Obituaries

Dorothy Kessen of East Hampton died on Sunday at the age of 85. She was buried on Wednesday at Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Lisa Ann O’Sullivan, who grew up on Long Lane in East Hampton and graduated from East Hampton High School, died on Dec. 30 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was 69.

Anthony John Corvi of Montauk, a Korean War veteran who worked in the medical manufacturing field, died at home on Jan. 15. He was 93.

Kathleen Carley, a founding member of Concerned Citizens of Montauk and for many years a summer resident of East Lake Drive in that hamlet, died on Jan. 2.

Roger Ames, a celebrated composer and conductor who had lived in Springs for 20 years, died of A.L.S. at home in Cumberland, Me., on Jan. 6. He was 77.

Ed Allen, a pastor in Ohio and formerly of Springs, died of Covid-19 on Saturday at the Wooster Hospital in Wooster, Ohio.

The family of Anthony John Corvi of Montauk will receive visitors on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk on Saturday at 11 a.m., with burial to follow at Fort Hill Cemetery.

Joan Tyor Carlson of Sag Harbor died on Jan. 8 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. A writer for publications including Billboard magazine and Collier’s, she was also a ghostwriter on several autobiographical books.

Roger Ames, a composer who lived in Springs for many years, died last Thursday at home in Cumberland, Me. He was 77. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Carlos Baladron of East Hampton and Naples, Fla., a real estate investor in New York and Spain who was a professor of Spanish history and literature earlier in his career, died on New Year’s Day in Naples.

Brent Newsom, in memoriam.

Michael Parrella, an Army veteran who worked for the United States Postal Service, died at home in Sag Harbor on Dec. 21. Mr. Parrella, who was 90, had been in declining health for the last several months.