Obituaries

Norman Charles Pickering, an inventor, musician, musical instrument maker, and acoustical researcher, died at home in East Hampton on Nov. 18.

Vivian Holder was “a very elegant and sophisticated woman,” said her daughter, Corey Ann Holder of East Hampton. Ms. Holder, who came from Brooklyn to East Hampton in the 1980s to care for her mother and thereafter lived on Three Mile Harbor Road, died on Nov. 13 at Southampton Hospital of complications following a stroke.

Carol Jane Crowley, a lifelong Bridgehampton resident who grew up on a potato farm on Scuttlehole Road, died at the age of 93 on Nov. 1 at home on Lumber Lane.

Visiting hours for Vivian Holder of Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton, who died on Friday at Southampton Hospital, will begin Saturday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home here at 11 a.m.

Jean Gollay, a writer and editor, whose work appeared in The Readers Digest and The New York Times as well as The East Hampton Star, died in Venice, Fla., on Nov. 4, about a month shy of her 98th birthday.

Jeffrey S. Taylor, a real estate developer and the mayor in Chatham Township, N.J., for eight years, died on Oct. 18 at home in East Hampton.

Alfred Howell Conklin, who on Oct. 27 reached his 100th birthday, a milestone he had been looking forward to with great anticipation, died at his Dayton Lane home less than a week later, on Nov. 2.

Jessie Mae DeBoard, who died on Nov. 4 at a daughter’s home in White Plains, Md., was 74 years old and had long had a respiratory illness.

Alfred Howell Conklin died at home in East Hampton on Monday.

A military memorial service for Margaret F. D’Andrea, followed by the burial of her ashes, will take place on Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery. Friends and family will gather at 11:30 to celebrate her life at the Wainscott Chapel, 65 Wainscott Main Street.

Mrs. D’Andrea, who was an Army Air Corps nurse during World War II and later an active community volunteer, died on Oct. 6 at the age of 93.

Genevieve F. Hewitt, an author, columnist, and former home building and decorating editor at Good Housekeeping magazine, died on Oct. 26 in Manhattan after a brief illness.

Helen Everett of Sag Harbor, who spent 27 years as an elementary school teacher there and many more years volunteering with Southampton Hospital and the Dominican Family Health Service, died on Oct. 14.

Robert Craig Yardley of Dorset, Vt., who was a standout student-athlete at East Hampton High School and then enjoyed a long career teaching history at his alma mater, died on Oct. 25 at the Albany Medical Center.

hrough his work with the International Rescue Committee, which spanned three decades, Robert P. DeVecchi was credited with helping to save the lives of millions of refugees who fled foreign conflicts. Mr. DeVecchi, who held several leadership roles with the I.R.C. and was recognized with a number of humanitarian awards, died on Oct. 26 at his home in Southport, Conn.

Lynn Rauch, who spent many summers with her sister, Patricia Story, in East Hampton, died at home in Delray Beach, Fla., on Friday, surrounded by family. The cause was lung cancer.

Robert Louis Peters, a standout high school and college football player who was a jack of all trades as an adult in East Hampton, died on Oct. 18 in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he had gone to visit a sister.

Charles Norman Gould, a longtime veterinarian and founder of the Olde Towne Animal Hospital in Southampton, died at home in Bridgehampton on Oct. 14 after a short illness. He was 80.

Harry J. O’Rourke, who grew up in Wainscott and East Hampton Village and had a successful insurance career after serving in the Marine Corps, died on Sept. 29 at Kettering Hospital in Ohio after a short illness.

Nondita Mason, a retired professor of postcolonial literature and theory at Hunter College, died on Sept. 25 at her Manhattan apartment, one day after returning from a 23-day trip to Italy, Greece, and Turkey with her husband, Bryant Mason.

Oneda P. Dixon of East Hampton lived to be 101 years old, all the while remaining active in her church and the East Hampton Town Senior Citizens Center and touching the lives of four generations of survivors.

Jean DePasquale, a longtime resident of Montauk, died at home on Sept. 20 of respiratory failure. She was 87 years old.

John Berg, a longtime art director for Columbia Records who oversaw the design of iconic album covers by artists including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, and Santana, died on Sunday at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton.

Louisa Edith Edwards, who sold real estate with the Edward Pospisil agency and had lived on Old Montauk Highway in Amagansett before moving to North Carolina, died on Oct. 3 in Montrose, Calif., after a stroke, her family said.

Margaret F. D’Andrea, an Army Air Corps nurse during World War II who was later an active community volunteer in Wainscott and beyond, died on Oct. 6 at Midtown Senior Living in Raleigh, N.C., just eight days shy of her 94th birthday.

Paula Grace McGrath, a summer resident of Waterhole Road in Springs, died of breast cancer in London on Oct. 4. She was 46, and had been ill for a long time.

Priscilla Weld Huntington, an unwavering advocate for children who was a founding member of what is now the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center in East Hampton, died on Sept. 7 at Peconic Landing in Greenport.

Tommy Miller, a 12th-generation Bonacker who retired from the East Hampton Town Police Department in 2004 after 22 years on the force, was “part of the community in so many ways,” said Michael Sarlo, the department’s current chief. “He knew everyone and spent a great deal of time building relationships on the job. If we all got out of the patrol car and talked to people as much as he did, we’d all be better at our jobs,” said Mr. Sarlo.

Tommy Miller, a 13th-generation Bonacker, died of cancer on Monday.

Albert Bunce, who lived on Cosdrew Lane in East Hampton for 40 years, died on Sept. 17 in Lady Lake, Fla., from complications of surgery.

Josephine DiSunno, who died at Southampton Hospital at the age of 95 on Tuesday, will be remembered, her family said, for her generosity, indomitable spirit, and devotion to family, church, and community.