Family was the most important thing to Lorraine R. Krimsky, who had been a junior high school math teacher in the New York City school system for 25 years. A summer resident of Hedges Banks Drive in East Hampton, Mrs. Krimksy died at home in Weston, Mass., on March 10. She was 93 and had been in declining health.
Elaine Kirshenbaum, who retired from a long health-care career in 1982 as director of nursing of the Psychiatric Department of Coney Island Hospital and later owned Elaine’s Room Antiques on Pantigo Road in East Hampton, died in hospice care on May 6 in Delray Beach, Fla., of causes related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ms. Kirshenbaum, who lived in Amagansett and Lake Worth, Fla., had been ill for six months. She was 92.
Carolyn Parker, formerly of Bridgehampton and Wainscott, died at home on Tuesday in Massachusetts. She was 92. Visiting hours will be held on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A graveside service will follow at 1:30 at Edgewood Cemetery in Bridgehampton. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
“It’s tough,” John Grisch, who coached the East Hampton Little League’s 11-and-12-year-old entry in the District 36 tournament, said following Saturday’s 11-10 loss to Riverhead in the title game played at Riverhead’s Stotzky Park.
