Marjorie Elizabeth Gosman of Montauk died at home on Sept. 30. The cause has not been determined, though she had been ill for several months. Ms. Gosman was 75.
“My mom touched a lot of people,” said her son Bryan Gosman of Montauk. “She took people for who they were. She was open-minded. She loved Montauk and couldn’t picture living anywhere else.”
Ms. Gosman was born on May 20, 1946, in the Bronx to William P. Sullivan and the former Marjorie Lovejoy. She grew up in Maine and Montauk, and graduated from East Hampton High School. For a time, she worked as a dental assistant in New York City.
She met Richard Gosman in Montauk, and they were married in 1970.
Ms. Gosman was a lover of animals, and her family’s Hither Hills property was home to horses, dogs, and birds, Bryan Gosman remembered.
In addition to her son and her former husband, who lives in Vero Beach, Fla., Ms. Gosman is survived by another son, Richard Gosman of Los Angeles, and a grandson, also named Richard Gosman, who lives in Montauk. A sister, Patricia Birckhead of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and a brother, Bill Sullivan of St. John in the Virgin Islands, also survive.
Ms. Gosman was cremated. A service was held on Oct. 6 at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.
Her family has suggested memorial contributions to the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, P.O. Box 2616, East Hampton 11937, or arfhamptons.org.
