Obituaries

Heidi Ann Kulp, known as a “neighborhood mother” in East Hampton, died on Dec. 5. She had been in failing health for the past few years and living in East Patchogue.

Richard Bender, an architect and professor of architecture and engineering who lived part time in Amagansett from 1961 to 1990, died on Oct. 8 of metastatic cancer at home in Oakland, Calif. He was 92.

Edward Kenneth Simons, who was known as Kenny, died of complications of Parkinson’s disease on Nov. 20 in Naples, Fla. Formerly of Springs, he was 80 and had been diagnosed two years ago.

Elizabeth Fasolino, 61, The Star’s arts editor for nearly two years, died of a heart attack on Nov. 5 in Gulfport, Fla., eight months after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma, for which she was being treated. 

Janet Marian Van Sickle, who had lifelong passions for the seashore and horticulture, died at home in Montauk on Nov. 8. She was 86.

Jim Arceri of Amagansett died of heart failure in the care of East End Hospice in Quiogue on Nov. 19. He was 60.

Marijane Meaker, the author of more than 60 books and the founder of the Ashawagh Hall Writers Workshop, died of cardiopulmonary arrest at home on Deep Six Drive in Springs on Nov. 21. She was 95.

Mitchell Rosenthal, who lived in East Hampton and Manhattan, died of complications of pneumonia on Nov. 14 at Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan. An influential psychiatrist in the field of addiction treatment, he was 87.     

Janet Van Sickle, 86, died at home in Montauk on Nov. 8. A celebration of her life will be planned next year.

Joseph Dragotta, a star of the East Hampton High School football team who went on to be a California golf pro, died at home in Pleasanton in that state on Nov. 16. He was 63.

Norma Mae Edwards, a 10th-generation member of the Edwards family in Springs, died at home on Nov. 21. She was 98.

Elizabeth Fasolino, a writer and former arts editor at The East Hampton Star, died on Nov. 5 in Gulfport, Fla. She was 61 and had been receiving treatment for a glioblastoma, diagnosed in March.