Obituaries

Clarence John Blowe Jr., a veteran of the Marine Corps who grew up in East Hampton, died on Jan. 20 at his residence in Manhattan. He was 65.

Ronald Patrick Balcuns of Springs, a master builder and carpenter, died on Feb. 20 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.

Edwin Livingston Sherrill Jr., a descendant of one of East Hampton’s early families and a member of the East Hampton Village Board for many years, died on Jan. 19 in Charleston, S.C. He was 99.

Vincent Elias Grimes, “the oldest living person born in Montauk,” died on Sunday at home at the age of 93.

The family of Adelaide H. Dunlop will receive visitors on Monday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Farley Funeral Home at 265 South Nokomis Avenue in Venice, Fla. A funeral Mass will be said at Epiphany Cathedral Catholic Church, also in Venice, at 11 a.m.

Eric Alexander Suddueth, a musician, animal lover, and waterman who lived and worked in Montauk for more than 30 years, died on Feb. 7 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 60 years old. 

Joseph L. Fitzgerald, a charter member, former chief, and 57-year member of the Springs Fire Department, died on Feb. 4 at home on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road. He was 94.

Jason Epstein, author, publisher, and founder of The New York Review of Books, died at home in Sag Harbor on Feb. 4.

Visiting hours for Virginia Backlund of East Hampton will be tomorrow from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a funeral service on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church on Main Street.

Robert B. Kay, an attorney who moved into executive positions in the hospitality and health care fields, died of cancer in New York City on Feb. 7. He was 82 and had lived part time in Amagansett.

Margaret Mary (Peg) Calabrese of East Hampton and the Villages, Fla., a vice president of human resources for the Bank of the Hamptons for more than a decade, died of congestive heart failure at home here last Thursday. She was 83.

Charles Seymour Bullock Jr., a magazine publisher who co-founded the Dunemere Associates real estate firm in East Hampton, died at home in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday. He was 89.