Obituaries

Paid Notice: A wake for Monsignor Robert Joseph Ecker, who died on June 3, will be held at the Yardley and Pino in East Hampton on June 23 from 4 to 8 p.m. A funeral Mass follows on June 24 at 11 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Church in Montauk, burial to follow at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in East Hampton.

Barbara Ann Schellinger, a former resident and manager of the East Hampton Village mobile home park on Oakview Highway, died at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue on April 9. She was 77.

Jean Lindgren of Sagaponack, horse show executive and former carpenter and caterer, died on May 27 at Peconic Bay Medical Center. She was 85.

Arnold Leo, who spent the last 50 years of his life as a defender of both the East Hampton baymen community and the environment of the South Fork, died on April 30. He was 90.

Celeste Whalen Steil, who lived in Key West and Montauk, where she once ran the Grandview Manor and the Montauk Bake Shoppe, died on May 27. She was 74.

Eileen Wells Tublin of Springs and Brooklyn, a former trial lawyer and committee chairwoman for the L.V.I.S. for many years, died on May 28 at the age of 96.

Jean Lindgren of Sagaponack, a former co-director of the Hampton Classic Horse Show, died on May 27. She was 85. A celebration of her life will be held on Aug. 6 at Long Beach.

Alison Seiffer of Springs, an illustrator whose worked appeared The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and who designed posters for the Rell Sunn surf contest in Montauk, died on May 17 of complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 64.

Lynn V. Marrapodi, a fashion professional turned artist, died on May 3 of complications following open heart surgery at N.Y.U. Langone Hospital in Manhattan. A former resident of East Hampton and Amagansett, she was 79.

A memorial for Alison Seiffer Spacek will be held on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs, weather permitting. In case of rain, new details will be posted on her Instagram page, @mtkposter. 

Keith Kevan, a concert, special event, theater, and television producer who made Amagansett his home for the last decade-plus of his life, died on April 12 at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 77.

Kenneth R. Dodge, who in 1973 became one of the first physician assistants in New York State, died on April 15 at Stony Brook University Hospital after a fall. He was 81. 

Lynn V. Marrapodi, 79, of East Hampton and Manhattan, died of complications from open heart surgery on Sunday at N.Y.U. Langone Hospital in the city.

Paid Notice: Jeffrey Raymond Hunter was a longtime resident of Sag Harbor and Sagaponack.

Kerry S. Baker, an office manager and Girl Scout and 4-H leader who settled in Springs in 1986, died in hospice care on April 22. She was 71.

A funeral for Nick Epstein of East Hampton will be held on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons. Burial will follow at Shaarey Pardes Accabonac Grove Cemetery on Old Stone Highway in Springs.

Effie Jane DeCristofaro, who worked at the East Hampton Laundry on Race Lane and later did domestic work for many families here, died at home in Springs on April 17. She was 92.

Herbert Stanford Podell, a founding partner at New York State’s largest tax certiorari practice, died at home in Palm Beach, Fla., on April 9. A part-time East Hampton resident, he was 94.

A wake for Ken Dodge will be held on Tuesday, April 21, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral will be held on Wednesday, April 22, at 11 a.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton, with a reception to follow at the American Legion in Amagansett. 

Paid Notice: Faith Edwards Cofer, 99, of Amagansett entered into eternal rest in Mount Pleasant, SC on Thursday, April 9, 2026.

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.