Obituaries

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.

Paid Notice: Alice Ann Clifton, 94, passed away on January 13 in her home in Water Mill, surrounded by her loving family.  

Barbara Burnside of Springs, a garden volunteer with ChangeHampton who late in life became politically active here, died of cancer on Jan. 6. She was 79.

A funeral Mass for Charles H. Deering of East Hampton, who died on Dec. 22 at age 98, is to be celebrated on Jan. 24 at 9:45 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Smithtown.

Gordon M. Grant, a lifelong resident of Springs who began contributing photographs to local newspapers while he was still in high school, died of colon cancer on Jan. 9. He was 53.

Mary Bennett Petersen, who grew up between New York City and her grandparents’ house in East Hampton, died on Dec. 31 after a long illness. She was 88.

Patricia M. Ryan, an E.M.T. and driver for the East Hampton Ambulance Association for 34 years, died at home here on Jan. 7. She was 90.

Robert Young Jr., who was 35 and lived in East Hampton, died on Jan. 6 following cardiac arrest. A wake will be held on Friday evening at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home here, with a funeral at Most Holy Trinity on Saturday.

Paid Notice: New York Times best selling author and long-time Amagansett resident, Vincent Lardo, passed away on December 24th, after a long illness.

The family of Gordon M. Grant will receive visitors on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeal Home in East Hampton. A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in East Hampton. 

A wake for Patricia M. Ryan of East Hampton will be held on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. Mrs. Ryan, who was 90, died on Jan. 7. A funeral Mass will be said on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

Paid Notice: Patricia Matos of East Hampton, NY, passed away on December 15th — three days short of her 66th birthday, at her home in Whalebone Woods.

Paid Notice: Patrick A. Gerschel, a distinguished financier, real estate executive, and cultural leader with deep ties to Lazard Frères and international institutions, died after a lifetime marked by professional achievement and public service.

Paid Notice: Pierre G. Henri Pasteur passed away peacefully on December 24, 2025, at his home in East Hampton, New York.