Obituaries

Obituary: Yoshiko Sato, 51, acclaimed architect and designer

By Reporter Staff | 02/09/2012 5:00 PM | Featured Stories, Obituaries, Top News

Yoshiko Sato, architect and educator, died on Sunday, February 5, 2012 in New York City. She was 51. The cause of death was cancer, according to Michael Morris, her husband and design partner of 27 years. Their distinctive home and studio at 55 Gardiners Bay Drive on Shelter Island is an...

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Obituary: John Chobor Jr., 79

By Reporter Staff | 02/09/2012 4:00 PM | Featured Stories, Obituaries, Top News

Shelter Island resident John Chobor Jr. passed away on February 1, 2012 in Southampton Hospital with his family by his side. He was born December 31, 1932 to John Chobor Sr. and Theresa Kovalchuk in New York City; his friends and family loved to say the whole world celebrated his birthday...

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Obituary: Gladys C. Brigham

By Reporter Staff | 02/08/2012 4:27 PM | Community, News, Obituaries, Obituaries

Gladys Copin Brigham of Winthrop Road passed away peacefully in Beaufort, South Carolina with her family present on January 23, 2012. A memorial service will be held at St. Mary’s Church on February 17 at 11.a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Box 1660,...

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Obituary: Alex Garcia

By Reporter Staff | 02/08/2012 4:25 PM | Community, News, Obituaries, Obituaries

Dr. Alex Garcia, a longtime board member of the Mashomack Preserve and resident of Ram Island, died at Peconic Bay Medical Center on Sunday, February 5, 2012. He was 92. A moment of silence for Dr. Garcia was observed at the start of Tuesday’s Town Board work session, after Supervisor Jim...

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Obituary: Longtime Islander Dr. Alex Garcia

By Peter Boody | 02/08/2012 6:00 AM | Featured Stories, Obituaries, Top News

Dr. Alex Garcia, a longtime board member of the Mashomack Preserve and resident of Ram Island, died at Peconic Bay Medical Center on Sunday, Feb. 5. He was 92. A moment of silence for Dr. Garcia was observed at the start of Tuesday's Town Board work session, after Supervisor Jim Dougherty...

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Obituary: Gladys C. Brigham

By Peter Boody | 02/07/2012 11:25 AM | Announcements, Community, Featured Stories, Obituaries, Top News

Gladys Copin Brigham of Winthrop Road passed away peacefully in Beaufort, South Carolina with her family present on January 23, 2012. A memorial service will be held at St. Mary’s Church on February 17 at 11.a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Box 1660,...

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Obituary: David Wicks

By Reporter Staff | 02/01/2012 5:20 PM | News, Obituaries

Cable television pioneer and venture capitalist David Wicks, who loved his Shelter Island life, passed away on December 30, 2011 at NYU Medical Center in New York surrounded by his family. He was 70. Born May 17, 1941 in Newton, Massachusetts, he graduated in 1963 from Trinity College, where he co-founded...

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Obituary: Judith M. Devitt

By Reporter Staff | 01/25/2012 11:00 PM | News, Obituaries

Judith Morrell Devitt passed away January 2, 2012 in West Palm Beach, Florida. A long-time member of the Garden Club of Shelter Island and former officer, Judith was made an honorary member of the club last year. She was a member of the Shelter Island Yacht Club, the Palm Beach Yacht...

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Obituary: Mark T. Hughes

By Reporter Staff | 01/18/2012 4:24 PM | News, Obituaries

Mark Todd Hughes, a summer resident of Shelter Island, passed away December 20, 2011 in New York City at home with his wife and children by his side. Mark, born in Oakland, California on May 27, 1952, was the eldest of Joan and Bob Hughes’ six children. He attended Oakland Technical...

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Obituary: Bridgford Hunt

By Reporter Staff | 01/04/2012 6:24 PM | News, Obituaries

Bridgford Hunt of Dering Harbor died January 1, 2012, after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. Born April 5, 1921 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he attended high school at Montclair Academy and was graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania after serving in the African-Middle East theater in World...

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Obituary: Richard Lindgren

By Reporter Staff | 01/04/2012 6:22 PM | News, Obituaries

Richard Lindgren, a longtime resident of Shelter Island, died on December 23, 2011 after a three-year battle with cancer. Also a resident of Manhattan, he was 73. Born and raised in Jamestown, New York, Mr. Lindgren graduated from Yale University and Harvard Business School and served as an officer in the...

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John Angus Chamberlain, sculptor who used junked cars for his works, dies at 84

By Times Review | 12/22/2011 3:54 PM | Obituaries, Top News

Sculptor John Angus Chamberlain, who spent his later years on Shelter Island, died Wednesday in New York City, according to his wife, Prudence Fairweather. He was 84. Mr. Chamberlain’s work is in the collections of dozens of museums and this year, one of his earlier pieces sold for a personal record...

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Obituary: William W. Hashagen

By Reporter Staff | 12/21/2011 10:38 PM | News, Obituaries

William W. “Bill” Hashagen, 86, of Waynesboro, Virginia died Sunday, December 18, 2011 at his residence. He was born November 11, 1925 in Maywood, New Jersey, a son of the late Charles and Irene O’Keefe Hashagen. He retired as a printer. After moving to Waynesboro in 2005, he became active at First...

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Obituary: Bruce Banks

By Reporter Staff | 12/07/2011 5:11 PM | News, Obituaries

Bruce Banks passed away of natural causes at his home in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, November 29, 2011. He was 56. Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on July 23, 1955 to Ann (Kaminskas) and John Banks, he moved to Shelter Island with his family in 1960. He graduated from Shelter Island High...

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Obituary: Rheta Conner

By Reporter Staff | 12/07/2011 5:10 PM | News, Obituaries

Rheta Conner, also known as Margaret Mary Creighton, passed away on November 10, 2011 at the Mike Conley Hospice in Clermont, Florida. She was 94 years old. Rheta worked as a real estate broker on Shelter Island for more than 20 years before moving to Kissimmee, Florida in 2003 to live...

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Obituary: Catherine A. Perrin

By Reporter Staff | 12/07/2011 5:09 PM | News, Obituaries

Friends and family are mourning the loss of Catherine A. Perrin, who died at her Shelter Island home on Thursday, November 17, 2011 after a brief illness. Close friends Gina and Gerry Surerus and Barbara Smith were at her side. Born in Portland, Maine in 1941, Cathie grew up in nearby...

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Obituary: Louise D. Tiernan

By Reporter Staff | 11/30/2011 10:07 PM | News, Obituaries

A memorial service will be celebrated for longtime summer resident of Shelter Island, Louise Dietze Tiernan, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 182 Main Street in Gladstone, New Jersey on Friday December 9 at 11 a.m. She died on Friday, October 21, 2011, at her home in Bedminster, New Jersey at...

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Obituary: Nathan K. Trynin

By Reporter Staff | 11/30/2011 10:06 PM | News, Obituaries

Nathan K. Trynin, known as Nick, died suddenly at his Shelter Island home on November 18, 2011. He had spent 25 happy, fun-filled years of retirement here with his companion and wife, Judy Sutton. He is also survived by son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Robin Trynin of Los Angeles, California; daughter...

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