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Obituaries

For Richard Janis

Visiting hours for Richard Janis of East Hampton will be held on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Yardley and the Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A graveside service will take place Monday at 11 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery on Cedar Street. Mr. Janis, who died on Wednesday, was 66. Condolences for his family can be shared in care of Yardley and Pino, online at yardleypino.com. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Apr 8, 2022
Leland N. Winslow

Leland N. Winslow, who established a painting company in Amagansett in 1981, died of cancer at home there on March 11. He was 91 and had been ill for four years.

Apr 7, 2022
Anita Sheldon

"She was an amazing cook, and loved to eat and feed her friends and family. She enjoyed entertaining," said Robert Lager, a cousin of Anita Sheldon of Springs. Ms. Sheldon died at home during the early morning hours Friday, at the age of 88.

Apr 7, 2022
William Hopson

Bill Hopson, an Army veteran and founding member of Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton in 1954, died on March 29 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The East Hampton resident was 95.

Apr 7, 2022
For Margaret Hannibal

A funeral Mass for Margaret Adele Hannibal, a former Pantigo Road, East Hampton, resident, will be said on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, with burial to follow at the church cemetery on Cedar Street. Mrs. Hannibal, who was known as Maggie, was 86 and died in Asheville, N.C., on Tuesday. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Apr 7, 2022
Lester Ross

Lester Ross, a former employee of East Hampton Town as well as a master electrician and Army veteran, died on March 22 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tenn. Mr. Ross, who was known as Poppy, was 83. The cause of death was heart failure, his family said.

Apr 7, 2022
Lester A. Walker Sr.

Lester A. Walker Sr., a retired head of custodial services at East Hampton High School, died of cardiac arrest on March 21 in Wellington, Fla. He was 80.

Apr 7, 2022
Richard J. Sigmund

Richard Joseph Sigmund of Brooklyn and Springs, an artist and art installer, died of cancer on March 16 at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 71.

Mar 31, 2022
Henriette Abel Stackpole

Henriette Abel Stackpole, a physician who had a summer home in Amagansett, died on March 3 at Huntington Common in Kennebunk, Me. She was 87.

Mar 31, 2022
Patricia B. Zaykowski

Patricia B. Zaykowski, the first woman to be elected president of the Sag Harbor School Board, died at home in Dunedin, Fla., on March 10 after a brief illness. She was 89.

Mar 31, 2022
Lawrence B. Knowles

Lawrence B. Knowles of East Hampton, known for his years working at Stuart’s Seafood in Amagansett and the Seafood Shop in Wainscott, died of congestive heart failure on March 6 at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore. He was 90.

Mar 24, 2022
Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner, Executive and Philanthropist

Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner, an executive for the Estee Lauder Companies and a philanthropist who supported programs in New York City and Sag Harbor, died in Manhattan on Feb. 26. She was 92.

Mar 24, 2022