Obituaries

Christine Epifania of Southampton, a health care director and counselor, a visual artist and chef, and a two-term co-chairwoman of the East End Gay Organization, died on Nov. 20 of complications of cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. She was 68 and had been ill for two years.

Visiting hours for Alan E. Dixon of Springs, who died on Saturday, will be held this Saturday from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

A graveside service for Leonard M. Goldberg of Amagansett, who died on Wednesday, will be Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Independent Jewish Cemetery in Sag Harbor. Mr. Goldberg was 95.

Lucille Malouche, a former Montauk resident, died on Nov. 20 in New Rochelle, N.Y. She was 97.

Mary Lester Byrnes, who lived on Cedar Street in East Hampton, died at home on Nov. 25 at the age of 94.

Philip W. Tate Brown, who spent summers in East Hampton through the early 1960s, died on Nov. 19 in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 86 and had been in poor health, said his brother, Anthony C. Brown of East Hampton. 

Susan Vitale died on Friday, surrounded by family members and close friends, at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. A memorial service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk.

Toni Lind of Springs, an artist who was committed to working with the underprivileged and those with special needs, died at home on Friday, not far from her favorite swimming spot at Maidstone Park.

Bart Taylor Ritchie, a Montauk commercial fisherman, died on Nov. 20 of cancer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he had a winter residence.

Bruce Bluedorn was a lover of photography, magazine publishing, carpentry, and construction, and forged a career that married many of these passions.

Eric Salzman of Brooklyn Heights and East Quogue, an internationally known composer, music critic, and well-known birder, died at his Brooklyn Heights home of cardiac arrest on Nov. 12. He was 84 and had been undergoing dialysis since February 2016.

Mr. Salzman was a reviewer for The New York Times and New York Herald Tribune and a contributing editor and writer for a number of periodicals in this country. His articulate and lively reviews also appeared in publications in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, among other countries.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Bonnie Jacobson, a therapist and author who died on Sept. 30, will be held on Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun at 125 East 85th Street in Manhattan.

John Intravia, a 101-year-old resident of Clearwater Beach in Springs, died at St. Catherine of Siena in Smithtown on Nov. 21. He rose through the ranks with the French line, eventually becoming manager of passenger operations and sailings.

The Star has received word that Mary L. Byrnes of Cedar Street in East Hampton has died. She was 94 years old.

Paul Charbin of East Hampton and France died unexpectedly in his sleep at home on Pony Ramble, at Dune Alpin Farm, on Nov. 1. He was former chairman of J.B. Martin, a manufacturer of fine velvets.

Celina McDonald Seitz of Accabonac Road in East Hampton died early last Thursday morning at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 87 and had been ill with cancer for a year.

Mrs. Seitz was an active parishioner of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton and was involved with teaching knitting classes at the East Hampton Library and the Senior Citizens Center on Springs-Fireplace Road, where she would also have lunch with friends. She hosted knitting circles at home as well, and enjoyed playing dominoes and cards.

A funeral for Harriet T. Peele of East Hampton will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church.

Joanne Parker Perry, a popular member of the CVS Pharmacy staff in East Hampton for two decades, died on Sunday at Stony Brook University Hospital after a brief illness due to complications of cancer.

Mechele Flaum of Water Mill and New York City died at home in Manhattan on Nov. 10, with her family by her side.

Semira Breitweg, who had lived full time in East Hampton since the death of her husband in 1994, died on Nov. 13 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue.

Dino Levi of Outlook Avenue in East Hampton died on Oct. 16 at N.Y.U. Langone Medical Center in Manhattan of complications from his cancer treatment.

Semira Breitweg of Flaggy Hole Road in Springs, who moved full time to East Hampton after the death of her husband in 1994, died on Monday at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Westhampton Beach.

Gary M. Brady of Boatheader’s Lane, East Hampton, died of a heart attack at home last Thursday.

Norman Larson Morton Sr., a lifelong baseball and tennis player, died on Oct. 31 at home in Stuart, Fla.

Pauline Vigorita, who had spent summers with her husband and children in a cottage on Gerard Drive in Springs since 1975, died on Saturday.

Yaedi E. Ignatow, a poet, screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker, died in Tucson on Oct. 9. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer four years ago.

From his stint in the Navy, where he played the bugle, to the nightclubs of New York City during the modern jazz heyday, music and the exploration of human consciousness were key parts of Fred W. Nagel’s life. The former Jungian psychotherapist and licensed real estate agent died on Oct. 21 after a series of illnesses. He was 86.

Henry John Flohr, an Army veteran and longtime East Hampton resident, died in the Hospice and Palliative Care branch of the Northport V.A. Medical Center on Saturday. He had been diagnosed a year ago with stomach cancer and was in hospice care for a month. He would have turned 78 on Tuesday.

Jennifer Anne Balnis, a former East Hampton resident who had moved to Mount Pleasant, S.C., recently, died at home on Sept. 16. The cause was brain cancer, her family said.

Peter Macgregor-Scott, an award-winning film producer who spent as much time as possible in East Hampton during the last six years, died on Oct. 29, after being thrown from a taxi in New York City when the driver failed to realize Mr. Macgregor-Scott was following another passenger into the vehicle.