Reynold Ruffins, an acclaimed illustrator and artist, died at home in Sag Harbor on July 11. He was 90.

Redjeb Jordania, a boatbuilder, author, college professor, teacher, trained musician, arranger, and composer who played the piano for ballet companies in Paris during the Roaring Twenties, and a longtime resident of Springs, died last Thursday at his home there, surrounded by family. He was 99 and had been ailing for only a short time.