Obituaries

Andrew Volet, a fashion-industry executive turned East Hampton real estate agent who lived on Accabonac Road, died on June 19 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The cause was cancer. He was 87.

Esther Keller, formerly of East Hampton, died of congestive heart failure on June 16 at the Trustbridge Hospice in Delray Beach, Fla., just a few days shy of her 95th birthday.

Laurie Nell Frick of Springs, a singer with the Choral Society of the Hamptons, died on June 8 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 79.

Paula Ivy Liss of East Hampton, the head librarian and a popular faculty member at Southampton High School for 26 years, died of cancer on June 10 in Douglaston, Queens.

Simon Perchik of Springs, “one of the best-kept secrets in contemporary American poetry,” died of Covid-19 on June 14. He was 98.

John Vincenzo, a bank executive and former president of the Kiwanis Club of East Hampton, died of cancer on April 12 at home in East Hampton. He was 61.

Visiting hours for Brendan Clavin, a former Sag Harbor resident who died on June 10 at home in Hampton Bays, will be tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor. A memorial service will start at 8 that night.

Jessie Hall of East Hampton, who had been a second-grade teacher at Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, N.Y., for 30 years, died of complications of Parkinson’s disease last Thursday.

Michael Zingarelli of Sarasota, Fla., a former resident of East Hampton and Southampton, died at home on Sunday in Sarasota, one day before his 77th birthday.

Whether in the beauty industry, as a real estate broker, or in language sales and consultations, Joan C. Laufer enjoyed working with people from diverse backgrounds, and she loved to travel. Ms. Laufer, who was 86, died of heart failure on June 6 at Stony Brook University Hospital.

A writer, musician, athlete, filmmaker, skateboarder, and scientist, Brendan Clavin of Hampton Bays died unexpectedly at home on Friday at the age of 33. His cause of death has not yet been determined.

Dennis Samuels, a textile stylist and full-time resident of Springs since 1997, died of respiratory illness at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on June 2. He was 87 and had been ill for four weeks.