Richard Allen Johnson of Mattituck, formerly of Lynbrook, died at home Feb. 29, 2020, at age 74.

He was born March 17, 1945, in Jamaica, Queens, to Elsie H. (Echtermeyer) and Herbert W. Johnson. He married Mary Rogers in 1968 in Queens, N.Y.

Richard was a talented athlete all his life and enjoyed volleyball, tennis and golf. He will be deeply missed by friends, family and all who knew him.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, and his brother Herbert.

A celebration of life will be held once things are back to normal. Time and place will be announced on Facebook.

Memorial donations may be made to North Fork Animal Welfare League, P.O. Box 297, Southold, NY 11971.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck is serving the family.

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A longtime summer resident of Fleets Neck, Cutchogue, Muriel Heilshorn Kilbride died March 18, 2020, in Montclair, N.J.

She was born in Brooklyn June 26, 1923, to Margaret (Hudaff) and William H. Heilshorn Jr. and was raised in Floral Park, Long Island, and Norwalk, Conn. She met her future husband, John J. Kilbride (Jack), when they were senior classmates at Sewanhaka High School. They were married June 14, 1947, at Christ Lutheran Church in Floral Park.

As life partner to an international shipping executive who traveled continuously on business, Muriel was an accomplished home-front chief executive, juggling the demands of raising five children at home in Bellerose Village, L.I., and was an accomplished hostess, chef, master of needlework, gardener, creative force, family counselor and community and church volunteer. She was a dear companion and listener to a wide circle of cherished lifelong friends. Muriel was a lifetime learner, always enrolled in some sort of coursework, ranging from literature to opera to Bible studies to flower arranging. She and Jack traveled extensively, internationally and across the U.S., as they worked through their bucket list of national parks. She was Jack’s navigator on his successful mission to capture a photograph in front of every U.S. state capitol building.

After Jack’s death in 1989, Muriel moved to New Canaan, Conn., to live closer to her expanding family. There, she immediately became active in the community and served as a deacon at the Congregational Church of New Canaan. But her favorite place in the world was her home on Peconic Bay. Her porch luncheons and dinner barbecue spreads of local bounty for visiting family and friends, served overlooking the sparkling bay, were legendary. From her porch she watched her 12 grandchildren grow and revel in the freedom and beauty of the place. Wi-Fi and TV were banned (for a while, anyway). She continued Jack’s tradition of raising on the flagpole the nautical signal flags with the initials of her grandchildren and other house visitors to welcome their arrivals. She celebrated her 96th birthday last summer on her porch in the same style.

Muriel is survived by her five children: John, of East Windsor, N.J.; William (Mary), of Chattanooga, Tenn.; David (Kathleen), of Cutchogue; Richard (Marianna), of New Canaan; and Ann McCarthy (Dan), of Montclair, N.J. She also is survived by 11 granddaughters: Sara, Hannah, Addie, Laura, Johanna (Alex Volpi), Patricia, Anna, Elizabeth and Charlotte Kilbride and Emily and Lucie McCarthy. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, her brother, John W. Heilshorn of Garden City and Litchfield, Conn., and her only grandson, Benjamin Kilbride.

Burial took place March 21 in the family plot at Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn. A memorial service will be scheduled in the future at the Congregational Church of New Canaan.

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Eileen Kennedy Tonsmeire of East Marion, N.Y., passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 15, 2020, at the age of 74 after a long and courageous fight with cancer.

She will be deeply missed by her husband of 52 years, James; their two sons, Brian and David; daughters-in-law, Cynthia and Sandra; beloved grandchildren, William, Dylan and Juliana; many cherished nieces and nephews; and countless friends and colleagues. She was predeceased by her dear sister, Regina Ruddock, with whom she shared a constant smile and infectious laugh.

Eileen was born in Flushing, N.Y., the second daughter of Francis and Gertrude Kennedy. She spent her youth in Garden City, N.Y., graduating from Garden City High School before receiving her bachelor’s degree at the College of New Rochelle and her master’s degree in education from Stony Brook.

Eileen taught math at Syosset High School in the town she called home for 33 years, touching and enriching the lives of many students. Upon her retirement, she moved out to the North Fork of Long Island, where she and Jim built successful second careers as real estate brokers, working as a team and perfectly complementing each other, as they did from the day they first met. In her later years, they spent their winters in Vero Beach, Fla.

Throughout her life, Eileen remained first and foremost selfless, helping others in need in any way she could. Eileen enjoyed traveling, sailing and spending time at the beaches and marveling at the natural beauty offered by both her residences, but mostly doting on her grandchildren.

A private burial will be followed later this summer by a memorial service out on her cherished North Fork. The family asks that in lieu of any other tributes, donations be made to Jack Academy, a school in Ghana founded by her nieces in the name of her adored grandnephew with the transcendent goal of breaking the cycle of poverty once and for all. Please see http://jackacademy.com.

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Mary Amend Lundberg, born in the Bronx on March 11, 1931, died in Greenport on March 20, 2020, at age 89.

She was the daughter of Myles and Adelaide (Mulry) Amend of Crestwood and Cutchogue, N.Y. She was a graduate of the Ursuline School, the College of Mount Saint Vincent and Fordham University, where she earned a master’s in social work.

Mary wed Pierre “Pete” Lundberg in 1958, and they first lived in Riverhead and then in Aquebogue, before moving to Greenport in 2015. Mary enjoyed the bay, gardening, bridge, family and friends.

Mary and Pete, after raising their five children, became avid travelers, venturing to the USSR, Africa, Latin America and China, among other places.

After refreshing her MSW at Stony Brook University, Mary served as the executive director of the Riverhead Community Awareness Program until she retired in 2000.

Mary is survived by her beloved husband of 61 years, Pete; their five children and nine grandchildren: Loretta (Robert Tillman) and Alice of Brooklyn; Carol Cramer (Jim), Pete, Jamie and Jack of Piedmont, Calif.; Clare Marie of Peconic; Margaret Zimnoski (Mark) and Lainey of East Lyme, Conn.; and Arthur, Myles, Aurelia, Alessandra and Daria of Brecksville, Ohio. She is also survived by siblings Adelaide Amend of Cutchogue, Kathleen Collins of New York and Laurel, and Clare Amend of Washington, D.C. She was predeceased by her grandson Bobby Cramer.

Given the unusual times, services will be held at a later date. Arrangements were entrusted to the Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.

Donations may be made in Mary’s memory to Community Action Southold Town, P.O. Box 159, Greenport, NY 11944 or East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978.

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Lois B. Allen of Hartford, Conn., and Cutchogue and Floral Park, N.Y., passed quietly in her sleep March 11, 2020, having said goodbye to her family.

She was born May 7, 1914, in Peconic, N.Y., and graduated from Southold High School and Rider University in New Jersey. During her long life she provided guidance, leadership, knowledge and friendship to many, both locally and around the world. After marrying Hayden F. Allen, she moved to Floral Park, where she raised her two children, taught Sunday School and became a church leader at Floral Park United Methodist Church. She was a volunteer for Literacy Volunteers and, with her husband, was awarded the Spirit of Floral Park Award.

After 60 years, she returned to her home town of Cutchogue, where her biggest gift was to organize the local history archives at Cutchogue New Suffolk Library. She then moved to Avery Heights, Hartford, where her leadership of the knitting group, providing hats and shawls for school children and the homeless, and her work on the Library Committee led to her being chosen to receive the Roberta Ellison Award as the Resident Volunteer of the Year.

She and her husband were world travelers, seeing much of the United States; most countries in the Northern Hemisphere; Turkey, where they traveled a month on their own; and around the world via Russia, Mongolia and China.

Her final wish was granted as she began medical school at Quinnipiac University under their Anatomical Gift Program, establishing a rivalry, as her husband went to University of Connecticut under the same program.

She is survived by her son, Jonathan H. Allen and his wife, Lyn, of Ellington, Conn., and daughter, Winabeth Smith and her husband, John, of Morgantown, W.V.; four grandsons; two great-grandsons; a great-granddaughter; two nieces and a nephew; and their families.

Memorial services will be held at a later date, with burial at the convenience of the family.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Long Island Chapter, The Nature Conservancy, attn: Ann Lader, 250 Lawrence Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 or CHI/Avery Heights, 705 New Britain Ave., Hartford, CT 06106.

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More than anything else, perhaps, Josephine Watkins-Johnson was a survivor and a believer. She firmly believed that the latter had a lot to do with the former.

Ms. Watkins-Johnson was told she wouldn’t survive the birth of one of her children.

She did.

When she was in her late 30s, she was hospitalized with a rare blood disease and given six months to live. “But she didn’t put her trust and faith in doctors,” her daughter Donna Watkins said. “She put her trust and faith in God.”

She survived.

In 1988, Ms. Watkins-Johnson was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer.

She survived — without chemotherapy or radiation.

She had a stroke three years ago.

She survived.

Time and time again, Ms. Watkins-Johnson’s prayers were answered. “She believed in the power of prayer,” said Ms. Watkins.

Ms. Watkins-Johnson’s faith and spirituality remained with her up to the Greenport woman’s death March 12 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. She was 99. The cause of death was not disclosed, but Ms. Watkins said it was not related to COVID-19.

“She was a laborer in the Lord’s vineyard for 99 years and she clothed the naked, she fed the hungry,” Ms. Watkins said. “She comforted those who experienced a loss of some type. She championed the underdog.”

Ms. Watkins-Johnson was born March 3, 1921, in Richmond, Va. She was 3 years old when her family moved to Greenport and, by age 13, she began working as a domestic servant. She went to cosmetology school and became a licensed hair dresser early in her career. Later, she was an administrator and admissions director at the Swedish Institute of Massage in Manhattan. In the 1960s and 1970s, she ran a thriving catering business, according to her daughter.

Ms. Watkins-Johnson is credited as having been the first black member of the Greenport school board, someone who fought for the school to institute a free lunch program. She was a member of Southold Town’s Anti-Bias Task Force and known for being a battler for causes with a sharp sense of justice. She was involved with countless organizations.

“My mother was not a lightweight,” Ms. Watkins said. “She wielded a lot of power. When she spoke, people heard.”

But it was her spiritual faith that stood out.

Although Ms. Watkins-Johnson was Methodist, her family was the first black family to join St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greenport, and she actively supported a number of churches, her daughter said.

Ms. Watkins said her mother was introduced to the teachings of the Unity Church in the early 1970s and learned meditation and affirmative prayer.

“She believed there was an inner Christ in all of us,” Ms. Watkins said in a phone interview from her home in Southport, Conn. “She would go to church at 7:30 and then she would drive to Huntington and she would attend the Unity church in Huntington every Sunday after attending services at the Lutheran church. I’m sure she did it for a good twenty years.”

The Watkins-Johnson home on Kaplan Avenue in Greenport was known for its fun parties for adults and children, but prayer was big there, too. Ms. Watkins recalled the prayer room in the back of the house that was open to, well, anybody.

“It stayed open all the time,” Ms. Watkins said. “It was a sacred space. It was a sacred place. People could just sit in that prayer room and meditate and pray and just sit.”

Ms. Watkins-Johnson obviously saw a lot in her 99 years and nine days of life. She had told tales of seeing people in Greenport wearing sheets and heading off to Ku Klux Klan rallies. The Klan, she said in a 2012 Suffolk Times article, never seemed to bother the black community. “They really weren’t out for the blacks,” she said. “They were really more after the Catholics.”

Ms. Watkins recalled when her mother, one of the first Greenport residents to move into Peconic Landing in 2003, suffered a stroke one Sunday in 2017.

“Initially, she was unable to speak, walk or recognize anyone and the prognosis looked poor,” said Ms. Watkins.

To help prepare for her mother’s recovery, Ms. Watkins brought with her a bag that included photos for her mom to identify, a white board to see if she could write and words for her to read on a hospital visit just four days later. She was stunned to be greeted by her mother, asking her, “What’s in the bag?”

To that, the astonished daughter could only reply: “Nothing you need, Mom. Nothing.”

Ms. Watkins-Johnson rallied from a recent bout with pneumonia so she could celebrate her 99th birthday with a pizza party. “She loved pizza,” said Ms. Watkins.

Julie Lane of Greenport was a longtime friend of Ms. Watkins-Johnson. “Jo and I used to kid,” Ms. Lane said. “She used to call me her Jewish daughter and I would call her my black mother.”

She added, “Most people who had love in their hearts for her, gravitated toward her, and she was just a remarkable woman.”

Ms. Watkins-Johnson’s first husband, Ralph Walter Watkins, died in 1987. She remarried Robert A. Johnson in 1991 at the age of 70.

The youngest of eight children (all predeceased), Ms. Watkins-Johnson also had a predeceased son, Wendel, and a predeceased daughter, Yvonne. She is survived by a son, Thomas Watkins Sr., Ms. Watkins, four grandsons and one great-granddaughter.

Ms. Watkins-Johnson will be buried at Calverton National Cemetery with her first husband Wednesday, March 25. Because of restrictions, no family or friends may attend and no funeral procession is allowed. A memorial service and celebration is planned for a later date.

Because of the coronavirus scare, a lockdown at Peconic Landing began March 9, and Ms. Watkins said she was quarantined at the retirement community as well. She was there on March 9 to watch as Garret Johnson, pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, sang to her mother. “He sang ‘Precious Lord’ to her, and my mother was smiling,” said Ms. Watkins.

Ms. Watkins is convinced her mother was ready for the next step in her journey. “She said: ‘I’m tired. I just want to sleep. I don’t want to eat. I want to sleep.’ ”

Ms. Watkins-Johnson died with a wooden cross in her hand. The last song she heard before her death was Pastor Johnson singing, “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross.”

Said Ms. Watkins, “What a wonderful run, and what a way to go.”

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George R. Knight Jr., a world-renowned naval architect and avid sailor, died March 17, 2020, in Greenport, N.Y., following complications from injuries sustained in a Jan. 9 car accident occasioned by a stroke. Mr. Knight was 92 years old and a resident of Peconic Landing.

After graduating from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Knight spent 18 months in the U.S. Navy being trained in radar before his honorable discharge in 1947. He had loved boats his entire childhood, designing his first working sailboat by the time he was 6 years old. Not wishing to delay his college education further, he accepted an offer of admission to the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering immediately following his time in the Navy. He graduated from the U. of Michigan 1951 with a B.S. degree in naval architecture and marine engineering.

Mr. Knight began his career with the naval architecture firm of M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. (MR&S) in Manhattan, which was then one of the largest full-service naval architectural and marine engineering firms in the United States. From MR&S, he was recruited by Dr. John McMullen in 1957 to join the fledgling John J. McMullen Associates, an international firm of naval architects and marine engineers that Mr. Knight, who ultimately rose to the position of executive vice president, helped grow to more than 700 employees, mostly engineers and skilled designers. During his tenure, he directed and/or personally participated in the majority of commercial ship design projects at JJMA. Much of Mr. Knight’s work was related to the design of cargo vessels intended for the transport of crude oil, petroleum products and dry bulk cargoes. The designs included many specialized ship types and conversions for various applications. Among other notable accomplishments, Mr. Knight was the inventor of several patented aspects of container ships and traveled the globe in his role with JJMA.

In 1997, Mr. Knight was awarded the prestigious David W. Taylor Medal by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers for “Notable Achievement in Naval Architecture,” specifically for his accomplishments in the design of commercial vessels for all types of national and international ship owners, operators and ship builders. In 2003, he received an honorary doctorate as the commencement speaker at the Webb Institute. JJMA was also one of the original tenants of the World Trade Center towers, and maintained offices there during the 1993 WTC bombing until the infamous 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001. Under the calm leadership of Mr. Knight, JJMA offices at WTC 2 were evacuated safely and no JJMA personnel were injured in the terrible event. Mr. Knight personally contacted every employee until each person was accounted for following the building collapse. Mr. Knight retired in 2002 after 44 years at JJMA, but remained in a consulting and mentoring role for an additional 18 months.

In his free time, his wooden yawl Rival and family were his priorities. Mr. Knight was an avid sailor, a love he shared with his wife, Penny, who died in 2014. They were members of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club for many decades, enjoying a view of the bay from the home that Mr. Knight designed in Port Washington, before retiring to Greenport, N.Y., in 2003 to be even closer to the water and great sailing.

Mr. Knight leaves behind his sister, Betty Jane Seeger; five children: Theresa Knight, Pamela Deese, Jameson Wells, Trisha Fishel and Jennifer Santelli; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

Consistent with his wishes, a private memorial service celebrating Mr. Knight’s life and the spreading of his ashes at sea will take place in June or July.

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Lifelong North Fork resident Stanley F. “Whitey” Skrezec Jr. died peacefully in his sleep March 15, 2020. He was 86 years old.

Renowned for his work ethic, Whitey was a longtime fixture in the working community of the North Fork. Starting with his plumbing and heating business (1959-71), fish trapping (1971-81) and cesspool, water and sewer installation (1981-onward), he either owned or worked for a successful enterprise that bore his name — a 61-year testament to a rare breed of man whose word and handshake meant more than any contract he ever signed.

No matter the weather, time of day or year, he always heeded the call from anyone who required his expertise. He was truly a man for all seasons. No matter the size and scope of the undertaking, he didn’t work at it, he attacked it until completion. As he continued to work into his 80s, people often asked him when he was going to retire. He always replied, “When I die,” and that’s exactly what he did. Surely, a life well lived.

On Feb. 28,1934, he was born to Marian (Olenski) and Stanley F. Skrezec Sr. at Greenport Hospital. Whitey’s father ran the Douglas Farm in Orient, so he was introduced to and embraced hard labor at a young age. He often told stories about growing up with his four brothers in a two-bedroom house that had only a hand pump for water, citing it as a wonderful time. “We were dirt poor but everyone helped each other and we were happy” was a common refrain.

The family moved from Orient to Greenport while Whitey was starting high school. He became an outstanding football player for the Greenport High School Oystermen and was voted onto the 1951 All Long Island Football Team as a 5-foot-10-inch, 170-pound middle guard. That team was notable for the fact that it also featured a 6-foot-2-inch, 210-pound running back from Manhasset High School named Jim Brown, who went on to enter the NFL Hall of Fame. Whitey graduated in 1952 and was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean War, something he took immense pride in.

On Feb. 28, 1954, his 20th birthday, he married the love of his life, Andria Tyler. Two years later, on Aug. 11, 1956, they had a son, Stanley F. Skrezec III. Shortly after that, they moved to Tarzana, Calif., for two years, where Whitey took drafting classes and played football at Pierce Junior College, all while working the night shift for aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas.

The family returned to Greenport in 1958 and Whitey briefly worked at the Plum Island laboratories until he started his plumbing and heating business in 1959. His daughter, Krista Tyler Skrezec (Melly), was born May 8, 1961. During the 1960s, Whitey expanded his business to include excavation and drainage with the addition of a cesspool truck and backhoe, his relentless desire and work ethic always at the forefront.

On Oct. 26, 1969, with a bright and unlimited future on the horizon, his beloved wife, Andria, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 36. It was a tragedy that dramatically impacted him throughout the course of the 1970s. It was a loss that he was never really able to come to grips with and it stayed with him throughout the remainder of his life.

During the 1980s, Whitey bid on and was awarded contracts for replacement of water and sewer mains throughout the Village of Greenport. This municipal work marked a turning point in his life and led to a revitalization of the man and his business. He became an iconic presence, working on the North Fork— and especially on the streets of Greenport — ever since.

Besides work, his other passions were fishing, hunting and clamming. He was a skilled and avid fisherman who knew every honey hole and hotspot in the waters of Peconic Bay, Long Island Sound and the Florida Keys. He always knew where to get a mess of steamers or littlenecks and could spear an eel with the best of them. He was a proud member of the NRA and always enjoyed small- and big-game hunting. For the last 15 years, he was a member of the Crab Orchard Creek Hunting Club in Clay, Ky., where he bagged many a trophy buck.

Whitey put aside his workaholic ways when it meant spending time with his grandchildren. Joe Melly and Jake, Andria and Hayley Skrezec, all realized at a young age that “Pop Pop” wasn’t as tough as he appeared. Whether it be a fishing or hunting trip, fixing a bike, telling stories or passing on the wisdom from his many years, he always had a soft spot in his heart and a smile on his face.

Predeceased by his wife, Andria, and older brother, William, Whitey is survived by his younger brothers, Carl (Linda), Edward (Doris) and John; his son, Stanley F. “Kip” Skrezec III (Allison) and daughter, Krista Melly (Joseph); grandchildren, Jacob, Andria and Hayley Skrezec and Joseph Melly; three nieces and three nephews.

Restrictions due to the outbreak of the coronavirus limited the funeral services to a graveside ceremony March 21 that included military honors during internment at St. Agnes Cemetery. A memorial service will be arranged at a later date and announced in The Suffolk Times and on Facebook so that his many friends and loved ones can celebrate his life and legacy.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Crab Orchard Creek Hunting Club, 13432 67th St. North, West Palm Beach, FL 33412.

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Frank J. Zaneski of Mattituck died March 24, 2020, at San Simeon by the Sound. He was 100 years old.

He was born on June 19, 1919, in Cutchogue, N.Y., to Frank and Agnes (Gilewski) Zaneski.

As a young man, Frank worked as a bayman, a farmer and a truck driver, delivering potatoes throughout the northeast. He ultimately retired from his job as custodian with the Suffolk County Court System in Riverhead. He then spent many happy years working for the Norris family in Mattituck.

He was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Mary (Wilcenski) Zaneski, in 2012 and siblings Helen Figurniak, Rose Ruhoy, Felix and Steven. Mr. Zaneski is survived by his son, Raymond (Christine), of Mattituck; grandchildren, Dan (Laurie) of Edison, N.J., Karen Whalen (Sean) of Commack, N.Y. and Robyn Shtadtlender (Michael) of Rego Park, N.Y.; five great-grandchildren, Madeline and Marissa Zaneski, Nicholas and Cassie Whalen and Hannah Shtadtlender; and brother Isadore Zaneski of Islip, N.Y.

The family wishes to thank all the devoted staff at San Simeon by the Sound for the excellent care Frank received while a patient there.

Due to the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no visiting hours or funeral Mass. Mr. Zaneski will be interred at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

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Brian Michael Wines, 42, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died March 16, 2020.

Brian was born and raised in Mattituck and graduated from Mattituck High School, where he played soccer and baseball and was a member of the National Honor Society. He was a graduate of the University of North Florida. He was a team leader for Essent Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company.

Brian is survived by his wife, Amanda Swing Wines; three sons, Clayton Wines, Tyler Wines and Jackson Wines; his parents, Roger and Cheryl Wines of Jamesport; two brothers, Kevin Wines (Kim) of Mattituck and Keith Wines (April) of Thomasville, N.C.; three nephews, Anthony, Andrew and Tanner; as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He will be remembered by friends and family for his generous spirit and playful nature. He was known around his office for his sharp wit and practical jokes. Other than playing with his boys, his favorite activity was camping on Cape Hatteras with his family.

A private memorial service was held March 20, 2020, at Davidson Funeral Home in Lexington, N.C.

In honor of his sons Tyler and Jackson, memorial gifts may be directed to the CURED Foundation, an organization dedicated to those suffering from eosinophilic disorders, at P.O. Box 32, Lincolnshire, IL 60069.

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Stanley R. “Wiskers” Zaweski of Laurel died March 24, 2020, at Peconic Bay Medical Center. He was 88 years old.

He was born in Jamesport Dec. 15, 1931, the son of Bertha (Glover) and Stanley R. Zaweski Sr.

He graduated from Mattituck High School in 1947 and married Charlotte Sepko Jan. 18, 1953, at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead. Wiskers met Charlotte in his senior year of high school. He often said she was the backbone of the family. They had been married 59 years when she passed in 2012. Wiskers missed her terribly every day since.

Predeceased by his brother Frank in 2013 and his son David in 1959, Wiskers is survived by his sons Richard (Patty), of Naples, Fla., and John (Tracy), of Hampton Bays, N.Y.; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and his brother Albie (Roberta), of St. Petersburg, Fla.

Wiskers’ father passed away when he was 17 and he left school to work on the family farm and support his young mother and two little brothers, Albie and Frank. At one point, he ran one of the largest farms on Long Island. He always loved the Yankees. Just before his father died, he tried out for the New York Yankees as a catcher but knew he had to take care of his farm and family. He was one of the last big-time potato farmers.

Wiskers loved going to the Jamesport Fire Department coffee room. He was the longest living charter member and would have celebrated his 71st anniversary March 30. He joined the fire department to fight fires and help the community. Always a member of Company No. 1, he rose to the rank of captain but was never interested in chief or commissioner, as he was too busy on the farm and just wanted to fight fires.

He was also a volunteer at Peconic Bay Medical Center. Memorial donations may be made to the PBMC Foundation.

Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements were entrusted to McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

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Our beloved Marie L. Mettler, 96, died March 18, 2020, at Peconic Landing in Greenport, N.Y.

Marie was born to John J. and Mary J. (Knapp) Lehner in Mineola, N.Y. She had two older brothers, John B. and Robert S., who both served in the U.S. Army in World War II.

She is survived by her loving nephews, John K. Lehner, William R. Lehner and Gerard E. Lehner; her niece, Nadine Lehner; and several grand-nephews and -nieces.

Joyce Leary has been her wonderful caregiver and companion for the past seven years.

Marie attended Corpus Christi School and Katharine Gibbs College and worked as a secretary. She was an avid bridge player and a fine craft artist.

She was happily married for 50 years to her dear husband, Howard Mettler, from Garden City. They spent many great years together in Stony Brook, until Howard’s death in 1999.

Marie always greeted family and friends with a beautiful, warm smile. She will always be remembered as a kind, gentle, loving woman. She will be greatly missed.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

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Jack Kane passed away following a brief illness on March 17, 2020. Born in Cutchogue to Frances (Broaker) and William Kane, he graduated from Southold High School in 1950. Following graduation he joined the U.S. Navy and served through the end of his enlistment in 1954. At the conclusion of his Navy engagement he attended and graduated from the Academy of Aeronautics.

In 1955, Jack married Agnes “Jean” Grosbouer at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport. They built their home in Cutchogue and raised two sons about a quarter of a mile down the street from where he grew up. Newly graduated from the Academy, he was employed by the Grumman Corporation, where he worked as an instrument engineer for the flight test division. He remained at Grumman for the next 35 years, until his retirement in 1992.

An active member of the local Boy Scout troop, the Parents Club of Mercy High School and the Grumman Retiree Club, Jack kept busy in service to his family, neighbors and the North Fork community at large. Jack was an active member of Cutchogue Fire Department for 57 years and served in many different capacities within the organization over this period of time. He was a lifelong resident of Cutchogue who never wanted to live anywhere else.

Firematic services were held prior to a Mass celebrated by Msgr. Joseph Staudt at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. He was buried with military honors at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue. He is home once more.

He was preceded in death by his brother, James Kane.

Jack is survived by his wife, Jean; his sons, John Kane of Oswego, N.Y., and Michael Kane of Vestal, N.Y.; his grandsons, John, Robert, Benjamin, Jonathan and Timothy; and his great-granddaughter, Eva.

There will be a gathering of family and friends at a later date to celebrate a life well lived.

Memorial donations may be made to the Choroideremia Research Foundation, 23 E. Brundreth St., Springfield, MA 01109 or to Cutchogue Fire Department.

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Antone Frank Volinski Jr., of Greenport died March 25 at Stony Brook Hospital. Known as Tony or Pop-Pop, he was a beloved member of the community during his 85 years.

Tony was born Feb. 9, 1935, in Orient, N.Y., the youngest of two children. His parents Antone F. Volinski Sr. and Jennie (Garboski) raised Tony in Greenport alongside his sister Jean.

Tony attended Greenport High School, where he was an all-around athlete. He competed and played football, track, gymnastics and basketball. Specifically highlighting his high school football career as the all-star running back. Tony graduated in 1955 and enlisted in the Air Force for 14 years, where he worked and maintained engines.

In 1958, Tony married Jeannette Funston in Norwich, England and enjoyed 62 years by each other’s side. They were then stationed in Florida (1960-61) and Delaware (1965) where they had their three sons, Antone, Russell, and Darryl Volinski before making their home in Greenport, to watch their family grow. In the 1980s, Tony worked as a foreman at the Oyster Factory alongside his wife who packaged the oysters. When the factory closed in the 1990s, Tony then worked on Plum Island as a boiler operator before he retired to become the No. 1 caregiver to his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Tony was an avid fisherman, collector, woodcarver, sideline ‘referee’ and so much more. Participating in bowling and softball leagues as well as coaching little league baseball and football. Tony especially loved watching his grandchildren and his great grandchildren at all their sporting events, rarely missing a game. Specifically his devotion to the Relief Hose Company No. 2 of the Greenport Fire Department as a member for 50 years. Where he was a daily member of the ‘morning coffee club’ with his best friends.

Tony is survived by his beloved wife, Jeanette; his children Tony (Debbie), Russell, Darryl (Kelley); His grandchildren Jennie (Jeff) Boyle, Shawn (Jessica), Tammie (Pablo) Martinez, Cheri (John) Schuhmann, Kimberly, Jack, Rosemary Volinski; and 13 great grandchildren.

Due to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no visiting hours or funeral mass at this time. Tony will be buried in the Calverton National Cemetery. A future memorial date will be set. In his memory, donations can be made to the Greenport Fire Department or Greenport Rescue Squad.

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As each new generation of Greenport football players suited up in Porter purple, Tony Volinski Jr. and some his former teammates would sit together in their usual spot in the bleachers at the field named in memory of their former coach, Dorrie Jackson.

The game unfolding in front of them had evolved in ways unlike anything they could have imagined. During their youth in the early 1950s, the start of Greenport football’s golden era, players wore helmets with no face masks.

Tony’s love of the game never wavered. Sixty years after his playing days at Greenport as a running back ended, Tony watched his grandson Jack play at defensive back and receiver for the Porters.

“He loved being there, that what his thing,” said Darryl Volinski, Tony’s son. “Sitting up with his friends that actually he played with, watching their grandchildren play. … It was amazing they had their little group up in the bleachers.”

Whether at the football games or through his five decades with the Greenport Fire Department, Tony spent his life dedicated to the community he loved, and most importantly, to his family.

“He was such a generous man,” Darryl said. “He gave us so much great advice to us boys growing up and he loved us unconditionally. I can’t tell you how much he was always there. You could always go to Dad and he would fix it.”

On March 25, Tony, known by his family as Pop-Pop, became one of the latest victims of the coronavirus pandemic that has swept across the globe and left a devastating impact on New York and in Southold Town. About three weeks after first becoming ill, Tony died at Stony Brook University Hospital, the first confirmed death connected to COVID-19 in Southold Town outside of the members living at Peconic Landing where the virus has claimed seven lives. He was 85.

“It’s been very difficult,” Darryl said, adding that due to restrictions at the hospital, family members were unable to visit him. There can be no formal services to mourn together.

Darryl said his father had faced heart issues for many years and had recently been hospitalized with pneumonia about a month earlier. He was getting over that when he became ill with COVID-19. Darryl said it was unclear exactly how his father contracted the virus. At least 728 people in New York have died from complications linked to COVID-19 through Saturday afternoon, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Those numbers are expected to continue to rise.

Darryl said his father was transported from his home to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital by Greenport Rescue Squad and was quarantined right away based on his symptoms. He was tested there for COVID-19 and then transferred to Stony Brook.

“In that meantime I was exposed to my father, so I quarantined for 14 days by the Health Department,” Darryl said, adding that he never developed symptoms.

In the beginning, Tony was having difficulties breathing, and his condition gradually worsened.

While there was no visitation at the hospital, Darryl said staff at Stony Brook held a phone so his mother, Jeanette, could speak to her husband from her Greenport home, even when the ventilator prevented him from responding.

Darryl said the staff at Stony Brook considered allowing him to enter the room with personal protective equipment to see his dad when the prognosis grew more grim. However, after a doctor spoke to his mother, they agreed it wasn’t a risk worth taking. He would have been required to quarantine again after that.

“My mother said that she didn’t want me to go through that and I know my father wouldn’t want me to go through that,” he said. “It’s just difficult not seeing your dad before he passes. It’s very hard on all of us.”

Tony is survived by two more sons, Tony and Russell; seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Born Feb. 9, 1935 in Orient to Antone Volinski Sr. and Jennie (Garboski), Tony was raised in Greenport alongside his sister Jean. After graduating Greenport High School in 1955, he joined the Air Force where he spent 14 years as a mechanic working on diesel engines. His military career took him to Alaska and England. He married Jeannette in Norwich, England in 1958.

The couple and their three boys eventually settled back in Greenport. Darryl was 1 at the time, he said.

In the 1980s, Tony worked as a foreman at the Oyster Factory alongside his wife, who packaged the oysters. When the factory closed in the 1990s, Tony then worked on Plum Island as a boiler operator.

Darryl said his family has received an outpouring of support since his father died. 

“He had so many friends throughout the community,” he said. “He touched so many people.”

Darryl works at Peconic Landing as director of environmental services. He said his co-workers have been very supportive during the past few weeks as he took time away from his job to attend to his family.

“The outpouring from them for my family right now is amazing even with what they have going on right now,” he said.

Tony had recently reached his 50-year anniversary as a firefighter. He remained active in the fire department, even after his days on the front line passed. He was part of the ‘morning coffee club,’ where members would meet at 10 a.m., set up a few chairs and enjoy coffee together. He’d help clean trucks; anything he could do to help. At the Washington’s Day parade, he’d be opening clams for the festivities.

The fire department planned to hold a celebration to commemorate his golden anniversary when the weather got nicer. 

On Tuesday, the fire department will honor his memory with a small procession past the Third Street firehouse en route to Calverton National Cemetery where he will be laid to rest. On the way, the procession will travel past the Middleton Road home where he raised a family and where his wife of 62 years will say her final goodbye.

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Nancy Ellen Kalin, 61, of Greenport, N.Y., sadly passed away peacefully March 21, 2020, after spending her last moments with her children.

Nancy was born May 20, 1958, to Lloyd “Pep” and Joan Kalin in Greenport and grew up in Orient, N.Y. She graduated from Greenport High School in 1977 and went on to have four children. She worked at Southold IGA for 15 years as a cashier alongside her youngest daughter, Jen. She enjoyed wood burning, making crafts and enjoying the company of friends. She had a kind heart, contagious laugh and warm smile that will be missed by all.

Nancy is survived by her children, Tina Hitt, Tommy Andrews, Andy Andrews and Jen Delaney, as well as seven grandchildren and her brother, Lloyd “Flaco” Kalin.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date, to be announced.

Arrangements were in the care of Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport.

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Janet Gay Hawkins of Greenport, N.Y., died March 27 at the Peconic Landing retirement community at the age of 93 years.

Janet was born June 5, 1926, in Mineola, N.Y., the younger of two children. Her parents, Helen (Remsen) and William Gay, raised Janet in Munsey Park, N.Y., alongside her sister, Joan.

Janet attended Manhasset High School, Class of 1944, where she competed in archery. She went on to Colby College, graduating in 1948.

In 1952, Janet married Harman Hawkins (1919-2002) at Community Reformed Church in Manhasset. They lived for 32 years in Plandome, N.Y., where they raised their two sons, Christopher and Jonathan.

Always active in civic and community affairs, Janet was a member of the Junior League of the North Shore, serving as treasurer and sustainer committee member, as well as a member of Manhasset Bay Yacht Club.

When Janet and Harman retired, they moved to Shelter Island, where she served on the Mashomack Preserve Board of Trustees for six years and organized the annual benefit gathering for many years. Other endeavors included the Shelter Island Yacht Club and Shelter Island Historical Society.

Janet is survived by her sons, Christopher, of Randolph, N.H., and Jonathan (Brenda), of Jamestown, R.I.; her grandchildren, Jackson, Rebecca, Matthew and Jeremiah; and four great-grandchildren.

Due to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no celebration at this time. There will be a gathering of family and friends at a later date to celebrate a life well lived.

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Jane Adams Petrie passed away peacefully on March 23 in Mansfield, Ohio. She was 96 years old.

Jane was a longtime resident of Great Neck and Southold. She and her husband of 65 years, Donald J. Petrie, loved the north shore of Long Island. They began spending summers in Peconic in 1958, and in 1970 achieved their lifelong dream of building their own home in Southold.

Jane and Don were nature lovers and gardeners, and spent many years relaxing on their deck, enjoying their view of the Long Island Sound. They loved the tranquility and peace that their home brought them, and they passed on this love to their five children and eight grandchildren. Jane was a creative, intelligent and authentic lady, who liked to laugh and enjoyed a good yarn.

She is survived by her sons, Scott and Doug; her daughters, Anne, Elizabeth and Susan; and her eight grandchildren: Taylor and Jane Gleaves, Alexa and Henry Petrie, Willys and Kathryn DeVoll, and Lily and Beckett Badertscher.

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Former East Marion resident Doris Schimatz died March 25, 2020, at her home in Vero Beach, Fla. She was 99.

She was born Jan. 28, 1921, in Manhattan to Margaret Mary German and John Martin Schmidt.

She was a high school graduate and married Jacob Schimatz in December 1947.

Family members said she enjoyed golf, bingo and mahjong.

Ms. Schimatz was predeceased by her husband and her sister, Rita Frances.

Private burial will take place at St. Agnes R.C. Cemetery in Greenport.

Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport assisted the family.

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Longtime Cutchogue resident John J. “Jack” Malone, formerly of West Hempstead, died March 9, 2020. He was 83.

Jack was born April 1, 1936, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Marion (Schamberger) and Joseph Malone. He graduated from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School and went on to attend Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he received his associate degree. After college, he served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957, attaining the rank of Specialist Third Class. During his service, he trained in the Tenth Mountain Division and in communications.

Jack worked for 25 years as a firefighter for the Fire Department of the City of New York, retiring out of Engine 285 in Ozone Park, N.Y. He was a member of the FDNY Emerald Society and St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold.

Predeceased by his brothers, Ronald and Walter Malone, he is survived by his loving wife, Patricia (née McNamara) Malone; children, Jeanne Malone (Jeff Schade) of Southold and Joanne Malone Hickey (Sean) of Chatham, N.J.; grandchildren, Tara Anne Hickey, Jack Timothy Hickey, Jacqueline Noelle Hickey, David Malone Hickey, Ryan Schade and Alexandra Schade; and sister, Dolores Malone Revere.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated Friday, March 13, at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold, officiated by Father John Barrett. Interment with U.S. Army honors followed at Calverton National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations to UFA Widows and Children’s Fund, 204 East 23rd St., New York, NY 10010 or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675-8517 would be appreciated.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold assisted the family.

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