Obituaries

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. 

Barrett Franklin Kalb, a pilot, lawyer, and entrepreneur formerly of Amagansett, died on Dec. 11 in North Carolina. He was 94.

Robert A.M. Stern, a leading American architect whose forceful advocacy of Classicism and function defined his projects in East Hampton and around the world, died on Nov. 27 at 86.

Robert Weisberg, who was instrumental in building the original cable television system in East Hampton, died on Dec. 1 in Manhattan. He was 98.

Paid Notice: Alexander Michael Colonna, who passed away on Dec. 17, lived in many different places, moving from New York City to New Jersey in his youth, spending several years in Colorado, and eventually settling on the East End of Long Island, a place he had come to know as a child thanks to his great-grandfather.

Cora Weiss of East Hampton and New York, an activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times, died of lymphoma in New York City on Dec. 8.

Mary Louise Crommett, who opened the independent Sears catalog store in East Hampton, died on Nov. 18 in Bakersfield, Calif.

Paid Notice: David W. McElroy, a beloved husband, brother, father, and friend, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2025, at the age of 85.

A funeral for Alexander Michael Colonna of East Hampton, who died on Dec. 17, will be held on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

Graveside services for Paul Henry Gazzola of East Hampton, who died on Monday, will be held on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in East Hampton. Mr. Gazzola was 73. 

Louis John Arceri, known as LJ, died at home on Bow Oarsman’s Road in East Hampton on Nov. 30. He was 69.

Roger G. Lang, an executive with Federated Department Stores since the 1960s, died on Nov. 28 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. An East Hampton resident since 1973, he was 83 years old.

The family of Phillip G. Mannino, who died on Saturday, will receive visitors on Thursday, Dec. 18, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Scott-Rothwell Funeral Home in Hampton Bays. A funeral Mass will be said on Friday at 11 a.m. at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Bridgehampton, with a reception to follow at the church. 

Paid Notice: Michael George Cooke, 80, a Montauk resident for almost fifty years, passed away peacefully on November 24th at Treasure Coast Hospice in Florida after a brief illness.

Edward F. McGuire Jr., an East Hampton native who worked for the Long Island Lighting Company for 32 years, died on Friday in Melbourne, Fla. He was 92.

A service for Michael Kinney of Montauk will be held at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Nancy Edith Yudelson, a Flushing, Queens, native who spent much of each year in Montauk, died on Nov. 7 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 83.

Vincent P. Balcuns Jr. of Springs, who for more than 50 years owned Balcuns Service Center in Amagansett, died on Nov. 21. He was 75.

Paid Notice: Harold Luke Elsis, a resident of Montauk, died peacefully on Oct. 26, 2025, after a life of love, adventure, and achievement.

Dennis E. McGuire, a landscaper for Mike’s Landscaping in East Hampton and “a man with a gentle soul and a huge heart,” died on Nov. 14 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care. He was 58.

Ken Kalbacher, a surfer, sailor, kite-surfer, and contractor, died on Nov. 2 at the Southampton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing at the age of 66.

Paid Notice: Rescued by Eileen Roaman from a kill shelter as a puppy in New York City in 2011, Georgie proved to be an exceptional creature.

Bernice Marie Beckwith, a Round Swamp Lester who was born at home on the corner of Springy Banks and Three Mile Harbor Roads, died on Nov. 12. She was 97.

Jean P. Parmelee, a former flight attendant and nature lover, died under hospice care at home in Springs on Sept. 24. She was 98.

Jean Stewart Atha Coakley, a teacher and garden designer who was the first woman senior warden in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, died on Nov. 8. She was 96 and had lived in Springs.