Obituaries

Cora Weiss of East Hampton and New York, an activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times, died of lymphoma in New York City on Dec. 8.

Mary Louise Crommett, who opened the independent Sears catalog store in East Hampton, died on Nov. 18 in Bakersfield, Calif.

Paid Notice: David W. McElroy, a beloved husband, brother, father, and friend, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2025, at the age of 85.

A funeral for Alexander Michael Colonna of East Hampton, who died on Dec. 17, will be held on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

Graveside services for Paul Henry Gazzola of East Hampton, who died on Monday, will be held on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in East Hampton. Mr. Gazzola was 73. 

Louis John Arceri, known as LJ, died at home on Bow Oarsman’s Road in East Hampton on Nov. 30. He was 69.

Roger G. Lang, an executive with Federated Department Stores since the 1960s, died on Nov. 28 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. An East Hampton resident since 1973, he was 83 years old.

The family of Phillip G. Mannino, who died on Saturday, will receive visitors on Thursday, Dec. 18, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Scott-Rothwell Funeral Home in Hampton Bays. A funeral Mass will be said on Friday at 11 a.m. at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Bridgehampton, with a reception to follow at the church. 

Paid Notice: Michael George Cooke, 80, a Montauk resident for almost fifty years, passed away peacefully on November 24th at Treasure Coast Hospice in Florida after a brief illness.

Edward F. McGuire Jr., an East Hampton native who worked for the Long Island Lighting Company for 32 years, died on Friday in Melbourne, Fla. He was 92.

A service for Michael Kinney of Montauk will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Nancy Edith Yudelson, a Flushing, Queens, native who spent much of each year in Montauk, died on Nov. 7 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 83.

Vincent P. Balcuns Jr. of Springs, who for more than 50 years owned Balcuns Service Center in Amagansett, died on Nov. 21. He was 75.

Paid Notice: Harold Luke Elsis, a resident of Montauk, died peacefully on Oct. 26, 2025, after a life of love, adventure, and achievement.

Dennis E. McGuire, a landscaper for Mike’s Landscaping in East Hampton and “a man with a gentle soul and a huge heart,” died on Nov. 14 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care. He was 58.

Ken Kalbacher, a surfer, sailor, kite-surfer, and contractor, died on Nov. 2 at the Southampton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing at the age of 66.

Paid Notice: Rescued by Eileen Roaman from a kill shelter as a puppy in New York City in 2011, Georgie proved to be an exceptional creature.

Bernice Marie Beckwith, a Round Swamp Lester who was born at home on the corner of Springy Banks and Three Mile Harbor Roads, died on Nov. 12. She was 97.

Jean P. Parmelee, a former flight attendant and nature lover, died under hospice care at home in Springs on Sept. 24. She was 98.

Jean Stewart Atha Coakley, a teacher and garden designer who was the first woman senior warden in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, died on Nov. 8. She was 96 and had lived in Springs.

Kathryn Karabelas of Montauk, a gourmet cook and gardener, died on Sept. 4 following a stroke. She was 87.

A farmer, firefighter, and “daredevil” who raced cars as a young man and rode motorcycles into his late 80s, Lawrance Leroy Osborn of Wainscott died at home on Nov. 13 at the age of 91.

Mary Dellapolla Curles, described as a “pillar of the Amagansett community,” died at home on Nov. 10 at the age of 101.

Heidi A. Johanson of East Hampton, a special education teacher in the Greenport School District who retired in 2014, died on Nov. 1 at the Acadia Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Riverhead. She was 66.

Nancy Pardue Scheerer, who grew up in East Hampton and summered on West End Road in the village from childhood until 2023, died on Oct. 31 in Duxbury, Mass. She was 96.

Ted Hartley — Navy pilot, actor, investment banker, writer, movie studio head, and, with his late wife, Dina Merrill, philanthropist — died on Oct. 10 in New York City. An oceanfront homeowner in East Hampton, he was 100.

Andrea Brown, owner of the Victoria’s Mother boutique in East Hampton and later Southampton, died on Sunday at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Westhampton Beach after a short illness. She was 86.

Bonnie Munshin, who for more than three decades presided over the front room of Nick and Toni’s restaurant in East Hampton, died of dementia-related causes on Oct. 30. She was 84.

Paid Notice: Oskar Pahwul, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and cherished member of the Sag Harbor
community, passed away peacefully, leaving behind a legacy of art, beauty, and joy that
continues to inspire all who knew him.

Alice Tillotson of Sagaponack, the owner and manager of Perennial Charm Nursery for many years, died on Oct. 23 in Westhampton Beach. She was 74.