Obituaries

Constance Miller Hoagland, a lifelong resident of East Hampton Village, died on Monday at home on Jericho Road. She was 98. A memorial gathering will be held on the Maidstone golf course this summer at a date to be determined.

Frederick C. Mitchell, a Sag Harbor volunteer fireman for nearly 60 years and onetime fire chief, died of congestive heart failure at home on May 13. He was 83.

Torin James Gleeson, an East Hampton native, mechanical engineer, and inventor, died early on Saturday in a motorcycle accident in York, N.Y. Mr. Gleeson, who lived in nearby Linwood, in Livingston County in the northwest corner of the state, was 29.

Wendy Elizabeth Flanagan “could often be heard saying, ‘I love my life!’ ” A Montauk prekindergarten teacher, mother, and wife, and more recently a Pierson High School volleyball coach, she brought “boundless love and energy” to everything she did, her husband wrote.

William Cuthbert, who died on May 11 of metastatic bladder cancer, was a sensitive, caring man of high principles, his partner of 21 years said.

A retired East Hampton Village police officer who spent 20 years on the force, William George Anderson was also an active member of the East Hampton Fire Department. He died on May 6 at Stony Brook University Hospital of an undetermined infection.

Thomas Joseph Byrne, a retired chief petty officer with the United States Navy, died of heart failure on May 8 at home in Springs. He was 86. God, family, and country were driving forces throughout his life, his family said.

Marie Antoinette Zerilli, a talented seamstress who learned the craft from her father, developed a lifelong passion for textile design at an early age and parlayed that into a successful career at Leron Inc., a purveyor of handmade European custom linens. 

A memorial service for Beverly Schanzer, who died on Feb. 14, will be held on Friday, May 20, at noon at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

Dennis Patrick Longwell, a curator and author, died in his sleep at home in Sag Harbor on April 24. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.

Visiting hours for Jo-ann Valcich of Montauk will be held on Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Diane Antell, a former director and former board chairwoman of East Hampton Meals on Wheels, died at home last Thursday. The cause was respiratory failure.