Obituaries

Paid Notice: For more than 50 years, Sandra Buhai Barz’s beach house in the dunes of Amagansett was the center of her family’s life, a place where four generations came together summer after summer. Sandra died peacefully of natural causes on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at her apartment in New York City. She was 96

Larry Wagner, a fixture behind the bar at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, died on Nov. 2 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care. He was 71. 

Sheppard Clark Webb of East Setauket, a cardiothoracic surgeon who grew up in East Hampton Village, died on Oct. 29 in Stony Brook. He was 68. A service will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home here on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. 

Paid Notice: Gordon Alan Carberry, 91, died at home in Oriental, N.C. on October 11, 2026, with Marilyn, his wife of 64 years, by his side. 

Jacqueline Amos Hendy, a social worker and professional dancer, died on Sept. 13 in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. She was 104 and had long split her time between Manhattan and Azurest in Sag Harbor.

Kevin Lee Becker of Montauk died on Oct. 5 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. He was 38 and his death was unexpected, his family said.

Wayne Loris, who served both in the East Hampton Town Police Department and the United States Navy, died at home on Marley Lane in East Hampton on Sept. 21. He was 74.

Kay Delaney Bring, who had a career in advertising sales and served on the board of Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater, died of cancer on June 3 in Sarasota, Fla. Formerly of East Hampton, she was 87.

Anthony S. Minardi, for three decades a science teacher at East Hampton High School, died on Friday at N.Y.U. Langone Hospital in Patchogue. He was 89.

Walter Halucha of Montauk, a former advertising professional and designer, died on Oct. 4 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. He was 83 and had been in poor health for the past year.

Bernice Bennett, an 11th-generation Miller and a former vice president in charge of purchasing at Sag Harbor Industries, died at home in Springs on Sept. 6. She was 91. 

Visiting hours for Walter Halucha of Montauk will be held on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk.

Margaret Kerr Richenburg, an artist known for her intricate brickwork installations, died on Sept. 24 in Dover, N.H., at the age of 93.

Paid Notice: Madeleine Penelope Potter (known by loved ones as Manon) was born in New York City on March 17, 1950, and died on August 24, 2026, at her home in Chiang Rai, Thailand, where she lived with her daughter, Caty, son-in-law, Niko, and grandchildren, Annie, Mataeyo, and Momo.

Eugene E. Prohaske of Montauk, who had co-owned an engraving company in New York, died on Sept. 4 in Greenlawn at the age of 93.

Funeral services for Ralph Mayer of Montauk, who died on Sept. 25 at the age of 88, will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Oct. 3 from 3 to 6 p.m.

George Norman Tuthill, a Montauk native who began a career in the emerging field of computer technology in his early 20s and would go on to work for I.B.M. and Motorola, died on Aug. 22 in Jupiter, Fla. He was 88.

Kimberly Ann Elizabeth Kiely-Bouker, a schoolteacher formerly of East Hampton, died of cancer on Sept. 14 in Maryville, Tenn. She was 50.

Robert Conte, an estate keeper, landscaper, Montauker, and surfer, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Sept. 20. He was 76.

Camille Tassa, who lived in Amagansett from 1977 to 2019, died on Sunday in Suwanee, Ga. She was 87. A funeral Mass will be said on Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

Caroline Suzanne Dickerson, a lifelong resident of East Hampton Town who had a career in banking, died on Sept. 11 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 69.

A wake for Robert Conte of Montauk will be held on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A brief service will follow at 4.

Sheila June Prado, a lifelong Montauk resident, died at home there on Sept. 16. She was 74.

Abdul Hakim (Kim) Lys, who opened Fleur de Lys Fashions in East Hampton in the 1970s and went on to build or remodel numerous houses here, died at home in Springs on Sept. 10. He was 89.

Paid Notice: Lynne McVeigh, 85, a 50-year resident of Springs, a cherished and beloved friend, sister, artist, and educator, died unexpectedly on Sept. 2.

Paid Notice: Madeleine (Manon) Penelope Potter died peacefully on Aug. 24 at home in Chiang Rai, Thailand, where she lived with her daughter, Caty, and family.

Judith Hershcopf Banki, a writer and lecturer whose early research helped pave the way for landmark changes in Catholic-Jewish relations, died at home in Greenwich Village on Aug. 17. She was 98 and had a house in Amagansett.

Phillip D. Merritt of Amagansett, a carpenter, photographer, and musician who worked for East Hampton Town for the last 10 years, died on Aug. 31. He was 60. 

Paid Notice: It is with incredibly heavy hearts that we share the passing of Amy Eileen (Babcock) Sullivan, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. Amy passed away peacefully on July 21, 2026, at the age of 69.

A celebration of the life of Henry Lester, formerly of Springs, will be held on Sept. 20 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett.