Renee Genevieve Alversa, 61, a longtime Montauk resident who worked in hotel management there for many years, died at home in Calverton on Nov. 1. Her family did not yet know the cause of death.
Ms. Alversa moved to Montauk in the early 1980s and began working for Gurney’s Inn. In subsequent years, she went on to manage several other properties, including the Born Free Motel, the Soundview, Windward Shores, and the Wavecrest. She retired in 2016.
Her “greatest loves and accomplishments were her sons,” Kenneth and Donald, her family wrote. She raised them in Montauk, where “you could always count on her holiday decorations every year to light your way down Flamingo Avenue,” her family said.
Ms. Alversa’s “fun spirit, sense of humor, and heart were unmatched,” they said.
She was born in Huntington on May 3, 1958, to Donald Vincent Alversa and the former Francine Platon. She grew up in Huntington and graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 1976.
She lived in Montauk until last year.
Ms. Alversa is survived by her son Kenneth Alversa of East Hampton, her sisters, Michelle Alversa of Riverhead and Corinne Alversa of East Hampton, and by six nephews, a niece, and many grandnieces and grandnephews. Her son Donald Alversa died before her, as did her parents.
A wake was held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Nov. 6, and a funeral was held last Thursday at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. Her family has suggested memorial donations to the Toys for Tots program.
