Obituaries

Wendy Elizabeth Flanagan “could often be heard saying, ‘I love my life!’ ” A Montauk prekindergarten teacher, mother, and wife, and more recently a Pierson High School volleyball coach, she brought “boundless love and energy” to everything she did, her husband wrote.

William Cuthbert, who died on May 11 of metastatic bladder cancer, was a sensitive, caring man of high principles, his partner of 21 years said.

A retired East Hampton Village police officer who spent 20 years on the force, William George Anderson was also an active member of the East Hampton Fire Department. He died on May 6 at Stony Brook University Hospital of an undetermined infection.

Marie Antoinette Zerilli, a talented seamstress who learned the craft from her father, developed a lifelong passion for textile design at an early age and parlayed that into a successful career at Leron Inc., a purveyor of handmade European custom linens. 

Dennis Patrick Longwell, a curator and author, died in his sleep at home in Sag Harbor on April 24. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.

A memorial service for Beverly Schanzer, who died on Feb. 14, will be held on Friday, May 20, at noon at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

A memorial service for Gregg J. Veltri of Montauk, who died on Feb. 27, will take place on May 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett.

Dwayne A. Denton, a decorated volunteer firefighter who served the Amagansett Fire Department for 33 years, died at home of cardiac arrest on April 8. He had been ill for about a month with lung cancer. He was 61.

Visiting hours for Jo-ann Valcich of Montauk will be held on Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Diane Antell, a former director and former board chairwoman of East Hampton Meals on Wheels, died at home last Thursday. The cause was respiratory failure.

Iris S. Osborn, who went from legal secretary to farmer’s wife, died in her sleep at home in Wainscott at the age of 87. The cause was cardiorespiratory failure; she had been in declining health for six months.

Dennis Patrick Longwell of Sag Harbor, a writer and curator, died at home on April 24 of complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.