Obituaries

Jimmy O'Mara of Amagansett died of pancreatic cancer at home last Thursday with his daughter by his side. He was 83.

“My mom touched a lot of people,” said Marjorie Elizabeth Gosman's son Bryan Gosman. Ms. Gosman died at home in Montauk on Sept. 30.

A memorial service for Kate Crosby, who had lived in East Hampton for many years, will be held on Friday, Oct. 29, at 2 p.m. at the Maidstone Park pavilion in Springs. Ms. Crosby died on Oct. 17 in Barrington, R.I.

Sheila Mary Clancy will be remembered, her family said, as a caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt to her five children, six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, one sister, and 37 nieces and nephews.

Duane C. Dauch, who had a long career in the insurance field, worked at the East Hampton Post Office for a few years, and was a founding board member of the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, died on Sept. 24.

Willard A. Mahar, a former heavy equipment operator for the Bistrian Gravel Corporation, died of cancer at home in Amagansett on Friday. The Amagansett native was 91 and had been ill for about two years.

William Pickens III, a retired corporate executive and former national director of the N.A.A.C.P., who eventually ran the consulting firm Bill Pickens Associates, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Sept. 27. He was 85.

Zach Cohen, a Springs resident who became a dedicated, unelected participant in East Hampton Town government, died on Oct. 7 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 72 and had been ill with glioblastoma for over two years.

Kevin John Keane of East Hampton, an educator who worked for many years with deaf and hearing-impaired students, died of complications of multiple myeloma on Sept. 27 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 74.

A graveside service for Linda Holmes of East Hampton will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Cedar Lawn Cemetery here. Ms. Holmes, who was 77, died last Thursday. An obituary will appear at a later date.

Zachary Cohen of Springs died last Thursday at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. He was 72. A gathering to celebrate his life is planned for Oct. 24 at Duck Creek Farm in Springs.

For 25 years, Susan Ann Bennett was a secretary at the Springs School who went above and beyond her usual duties. She approached her job through the lens of motherhood, her family, friends, and former colleagues said, and helped screen new employees, worked on school plays, and provided snacks for hungry students who didn't have any food.