Harold McErlean, a Sag Harbor native and an ace mechanic, died last Thursday at a hospital in Florida after experiencing complications of pulmonary fibrosis.

Hendrik J. Kranenburg, a leader in the globalization of financial markets, died of a heart attack on Jan. 17 while hiking in Grenada. Mr. Kranenburg, who lived in Bridgehampton and New York City, was 64. 

Claudine Helene Michel of East Hampton was a talented sketch artist who would often draw portraits for friends and family “or render beautiful East End landscapes as a hobby."

Janet Katherine Windsor Hand, an artist, died of breast cancer on Friday at home in Wainscott. She was 74 and had been ill for eight months.