The Way It Was for January 15, 2026
In 1901, Osborne’s white horses escaped down Main Street. In 2001, a goodbye to the Abstract Expressionist painter Esteban Vicente.
For Charles Deering
A funeral Mass for Charles H. Deering of East Hampton, who died on Dec. 22 at age 98, is to be celebrated on Jan. 24 at 9:45 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Smithtown.
Barbara Burnside
Barbara Burnside of Springs, a garden volunteer with ChangeHampton who late in life became politically active here, died of cancer on Jan. 6. She was 79.
Mary Bennett Petersen
Mary Bennett Petersen, who grew up between New York City and her grandparents’ house in East Hampton, died on Dec. 31 after a long illness. She was 88.