Obituaries

An enthusiast with boundless energy, Michael Lynne can be said to have not ever lived his life on the sidelines. The former film studio head, winery proprietor, and dedicated supporter of arts organizations on the East End died on March 24 from cancer. He was 77.

Ms. MacDonald, who was 71 and lived in Montauk for over 40 years, died on Dec. 10 after a brief illness.

Ms. Rogé, who was 66, died in her sleep at home in Montauk on Friday. The cause of death was undetermined, pending results of an autopsy.

Jordan Metzger of East Hampton died of complications of a stroke on Sunday at the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook. He was 89 and had been living there for five and a half years.

Linda Willard Barrett of Springs, an accomplished baker who frequently delivered care packages of brownies and cookies to post office workers, veterinarians, doctors, and other members of the community, died on March 19 of complications from cancer at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 76. 

Born on Jan. 23, 1943, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Clark and Marion Willard, she graduated from the nursing school at Mount Sinai Hospital, and held several nursing positions during her career. Most recently, she worked at the former Hampton Medical Center in Southampton.  

Nancy E. Parsons, a longtime East Hampton resident who moved to California 13 years ago, died of pancreatic cancer at home in Los Angeles

Guy Ladd Frost of Roslyn and Springs died last Thursday of Lewy body dementia at the Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Port Washingon. He was 85.

A wake was held on Sunday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a Mass following on Monday at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. Mrs. Kenny was buried at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in East Hampton.

The artist and writer Ruth Jacobsen was a hidden child during the Holocaust after her parents fled with her from Germany to Holland.

Mr. Remkus was known for telling stories that would leave his customers and friends, including those in the Sag Harbor Fire Department, where he was a longtime member, laughing out loud.

A memorial service for Dean F. Kirschner of East Hampton will be held on March 30 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett.

Janet Snowden Wainwright, who had been head of the law department at MCI, a telecommunications company, died of lung cancer on March 6 at her home in Takoma Park, Md. A longtime summer resident of Wainscott, she was 71 and had been ill for four years.

Jonathon Hren, whose friends called him Jono when he was growing up in East Hampton, died of lung cancer on March 4 at the Kanas Hospice Center on Quiogue at the age of 66.

Kathleen Tobin Giardina of East Hampton, an environmental engineer who helped companies develop eco-friendly practices, died of cancer on Feb. 9 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Quiogue. She was 63 and had been ill for more than two years.

Mr. Gauger, who was 86, died of congestive heart failure on Feb. 23 at Southampton Hospital.

Alice Recktenwald died of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder at home in East Hampton on Saturday, with her family around her.

When Amy Sheree Parker was a child, she loved floral design and singing in the choir at Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton, where her mother, Queen Davis-Parks, served as a deacon.

The life of Dennis James Snyder will be celebrated with a 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk on Sunday, a year after his death of heart failure in Florida.

Edwin Lewis Geus, an East Hampton resident for the past 50 years, died on Feb. 25 in Burlingame, Calif. He was 80 and had been ill with multiple myeloma for nine years.

Laura Anne Krupinski, a former model, jewelry designer, and interior decorator, died after being found unresponsive on Feb. 25, at a motel in Hampton Bays where she had been living.

Mary Holland Miller, a retired Springs School teacher who became a key figure in understanding the archaeology of East Hampton Town, died on Jan. 22 in Marlborough, Mass.

Audra Schutte Balcuns, who had been a public safety dispatcher for East Hampton Village and a volunteer emergency medical technician with the Springs Fire Department, died at home in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., on Feb. 20. Ms. Balcuns, who was 47, had Lyme disease and dysautonomia, an autonomic nervous system disorder, for four years.

Beatrice Joy Petullo, who had worked in the pharmacy at White’s Drug Store in Montauk and been a housekeeper at the Sail Inn in the hamlet for the last eight years, where a celebration of her life is to take place at a later date, died at her Montauk home on Feb. 11. She was 68 and reportedly took her own life.

Laura Anne Krupinski, the daughter of the late Ben and Bonnie Krupinski, died on Monday in Hampton Bays, where she lived. She was 53.

Gary Elmer Wood, a house painter who grew up in Springs, died of complications of esophageal cancer at his sister’s house in Pasco, Wash., on Feb. 19. He was 55 and had been diagnosed with the disease last month.

George C. Kamper of Southampton, the founder of GCK Enterprises, a construction company, died of cancer on Friday at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 56, and had been ill for nine months.

Leonard L. Cooper of East Hampton, the owner of Cooper Sandblast, who had cancer and had been ill for several years, died on Sunday at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton. He was 75.

William Biase of Montauk died on Feb. 14 at Flower Hospital in Dothan, Ala., where he had been living since 2011. The cause was complications of diabetes. He was 61.

Christopher Stuart Taylor, a boat builder who most recently worked at Three Mile Harbor Marina in East Hampton, died of a heart attack on Feb. 1 at Southampton Hospital. He was 46.

Lyndon Wood English, a computer programmer in the early days of the science, died of Alzheimer’s disease at his San Diego home on Feb. 5. Raised in East Hampton Village, he was 73 and had been ill for several years.