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Kathleen Ann Surrey

Wed, 04/08/2020 - 22:13

March 11, 1961-March 16, 2020

Kathleen Ann Surrey, a night manager at Montauk Manor for many years, died of liver failure on March 16 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She was 59 and had been ill for two months after having undergone successful breast cancer surgery. 

Immediately after graduating from Earl L. Vandermeulen High School in Port Jefferson she moved to Montauk to live with her grandmother. She worked at the former Ronnie’s Deli and was a bartender at Liars’ Saloon before spending 18 years on the 3 to 11 p.m. shift at Montauk Manor.

“She was like the mayor of Montauk; everyone loved her, especially her family at the Manor,” said her sister, Joan Ardolini of Yaphank. 

In 1983, she married Arthur Surrey, who survives her. 

Born on March 11, 1961, in Southampton to John J. Barry and the former Peggy Ann Tuthill, she grew up in Mount Sinai, where her father still lives.

In addition to her sister and father, a brother, Mike Barry of Red Creek, N.Y., and a niece also survive. Another brother, Brad Barry, died before her.

The family received visitors on March 20 at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A memorial Mass and a celebration of her life will be held at a date to be determined.

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