Obituaries

Leo L. Snyder, a carpenter and 35-year employee of the East Hampton Village Department of Public Works, died at home in East Hampton on April 9 at the age of 78.

Nelda Elvira Brickner, who with her husband owned and operated the 1770 House in East Hampton Village from 1968 to 1975, died in hospice care on April 1 in East Northport. She was 98.

Ralph Scott Barter of East Hampton, a member of the village’s Department of Emergency Medical Service for 15 years, died of lung cancer on April 4. A graveside service will be held on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery on Cedar Street. 

A Mass will be said in honor of Edward F. McGuire Jr., a native of East Hampton who was known as Frank, on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. A celebration of his life will follow at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett at 1 p.m.

Paul Francis Keber of East Hampton and White Plains, a marketing and sales executive at WCBS Newsradio in Manhattan for many years, died at home in White Plains on Feb. 21.

Paid Notice: Captain Paul George Forsberg, 86, of Montauk, New York, and Tarpon Springs, Florida, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 20, 2026, in Tarpon Springs, surrounded by family. A titan of the American fishing industry, a relentless advocate for fishermen’s rights, and a pillar of the Montauk community for more than seven decades, Captain Forsberg leaves behind a legacy as vast and enduring as the waters he spent his life navigating.

A funeral for Regina R. Foley of Montauk will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church.

Ian Adam Nathanson, a writer and producer of video games, died of a heart attack on March 10 while working on his property in Springs. He was 45.

Robin Kaplan, a bookseller, writer, and successful real estate broker formerly of East Hampton, died of pneumonia in Oakland Park, Fla., on Feb. 9. She was 74.

Carmine DiSunno, the patriarch of the DiSunno family of Amagansett and the “son” of the Mike DiSunno and Son excavating company, died on Sunday of complications of kidney failure. He was 85.

Georgette Sloane of Georgette’s restaurant, which opened in the 1970s overlooking Three Mile Harbor, died in New York City on Jan. 25. She was 99.

Patricia Louise Scofield Burnett, who was involved in starting the Springs Food Pantry, died at home in Springs on Feb. 24 at the age of 98.

Patricia S. Burnett of East Hampton died on Feb. 24 at the age of 98. The Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton is handling arrangements.

Paid Notice: Kevin Graham, fondly known as “Unk” or “Bapa” by his granddaughter and “Doc” by his friends and colleagues, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and school psychologist, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2026, surrounded by family. He was 79.

Paid Notice: It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Leonard W. Cohen, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey. Leonard passed away on February 21, 2026. Throughout his 89 years, he touched many lives with his wisdom and kindness.

Paid Notice: James E. Clark, a lifelong resident of East Hampton, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 19th, with his two daughters, Tracy Clark-Cherry and Marilyn Clark, at his side.

Paid Notice: Rochelle M. Rosenberg was “one of a kind,” a true pathfinder in the world of advertising in New York City during the heyday of Madison Avenue. There she met her husband, Arnold, a commercial photographer and apprentice of Irving Penn.

Larry Keller, a native of Montauk who still holds an East Hampton High School record in discus, died of a heart attack on Feb. 1 in New Hampshire. He was 49.

Stuart Juckett, who had a long career with IBM, died in Sarasota, Fla., on Jan. 29. He had roots in East Hampton Village and had lived in Amagansett more recently. He was 79.

Alexander Michael DiJulio, an artist, gallerist, and food entrepreneur, died of cancer at home in Springs on Feb. 4 at the age of 36.

Diane Rosemary Lewis of Round Pond Lane in Sag Harbor, a teacher who spent more than 20 years in the Plainedge public school system in Nassau County, died in Sag Harbor on Feb. 3. She was 94.

James F. Darrell, a Cub Scout master, trustee of the East Hampton Methodist Church, and food delivery driver for Meals on Wheels, died on Jan. 9 at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 80.

Marie D. Whalen, a grade school teacher for many years at P.S. 90 in the South Bronx, died at her son’s house in Montauk on Feb. 3. She was 100.

Paid Notice: Mary Elizabeth Tomlinson Hickey died on December 10, 2026, in the Wilson Health Care Center of Asbury Methodist Village, Gaithersburg, Md.

From the late 1980s until the early 2000s, it would not have been unusual to see Sigrid Owen near Fort Pond or Hook Pond — large net or perhaps a bag of cracked corn in hand — on a mission. Ms. Owen, who would have been 98 on Feb. 7, died on May 23 of last year.

Born and raised in Amagansett, Deltra Rae Smith Schellinger, who taught first grade and kindergarten in Westhampton Beach for 34 years, died on Jan. 22. She was 86.

Paid Notice: Tony Lupo passed away peacefully on New Year’s Day surrounded by his family after complications from cardiac surgery. 

Harry Lester Sr. of Cross Highway in Amagansett, an eighth-generation commercial fisherman, died in his sleep at home on Jan. 17. He was 95.

Charles H. Deering of Springs, an Army veteran and member of East Hampton American Legion Post 419 whose pastimes included cooking, hunting, fishing, and photography, died on Dec. 22 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. He was 98.

Michael Kinney, who was drawn to Montauk in the late 1960s for work and surfing, and later ran the industrial arts program at the Montauk School, died of cancer on Dec. 10. He was 73.