Obituaries

Betty Rice, a former microbiologist at Southampton Hospital, died on Oct. 1 at Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue. An East Hampton resident for 20 years, she was 97.

Patricia Anne Sarlo, “a great friend and a model of service and humility in the community,” died of complications of surgery on Sept. 26. She was 82.

Sydney Roberts Shuman, a leading light in New York City’s philanthropic community, died on Sept. 7 at home in Manhattan. She was 82 and had lived part time in East Hampton.

Arthur Ganz, an English professor at City College of New York for over 30 years who published several books on playwrights, died of pneumonia in New York on Aug. 17. The summertime East Hampton resident was 95.

James Francis Jensen, for 40 years the friendly face behind the bar at the Grill and then Cittanuova on Newtown Lane, died in Riverhead on Sept. 22. A Mass will be said Friday at the Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton, followed by a gathering at the Southampton Publick House.

A wake for Joseph DeCristofaro of East Hampton, who died on Monday at age 98, will be held today from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home here. A graveside service is planned for Friday at 11 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery on Cedar Street.

Colette Douglas of New York City, a member of the Bridgehampton Club for over 60 years, died on Saturday at the age of 96.

Janet Rose Dordelman, who lived in Springs and ran her own beauty salon for many years, then retired to Barefoot Bay in Sebastian, Fla., died at home there on Aug. 8 after a two-year illness. She was 89.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, Oct. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton for James F. Jensen, with burial to follow at Sacred Hearts Cemetery.

Ethelyn (Lyn) Atha Chase, who had a residence in East Hampton from 1955 to 2023, died in Manhattan on Sept. 3 at the age of 99. Ms. Chase devoted much of her life to poetry and literature, including a term as president of the Academy of American Poets and as a trustee of the New York Society Library.

A wake for Patricia A. Sarlo of East Hampton, who died on Tuesday, will take place today from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Dr. James McBrayer Garvey Jr., a cardiologist who lived full time in Cincinnati and was an almost lifelong summer visitor to Amagansett, died there on Sept. 8