Obituaries

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.

Madeline Boddy, a bookkeeper and office manager at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk for many years, died on Jan. 22 at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown. She was 87, and had been in good health until just a few weeks before her death.

Edward Henry Arnold, a civil engineer who helped construct the Delaware Aqueduct for the New York Board of Water Supply, died of primary myelofibrosis at home in San Antonio, Tex., on Monday. A frequent summer resident of Montauk, he was 92.

Robert T. Griffin died of cancer at home on Jan. 11. He was 71.

Albert C. Riggs Jr., a businessman and historian who collected old boats, cars, and houses, died at home in Santa Fe, N.M., on Jan. 13. He was 94 and had been a Sag Harbor resident for 20 years.

Mrs. Clark, who was known as Buzzy, was also a fan of the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle and active in civic causes throughout her life in addition to being a wife, career woman, and mother of seven children. She died on Jan. 20 at home on Shelter Island of complications of colon cancer.

Deborah Binion Cahn McIntosh, who spent her childhood and young adult summers in East Hampton, died unexpectedly in her sleep at home in East Falmouth, Mass., on Jan. 10. She was 71 and had been in robust health. The cause was not known.

Robert Warren Sucsy, a family doctor who practiced in East Hampton for more than 20 years, died at home in Blue Hill, Me., on Jan 9. He was 94 and had been attended in his final days by his wife of 30 years, the former Corinne Byers.

Eileen Zagar, who with her husband owned and operated Mirko’s restaurant in Water Mill for just shy of 30 years, died last Thursday at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Quiogue.

Elizabeth Ann Carroll of East Hampton, who was said to be the first female sea captain licensed by the Coast Guard, died of cancer on Dec. 31 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Quiogue. She was 82, and had been ill for four years.

Ethel Kennedy Marran, a longtime summer resident of East Hampton who had been a member of the Devon Yacht Club in Amagansett, died on Saturday at her home in Vero Beach, Fla., surrounded by family, caregivers, and her loyal canine companion, Mister Dog.

A funeral Mass for Shannon Cecilia Whelan, formerly of Sag Harbor, will be said on Saturday at noon at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Sag Harbor.

Mr. Wiegand, 91, died in Manhattan last Thursday of cancer. A burial and a graveside service for him will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk.

James G. Caradine, a longtime Warner Music executive who helped launch the company internationally, died of cardiac arrest at home in Jupiter, Fla., on Dec. 26. He had a house in East Hampton starting in 2001 and was 80 years old.

Judith Ann Blake, a longtime resident of Montauk who moved to Riverhead in 2008, died at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Quiogue on Friday of complications of diabetes. She was 74.

Mr. Conklin, 89, who was afflicted with Parkinson’s disease late in life, died after 10 days of pneumonia on Sept. 29 at Orchard Pointe in Surprise, Ariz. He was buried with military honors at Holy Cross Cemetery in Avondale, Ariz.

Thomas Xavier Giaccone, a por-trait artist, died of complications of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases at his home in Wainscott on Jan. 8. An Army veteran who served in the Korean War, he was 90 years old and had been ill for some time.

Jehovina Kelsall, a collector of and dealer in antiques who at one point owned a store in East Hampton with her late husband, Trevor Kelsall, died at home in East Hampton on Dec. 23 of a presumed heart attack. She was 81.

John Ely of North Haven died at Stony Brook University Hospital on Jan. 1 of leukemia. He was 70 and had been ill since July.

Josephine Valenti Johnson, an artist and art historian who lived in Springs during its Abstract Expressionist heyday, died at her Southampton home on Dec. 29. She was 90.

Ruth Elizabeth Gaynor of East Hampton, who was a domestic employee for a number of celebrities for over 50 years, died of pulmonary failure at home on Town Lane on Dec. 30. She was 84, and had been ill for two weeks.

Shana Rimel Conron, who held top legal posts with Citibank and was chairwoman of the board of directors for Citibank Delaware before retiring to Sag Harbor in 2004, died on Dec. 19. She was 79 and had been in declining health.