Robert John Buckley
Robert John Buckley of East Hampton, a former Chicago police officer, died of cardiopulmonary arrest on June 25 at the Westhampton Care Center. He was 86.
Robert Miller, 90
Robert Miller, a lifelong Springs resident, died at home on Neck Path on June 30. He was 90 and had been ill for six months. Mr. Miller maintained landscapes for Montauk Point State Park and at the estate of Dennistoun M. Bell overlooking Gardiner's Bay. He also cleaned and did maintenance work for the Springs Presbyterian Church, where he was a deacon elder and member of the choir.
The Maidstone That Remains
Thomas Osborne (1594-1677) acquired the property from Robert Bond sometime shortly after he arrived in East Hampton from New Haven, Conn., between 1650 and 1660. Here he ran a tannery business, which passed down through six generations of Osborne tanners.
Merrall Topping Hildreth
Merrall Topping Hildreth, a descendant of a Hildreth who settled on Long Island in the 17th century, died gently at home in Sagaponack on July 5, his daughter, Deborah Hildreth Phelps of Columbia County, N.Y., said. He was 96 and had been in the care of East End Hospice for less than two weeks.