Obituaries

Marie Antoinette Zerilli, a talented seamstress who learned the craft from her father, developed a lifelong passion for textile design at an early age and parlayed that into a successful career at Leron Inc., a purveyor of handmade European custom linens. 

A memorial service for Beverly Schanzer, who died on Feb. 14, will be held on Friday, May 20, at noon at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

Dennis Patrick Longwell, a curator and author, died in his sleep at home in Sag Harbor on April 24. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.

Visiting hours for Jo-ann Valcich of Montauk will be held on Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Diane Antell, a former director and former board chairwoman of East Hampton Meals on Wheels, died at home last Thursday. The cause was respiratory failure.

Iris S. Osborn, who went from legal secretary to farmer’s wife, died in her sleep at home in Wainscott at the age of 87. The cause was cardiorespiratory failure; she had been in declining health for six months.

Dennis Patrick Longwell of Sag Harbor, a writer and curator, died at home on April 24 of complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

Theresa Frood, who lived in East Hampton from 1949 to 2000, died after a short illness on Easter Sunday in North Carolina.

A memorial service for Gregg J. Veltri of Montauk, who died on Feb. 27, will take place on May 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett.

Dwayne A. Denton, a decorated volunteer firefighter who served the Amagansett Fire Department for 33 years, died at home of cardiac arrest on April 8. He had been ill for about a month with lung cancer. He was 61.

A nurse and East Hampton resident for many years, Margaret Hannibal died on April 2 in Asheville, N.C., where she had lived near her sons for the past five years. She was 85 and had been in declining health.

Joan M. Eichhorn, a former East Hampton Town employee who was born on Atlantic Avenue in Amagansett, died on Nov. 27 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton, The Star has learned. The cause was Alzheimer’s disease. She was 87.