David Allyn Webb, a general contractor who worked on projects ranging from Norman Jaffe’s Gates of the Grove to the Ross School, died on Feb. 6 at Peconic Landing. He was 87.
David Allyn Webb, a general contractor who worked on projects ranging from Norman Jaffe’s Gates of the Grove to the Ross School, died on Feb. 6 at Peconic Landing. He was 87.
Audrey Raebeck, an educator with a specialty in early childhood reading and a founder of the Group the East End, died on Jan. 31. She was 93.
Jessica Fitzpatrick, an educational consultant who focused on family literacy, died at home in Calverton on Feb. 6. Formerly of East Hampton, she was 77.
Ray Hartjen, the driving force behind the creation of the Hartjen-Richardson Community Boat Shop in Amagansett, died at home in Springs on Jan. 31. He was 93.
Vernice Mae Fordham North of Noyac, whose family goes back 11 generations on the South Fork, died on Feb. 5 at the age of 98.
Carolyn Celeste Cerchiai “devoted her life to her family,” they wrote. “Carolyn’s warmth touched everyone who knew her.” Mrs. Cerchiai died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Jan. 22. She was 80 and had a respiratory illness.
Paid Notice: Howard E. Faulkner of Riverhead, NY, formerly of Northport, and East Hampton, peacefully passed away on February 1, 2025. He leaves behind a legacy of faith, love and dedication which touched many people throughout his remarkable life.
Eleanor Osborne Ratsep, the president of the East Hampton Library Board in the 1990s, died on Jan. 17 at the age of 93. A funeral service will be held at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church on Friday at 11 a.m.
Visiting hours for Carolyn Cerchiai of East Hampton will be held Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. Ms. Cerchiai, who was 80, died on Jan. 22.
Visiting hours for James Emmett Mabry of East Hampton will take place on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton, with a “home-going” service to follow at 1. Mr. Mabry died on Jan. 22 at the age of 75.
Harry E. Heller of Springs, who had careers in aviation engineering, advertising, and public opinion research, died on Dec. 29 in Philadelphia. He was 90.
Leroy Kayser of East Hampton, a former systems analyst for Federated Department Stores, died on Jan. 19 at the age of 99.
Patricia Smith, a speech pathologist and chairwoman of the committee on special education at the Bridgehampton School, died on Sunday at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 74.
Peter L. Rothholz, the founder of Peter Rothholz Associates, a public relations agency, died on Dec. 20. A former summertime resident of Springs, he was 95.
Ricky Schellinger, a maintenance man at the East Hampton mobile home park on Oakview Highway for two decades, died of cancer on Sunday. He was 70.
Paid Notice: Winifred Rosen, beloved children’s author and artist, passed away on December 5, 2024, at the age of 81. Raised and educated in New York City, Winnie graduated with honors from NYU. She taught high school English and Literature for several years before discovering her true calling as a writer of children’s and young adult books.
Norman Abell of Amagansett, a former senior partner at Huber, Lawrence & Abell, a New York City law firm, died of thyroid cancer on Sunday. He was 95.
Stephen Grossman, a lawyer whose firm had an office in Sag Harbor for decades, died on Jan. 14 at NYU Langone hospital in Manhattan of complications of lung cancer. He was 83.
Paid Notice: Joe, who recently moved to Tampa, Florida, passed away at a hospice facility in Palm Harbor on January 6. Joe was 74 years old. Joe, who was known to his family and friends as Bubba, grew up in Brentwood, Long Island before moving to Amagansett around 1970, following a number of friends who were into the surfing culture at the time.
Evelyn Irene Hansen, who worked as a bookkeeper here for many years, died at home in Springs on Jan. 6. She was 77.
Louise Demmers Carlson, who moved to East Hampton in 1958, died on Oct. 17 in Eugene, Ore. She was 98.
Rafael Rojas, a native of Colombia who worked at an estate off Route 114 in East Hampton for over 30 years, died at the age of 90 on Jan. 10 in Winchester, Mass.
Alfred E. Devendorf, an attorney known for his strong commitment to charitable causes, died at home in East Hampton on Dec. 29. He was 89.
Len Rodriguez of Sag Harbor, a skilled carpenter who started his own construction company, died on Dec. 27 after a long illness. He was 87.
Paul Giardina of East Hampton, a nuclear engineer who had a long career with the Environmental Protection Agency, died on Dec. 21 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. He was 75.
Rosemary Reynolds Nichols, a dean of performing arts at the Ross School in East Hampton in the late 1990s and early 2000s, died on Dec. 21 in Austin, Tex. The cause was ovarian cancer.
A requiem Mass for John Conner, a champion international and national age-group runner who built affordable houses here that enabled many to remain in their hometown, is to be recited at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton at noon on Saturday, with burial to follow in the church’s cemetery on Cedar Street.
Visiting hours for Meghan Payne, a Springs School teacher who died last Thursday, will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Tuesday, Jan. 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. Her funeral will be on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 11 a.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton.
David Stiles of East Hampton and New York City, a prolific builder of treehouses and garden structures as well as a contributor of cartoons and letters to The Star, died in New York on Saturday evening. He was 91.
Larry Penny, former director of East Hampton Town’s Natural Resources Department and a nature writer for this newspaper for about 40 years, died on Dec. 15 in California. He was 89.
Copyright © 1996-2024 The East Hampton Star. All rights reserved.