on the boards of several of these organizations.

Ms. Gavenchak said that when he was here he liked taking the family dog in the off-season for walks at the beach. He also played golf and did yoga and Pilates.

In addition to Ms. Gavenchak, Mr. Horowitz’s brother, Barry Horowitz of Delray Beach, Fla., survives, as do three children, Sara Horowitz and Amy Horowitz of New York City and Todd Horowitz of Saratoga, N.Y. His first grandchild, Goldie Horowitz, was born the day after Thanksgiving and he was able to use Facetime to meet her before he died.

The family held a funeral at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons on Friday, with Rabbi Josh Franklin and Cantor-Rabbi Debra Stein officiating. He was buried at Shaarey Pardes Accabonac Grove cemetery in Springs.

The family has suggested memorial donations to the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, 44 Woods Lane, East Hampton 11937, and the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, 2 Gingerbread Lane, East Hampton 11937.

James W. Lester, a lifelong bayman, fisherman, and Amagansett resident, died at home after a long illness on Dec.10 at the age of 77. He had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and prostate cancer, his partner for 35 years, Sandra Vorpahl, said.

“Jimmy had fishing in his blood,” Ms. Vorphal said. He was the grandson of Capt. Bill Lester, who had a haul-seining crew, and the son of William T. Lester, a bayman, and the former Sarah Thomason. 

Over the years, Mr. Lester went scalloping, lobstering, conching, trap fishing, and fishing on draggers out of Montauk. During winters in the 1960s and ’70s, he also fished for yellowtail flounder with Norman Edwards on the Robert E out of Promised Land, but trap fishing was what he liked best.

“It was like going to an aquarium every time you lifted,” said Ms. Vorphal, who fished with him for 24 years. He had been among the commercial fishermen here who brought in striped bass from the ocean.

“We hung on as long as we could until the Department of En­viron­mental Conservation made so many restrictions that we couldn’t make a living. The loss of the bass fishery was devastating. We were only allowed a certain number of fish every year,” Ms. Vorpahl said.

Mr. Lester sold the traps and his boat, the Tern, in 2007 and returned to raking for clams in Napeague Harbor, Northwest Harbor, and around Barcelona until he could no longer work.

He was born on May 5, 1941, at Southampton Hospital. He went to the Amagansett School and East Hampton High School, and then went bull-raking for clams. He also worked for a time at the Maidstone Club, Lester Motors in East Hampton, and Magrett Auto Body in Wainscott, but the water beckoned him.

  “Jimmy was not college educated, but he was one of the smartest people I ever knew,” Ms. Vorphal said, adding that he had great common sense.

“He fixed everything on the Tern, made his own nets and traps and fixed any breakdowns at the house. When he got his iPad he went on YouTube and started making things for his children, grandchildren, great-grandson, relatives, and neighbors,” she said. He built a wooden frame of a boat and decorated it with Christmas lights, which became a favorite for anyone that drove by his Montauk Highway house. 

He is survived by a son, William J. Lester of Westhampton Beach, and Ms. Vorphal’s children, William Vorphal and Mary Vorphal of Amagansett, whom he considered family. A son, Wayne Vorphal, died in 2013. Three grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive, as do two brothers, Larry Lester of Rutherfordton, N.C., and Jack Lester of Amagansett, and two nieces and a nephew. He had first married Kathryn Doering of St. Louis, in 1962. She died in 1981.

A memorial service will be held in the spring. His ashes will be dispersed in Napeague and Northwest Harbors when they are returned by Stony Brook University’s Department of Anatomical Sciences. 

His family suggested memorial contributions to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978, or the Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University Hospital, Health Sciences Tower, Level 8, Room 040, Stony Brook 11794-8081. Any checks should be made payable to the Stony Brook Foundation.

“Jimmy always said that he didn’t need any drugs. He just had to be on the water to watch sunrise and nature. He just loved being a bayman, and was proud of it,” Ms. Vorphal said.

Clarke Whitehead, a public school teacher in New York City who spent summers in Sag Harbor, died of heart failure at his home in Brooklyn on Dec. 8. He was 48, and had been ill for two years. 

Mr. Whitehead, who was also known to friends as Cole, was born on Sept. 11, 1970, in New York City to the former Mary Ann Woody and Arch Whitehead. He attended the Fleming School in Manhattan and graduated from the Fieldston School in the Bronx before earning a bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University. He received a master’s degree in education from the City University of New York, after which he began a 16-year teaching career at P.S. 94 in Brooklyn. 

During his college years, Mr. Whitehead was often in Sag Harbor, where he had many relatives and friends and held jobs at a landscaping company and a taxi service. He also worked part time at King Kullen in Bridgehampton, the old A&P supermarket in East Hampton, and delivering The New York Times to homes and businesses. Later, during summer vacations, he worked and developed a love of cooking at the former Barefoot Contessa gourmet food shop and at Nick and Toni’s restaurant, both in East  Hampton. 

An enthusiastic traveler, Mr. Whitehead often spent time in South America to study and improve his Spanish language skills. 

He is survived by his mother, Mary Ann Whitehead of Sag Harbor, a brother, Colson Whitehead of New York City, and by two sisters, Ann Moore of Mamaroneck and Lynn Whitehead of Sag Harbor, as well as by two aunts, four nephews, a niece, and two cousins. His father died before him.

The Rev. Lloyd Perrell conducted a funeral service on Dec. 15 at the Woody Home for Services in Orange, N.J.