Obituaries

Phyllis Adams, a descendant of two of East Hampton’s early families who led the women’s crafts group of the Amagansett Presbyterian Church for many years, died on June 8 at the Brookdale Assisted Living facility in Augusta, Ga., to which she had moved to be closer to her family.

A memorial service for Andrew Jacobyansky of East Hampton will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on James Lane in East Hampton on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Carol Frances Brady, who packed a lot into life before being diagnosed with dementia, died on June 14 at the Westhampton Care Center.

Doris Merritt, a founding member and pillar of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett, died last Thursday at home in Amagansett at the age of 80.

Visiting hours for Russell Jim Smyth, who died on Tuesday at Good Shepherd Hospice in Port Jefferson, will be on Saturday from 3 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor.

John B. McByrne, who vacationed at the East Deck motel in Ditch Plain, Montauk, with his wife, Catherine, and their children every summer in the 1970s and ’80s before they built their dream home on Benson Drive in the hamlet, died on June 9 in Miller Place, to which he had relocated in 2012.

Kathleen Dodge, who retired last year after more than two decades as a teacher’s aide and paraprofessional at the John M. Marshall Elementary School, died at home in East Hampton on June 11.

Daniel Hewitt Boerem died at home in Montauk on Friday.

A celebration of the life of Chris Holden of Montauk, who died of a heart attack in May at the age of 52, will take place shortly after Labor Day.

Kevin Young, who attended schools in East Hampton and was known as Kip, died on June 2. He was 55.

Fred C. Meyer of Sag Harbor and Scotch Plains, N.J., died in Scotch Plains on May 31 at the age of 65. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 19 months ago.

Ian Diner “was a true intellectual,” his family wrote. “He excelled at everything he developed an interest in from argon welding to advanced carpentry, teaching sailing, and exquisite cooking.”

Olivia Beahm, who had taught grade school in Amityville and Bethlehem, Pa., and who had spent time in Montauk on and off since the 1970s, died at the Southampton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing on June 4.

Ronald B. King, a self-employed landscaper and lifelong resident of East Hampton, died on June 4 at Southampton Hospital. He was 67 and had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May.

Catherine Rosalie Verhaegen, better known as Kay, died on June 3 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton, where she had resided since 2014. She was 90.

Eric Scott Haugedal, a chef who had worked most recently at the 1770 House in East Hampton, died last Thursday at home in Montauk.

A party to celebrate the life of Fred Charles Meyer Jr. of Sag Harbor and Scotch Plains, N.J., will be held on Saturday from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the Stage House Tavern in Mountainside, N.J.

Ronald B. King, a self-employed haulseiner and lifelong resident of East Hampton, died on Sunday at Southampton Hospital. He was 67.

Wayne Galbraith, a master carpenter, died of cancer on May 21 at home in East Hampton. He was 62.

Charles Raebeck, an educator and a founder of the Group for the South Fork, died on May 24 at the Peconic Landing retirement community in Greenport with his family by his side. He was 95.

Silvia Tennenbaum, the novelist and Springs resident who died in June 2016, will be remembered in a gathering on Friday, June 9, at noon at Green River Cemetery on Accabonac Road in Springs at which her headstone will be unveiled.

Frankie Padilla, as she was known by her married name, died at home on Division Street in Sag Harbor on March 3 of lung cancer, having been diagnosed eight months earlier. She was 51.

Joyce A. Rambold, who had lived with her family in Springs since 1975, died on May 17 after a long illness, with her children by her side. She was 76.

Morgia Bassett Dunham Hopping Nardy of Port St. Lucie, Fla., a former Bridgehampton resident, died on April 25 after a brief illness. She was 81.

A celebration of the life of Eileen Mary Kim, formerly of Montauk, will be held next Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. A blessing will follow at Fort Hill Cemetery. Ms. Kim died on Feb. 18 at 64 years old.

Funeral services for Roma Karp, 93, who died at home in East Hampton on May 5, will be held next Thursday at 10 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton.

George Michael Funk, a custom builder and retail business owner who lived in Montauk for nearly 20 years, died at home in Vero Beach, Fla., on May 5.

Loretta Sullivan, who was the first female firefighter, cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructor, and emergency medical technician, died at home in Montauk on May 16 of complications of a stroke at the age of 80.

Alice Jane Hersh, a 13th-generation East Hamptoner who grew up on an Amagansett farm, died of complications of cancer on May 8 at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore.

Betty Eliane Brugger, a longtime Time Inc. staffer who created the company’s iconic HBO logo, died at her East Hampton home on May 13. A year-round resident since 1995, she was diagnosed with cancer about five months ago. She was 86 years old.