Former Southold resident Joseph E. Dorobkowski died June 2 in Stewart, Fla. He was 84.  

He was born Jan. 9, 1930, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to Joseph and Anna (Piskor) Dorobkowski. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army with 82nd Airborne Division and was honorably discharged due to injury.

Family members said Mr. Dorobkowski was an avid fisherman and captain prior to moving to Southold. He owned and operated a charter boat on Woodcleft Canal in Freeport. After moving to Southold, he owned and operated JED plumbing before retiring to Florida in 1989.

He was predeceased in 2002, by his wife of 52 years, Joan and his son, Joseph in 2007. He is survived by his daughter, Catherine Cierach of Southold; three grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Cremation was private.

Gertrude Moebius Mothersele Ali passed away peacefully June 4, 2014, at the age of 89. She had been a resident of Cutchogue and Mattituck for 50 years and a summer resident of Cutchogue since childhood. She died from complications of cancer at Peconic Landing in Greenport.

She was born in Nutley, N.J., on Dec. 8, 1924, the second of four children of Agnes and Charles Mothersele. Her father, an immigrant from England, was a golf pro, and her mother later became one of the Peconic Bay Impressionist painters. Gertrude was a 10th generation descendent of the Rev. John Youngs, first settler and founder of Southold Town.

Gertrude lived in Nutley through high school, summering in Cutchogue at the large home her grandfather Kurt Moebius had built on Fleet’s Neck in 1917. She attended Maryland College for Women, during which time she worked part time at a psychiatric hospital. After that, she commuted from Nutley to New York City to work for Johns-Manville Corp., first as a mail girl, then as a secretary. While working there she took engineering classes at New York University. She then worked at Syracuse University and Dixie Paper Cup Company as an assistant quality control consultant with Edward A. Reynolds, who became her first husband. They married in 1948 and had three children, one of whom died shortly after birth.

Before moving to Mattituck in 1964, Gertrude, Edward and their two children lived in Ligonier, Pa., for about 10 years. During that time, they spent every summer in Cutchogue at Gertrude’s mother’s home, known as the “Big House,” often with her sisters and brother and their children. There was no television, and evenings would find her, her mother, and her sister Charlotte playing Scrabble after drinks on the porch overlooking Peconic Bay (often while shelling peas or husking corn) and dinner with the children. Her children remember her reading and singing songs to them every night at bedtime.

After Gertrude’s first marriage ended, she married Frank Ali on May 7, 1974. They enjoyed dancing and traveling together, and lived in Brookville, N.Y., for a number of years. In 1985, they built a house on part of the family land in Fleet’s Neck, Cutchogue, where Gertrude lived until shortly before her death.

Gertrude, “Gert” to her family, was a talented pianist all her life, playing classical compositions from memory through her 89th year. She loved horseback riding as a young woman, and would save her money to go to the Cimarron Ranch in Putnam Valley, N.Y., on weekends. She enjoyed sailing and tennis. She taught Sunday school and was a Brownie leader. As a member of the North Fork Community Theatre in the 1960s, Gertrude appeared in many plays including “Blythe Sprit” and “Mary Mary.”

Like her mother, Agnes Mothersele, she enjoyed painting, especially in the Sumi-e style of Japanese watercolor brush painting. She was skilled at bridge and golf and was a member for many years at North Fork Country Club in Cutchogue. She was also a gifted gardener, raising orchids and other exotic flowers, as well as vegetables, year after year from her own seeds.

Fit and active her whole life, as recently as last summer Gertrude could be seen swimming daily in Peconic Bay, and she was a frequent patron of Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library and local seminars.

She was predeceased by her daughter Susan; her husbands, Edward Reynolds and Frank Ali; her sisters, Janet Melot and Charlotte Lynn; and her brother, John Mothersele. She is survived by her daughter Honor Reynolds of Durango, Colo.; her son, Chris Reynolds and his wife, Elizabeth Kelly, of Milton, Vt.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Muriel Mothersele; her brother-in-law, Grant Leslie Lynn; and numerous nieces and nephews in her large and close extended family.

There will be a memorial service later this summer in Cutchogue for friends and family. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.

Memorial donations may be sent to Sunshine Society of Southold, P.O. Box 251, Southold, NY 11971; Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library, P.O. Box 935, Cutchogue, NY 11935; or North Fork Community Theatre, P.O. Box 86, Mattituck, NY 11952.

This is a paid notice. 

Jeanne C. Tuthill of Mattituck died on June 8, 2014.  She was 96 years old. 

She was born in New Suffolk March 15, 1918, to Harry B. and Marjorie ( Fanning) Carter. Raised in Rockville Centre, Garden City and New Suffolk, she was trained as a nurse and worked at the former Central Suffolk Hospital in Riverhead.

Jeanne enjoyed quilting and traveling, gardening and the “farm life.”  For many years, she ran the raspberry stand on Route 48 in Mattituck and in earlier years raised turkeys.

She had been a member of Cutchogue Presbyterian Church and was more recently associated with Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Mattituck.

Predeceased by her husband, John Case Tuthill in 2013 and her son, Edward Tuthill in 1972; she is survived by her friends David and Sherry Steele and their family of Mattituck and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends and family will receive visitors Wednesday, June 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.  Graveside services and interment will take place Thursday, June 12, at 10 a.m. at Cutchogue Cemetery, where the Rev. Patrick McNamara of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer will officiate.

Memorial donations may be made to  Mattituck Fire Department Rescue Squad or Mattituck Historical Society.

This is a paid notice. 

Former Mattituck resident Joseph E. Kujawski Sr. of Gloucester Point, Va. died June 9 at Sentara CarePlex in Hampton, Va. He was 63. 

Joe was retired from the U.S. Air Force and worked as a landscaper for Green Planters in Hayes. Family members said he was very patriotic and loved his country, also saying “he has left us, but will never be forgotten.”

He is survived by his wife, Frances Y. Caputo-Kujawski; his children, Joseph E. Jr. (Shannan) Kujawski; Lisa M. Kujawski and Kimberly H. (John) Allen; his stepchildren, Frank Caputo and Jeanette (Gary) Trent; his grandchldren, Haley, Bailey, Jacob, Zack, Cody, Dylan, Kayla and Kayleigh; his brothers, George (Zina) Kujawski and Mark (Vivian) Kujawski; his sister-in-law, Susan Kujawski and a host of nieces and nephews.

The family received visitors June 11 at Hogg Funeral Home in Gloucester Point.

Memorial donations may be made to Gloucester-Matthews Human Society, P.O. Box 385, Gloucester, Va., 23061.

This is a paid notice. 

Kathleen Regina O’Brien Beckwith died Jan. 28 after a long illness, hastened by an accidental fall that was more than she could recover from. She was 59. 

Kathie, as she was affectionately known, was born May 4, 1955, on Long Island to William Joseph O’Brien and Anne Justina Selts O’Brien. She was one of six children and graduated from Greenport High School in 1973.

In 1983 she moved to San Diego, Calif., which she grew to love almost as much as she loved her sweetheart, David Elwood Beckwith, whom she married Oct. 9, 1983.

Kathie was an artist whose interests included painting, scrimshaw, painting porcelain doll faces, creating stained-glass works and modeling. She loved many types of music and played guitar and flute.

She loved her friends, her family and her pets, and also had a special love for the beach and ocean. Kathie kept her special friendships alive across the miles with her best girl friends on the East End. All of her friends will miss her unconditional love and listening.

Kathie is survived by her husband, David Beckwith; her sister, Anna O’Brien; her brother, William O’Brien; her sister, Helen Sarah O’Brien Bard; and brothers Michael and Charles O’Brien, as well as a her niece, nephews and grandniece.

Interment will take place Sunday, June 28, at 2 p.m. at Shelter Island Cemetery. A Celebration of Life will follow at St. Mary’s Church hall, where family and friends may share stories. Light refreshments will be served.

This is a paid notice. 

Former Orient resident Fanny Lucilla Vail of Kalamazoo, Mich., died peacefully June 15, 2014, at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence in Kalamazoo She was 80. 

Fanny was born in Greenport, July 30, 1933, the eldest child of Herbert and Elizabeth Vail. She grew up in Orient and left to attend college at State University of New York in New Paltz, where she graduated with highest honors.

Fanny was an elementary school teacher for many years in New Jersey and Maine. She moved to Michigan in 1979, and later worked as editor of publications for Michigan School Business Officials. In later years, she took on a new challenge, and attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where she graduated with honors. She worked at Michigan Court of Appeals as a research attorney and later as an associate attorney with the firm of Russell and Carowitz in Grand Rapids, Mich.

After Fanny retired, she moved to Ocala, Fla. While there, she served as executive director for Keep Marion [County] Beautiful, and was active in Concerned Homeowners in Partnership (CHIP). She returned to Michigan to be near her family soon after her first granddaughter was born.

Fanny had a passion for music. She played piano, and sang in the church choir. She was an avid reader, enjoyed nature, loved to knit, and to spend time with family and friends. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Kalamazoo.

She is survived by two children, Liza Scherff-Nesarikar, of Monmouth Junction, N.J., and Brian Scherff of Paw Paw, Mich.; her grandchildren, Christopher, Tori, Annie, and Veena; and siblings Alice VanBeuzekom and Henry Vail, both of Washington State. She was predeceased by her son Steve Scherff in 2013; her sister Emily Henneman in 2006; and her children’s father, James Scherff, in 1989.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 1, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Kalamazoo.

This is a paid notice.

John Ross McHugh of Southold, formerly of Wantagh died June 16. He was 84. 

He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Jeanne; his loving children, Patricia Koentje, Kathleen (Brian) Pieloch, Robin and John (Rossana); his cherished grandchildren, Nicholas, Christopher, Corinna, Kerrie, Jessica, Natalie and Samantha; and his great-granddaughter, Ella Grace.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, June 19, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Moloney’s Funeral Home in Holbrook, where a religious service will take place at 8 p.m. Cremation will be private.

This is a paid notice. 

Norma L. Hinsch, of Laurel and Plainview, died June 16 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Port Jefferson. She was 89. 

She was born March 17, 1925, in Manhattan to John and Elsa Bunke. Ms. Hinsch was a homemaker, who family members said enjoyed studying nutrition, Bible study and leading prayer groups. She was a member of Order of St. Luke and Valparaiso Guild.

Ms. Hinsch was predeceased by her husband, the Rev. John C. Hinsch in 1998 and is survived by her children, John (Judy) of Plainview, James (Lisa) of Laurel, Paul (Krista) of Bethpage, Peter (Kathy) of Southold, Lois (David) Birner of Grafton, Wis. and Priscilla of Fairview Park, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, June 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. and will continue Thursday, June 19, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will take place Saturday, June 21, at 10:30 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Plainview. Interment will take place at St. Margaret’s Cemetery in Plainview.

Memorial donations may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church in Rocky Point.

This is a paid notice. 

John Helinski of Greenport died June 17. He was 93.

The family will receive visitors Friday, June 20, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral Mass will take place Saturday, June 21, at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport. Interment will take place at the church cemetery.

A complete obituary will follow.

Elizabeth M. Simcik of Southold died June 21. She was 91.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, June 24, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, June 25, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue, where Father Stan Wadowski will officiate. Interment will take place at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

Memorial donations may be made to the North Fork Animal Welfare League or Katinka House in Mattituck.

A complete obituary will follow.

Former East Marion resident Mrs. Rosemary Donohue Luscher, of Indian Land, S.C., passed away at her home Friday, June 20, 2014. She was 72.

Rosemary was born September 4, 1941, in New York City, and was the daughter of Francis and Margaret O’Donnell Donohue. She was a graduate of Bishop McDonald and received her nursing degree from Suffolk Couonty Community College. She retired as a registered nurse after many dedicated years of service to countless individuals.

Rosemary married the love of her life, Chuck, February 11, 1961, and from that marriage were blessed with four wonderful children. They lived most of their lives in East Marion. She enjoyed gardening but her pride and joy in life was her family and especially her precious grandchildren.

Rosemary is survived by her husband, Chuck Luscher of Indian Land; her children, Charlie Luscher, Jean (Domenic) Lepore, and Brian Luscher all of Charlotte N.C., and Stephen (Karina) Luscher of Hollywood, Fla.; her sister Peggy Baldwin of Greenport; her brother John (Linda) Donohue of Southold; and seven grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brother Frank Donohue and her sister Loretta Vanderbeek.

The family received visitors June 22 at Heritage Funeral Home, Weddington Chapel in Charlotte. A mass of Christian Burial will take place Monday, June 23, at 11 a.m. at Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church in Fort Mill, S.C. Private interment will take place at Forest Lawn East Cemetery in Matthews, N.C.

Memorial donations may be made to Our Lady of Grace Mission, 7031 Waxhaw Highway,
Lancaster, SC 29720.

An online guestbook is available at www.heritagecares.com

This is a paid notice.

Longtime Riverhead resident Bertha Harris, formerly of Southold, died June 22. She was 88.

Ms. Harris was born Dec. 18, 1925, in Southold to Francis (Dzerzynsky) and John Sledjeski and graduated from Mattituck High School in 1944. She married Stanley Harris April 11, 1948.

Ms. Harris was the publicist and past president for the Polish Town Civic Association.

She was predeceased by her husband in 2006 and is survived by her sister, Irene Garner of Greenport; her brother, Edward Sledjeski of Florida; her son James (Jean) Harris of Riverhead; her son Michael (Jo-Ann) Harris of Patchogue; and her two grandchildren, Jaime Ness of Seven Valleys, Pa. and James Harris Jr. of Riverhead.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, June 25, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral service will take place Thursday, June 26, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead. Interment will take place at Calverton National Cemetery.

This is a paid notice. 

Former Matittuck resident Laurie E. Graeb-Lechner of Holtsville died June 21 in Port Jefferson. She was 57.

She was born Dec. 7, 1956, in Mineola to Robert and Phylis Graeb and graduated from Mattituck High School in 1975. She married Kenneth C. Lechner April 18, 2004, in Mattituck.

Ms. Graeb-Lechner worked as a secretary for Southampton Hospital. She was a member of East End Lions and Mattituck Presbyterian Church. Family members said she loved spending time with her grandchildren and nieces and nephews. She also loved traveling and cruising, reading, shopping and stock car racing.

She was predeceased by her parents and is survived by her husband, Kenneth of Holtsville; her stepchildren, Danielle (Joshua) and Kenneth Jr.; her brothers, John (Diane) and Thomas (Diane); her sister, Pamela (Gene) Doroski; her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Carmella and David Lechner; her grandchildren, Nicholas, Jake and Isabella Mannick; and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive visitors Friday, June 27, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will take place Saturday, June 28, at 11 a.m. at Mattituck Presbyterian Church. Cremation will be private.

Memorial donations may be made to Myositis Foundation, Attn: Development Department, 1737 King St., Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314, myositis.org

This is a paid notice.

Gordon Hendee Price, a well-known residential designer in the Orient area and a former New York advertising executive, died Sunday, June 8, after a brief illness. Mr. Price was 90 years of age and had been a resident of Westport, Mass. since 2009. He was a very active member of the community and a participant in the Westport Art Group and Bridge Club. Mr. Price deeply appreciated and loved the many close friends he made there. 

Born in New York City, Mr. Price grew up in Bronxville, attended Bronxville schools and graduated with the class of 1942. He was the son of Chester Boyce Price, well-known New York architect and architectural renderer, and Alice Hendee Price, a nationally recognized portrait painter. Gordon Price was a past president of the Board of Directors of Gramatan Townhouses. He was a former member of the Art Directors Club of New York and the Illustrators Club of New York.

As an executive art director and vice-president of Dancer Fitzgerald Sample Advertising in New York City, he served such major accounts as Toyota, General Mills, Life Savers and Brown Forman Distillers. Retiring in 1984, he moved to Orient where he fulfilled a lifelong ambition by incorporating as a residential designer, Art Directions, Inc., and building a successful practice that continued for many years.

Mr. Price was a 1949 graduate of Brown University and in 1951 he also completed degree requirements at Rhode Island School of Design where he majored in illustration. During World War II he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps serving as a radio technician in the U.S., England, France and Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1946 with the rank of sergeant.

He began his career as an illustrator with the advertising art studio of Carlson & Forino. In 1955 he became art director with a small advertising agency in New York City, moving in 1958 to McCann Erickson, where he was hired as an art director. Four years later he joined Dancer Fitzgerald Sample and became an executive art director and vice-president in print and television advertising.

Mr. Price was married to Joan Estelle Rhinehart of Bronxville, N.Y. for 20 years from 1949 to 1969, the marriage ending in divorce. She died in 1977. In 1980 he married Maret Bjornberg of Minneapolis, from whom he was divorced in 1985. He was preceded in death by his beloved long-time companion, Edythe Vaughan Stevenson, who was also a noted writer and advertising executive.

Mr. Price is survived by three sons from his first marriage, Scott R. Price and his wife, Suzanne of Naugatuck, Conn.; Donald H. Price and his wife, Maxine of Port Townsend, Wash.; and Eric W. Price of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three grandchildren, Clare B. Price, Stephen T. Price and Sean M. Price; a stepson, Kyle Emerick of Novato, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews. He was the half-brother of the late Boyce P. Price and brother of the late Barbara P. Farnell.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 19, at 11 a.m. at St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Little Compton, RI, followed by burial with military honors in The Union Cemetery and a reception in the church hall. Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend. For tributes or directions: www.waring-sullivan.com.

Contributions in his honor may be made to the Westport Art Group, P.O. Box 157, Westport Point, MA 02791.

This is a paid notice.

Former Laurel resident James G. Burgio of Greensboro, N.C. died May 25. He was 95. 

Jim was a graduate of Fordham University and a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. during world War II, training pilots to fly in combat. After the Marine Corps he was an airline pilot with Eastern Airlines for 30 years until his retirement. He captained the Tri-Star L 1011 whisper liner for his last years and had an impeccable reputation for safety.

Jim lived most of his adult life between the North Fork and Florida spending about six months in each, taking advantage of the best that both had to offer. He loved his wife and his children, eating out with friends, travelling, dancing and life at the beach.

Jim was predeceased by his wife, Josephine in 2004 and is survived by his three sons and their spouses, Jim and Lynn, Robert and Bonnie, and Rick; his sister, Gilda; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Interment will take place Monday, July 14, at 11:30 a.m. at Calverton National Cemetery followed by a celebration of life and lunch at the family home in Laurel.

Memorial donations can be made to Carolina Field of Honor, 600 N Regional Road, Greensboro, NC 27049.

Walter A. Delaney of Southold died June 22, 2014, at the age of 89.  

Mr. Delaney was born in the Bronx, New York in 1925 to the late Walter and Adele Delaney. After graduating from Stuyvesant High School, he served with the U.S. Navy, achieving the rank of second lieutenant during World War II. He then attended and graduated from Brown University. Mr. Delaney was an officer of the New York City Police Department for over 30 years, retiring in 1986 at the rank of captain.

He married Margaret Major in 1951. Mr. and Mrs. Delaney lived and raised their family in North Babylon before retiring to Southold. They were married for 60 years.

Upon retirement, Mr. Delaney enjoyed boating, fishing, and golfing with his children and grandchildren, as well as travelling with his wife. He will always be remembered as a loyal, devoted, and loving father and husband. Walter will be laid to rest with his beloved wife, Margaret.

He is survived by sons, Richard of New York City, Kevin of Darien, Conn., Brian of Weston, Conn., Walter of Garden City and Christopher of Clarendon Hills, Ill.; his daughter, Patricia Brown of Fairfield, Conn.; and 15 grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Sunday, June 29, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place Monday, June 30, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold. Interment will take place at Calverton National Cemetery.

This is a paid notice. 

Irene J. Diaz of Greenport, died June 30 at Eastern Long Island Hospital. She was 84. 

The family will receive visitors Saturday, July 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold, with a funeral service beginning at noon. Interment will follow at Sterling Cemetery in Greenport.

A complete obituary will follow.

Services have been set for Paul Mittleman, 51, of Mattituck. Mr. Mittleman died Friday, June 20, after an electrical fire started in his apartment.

A funeral Mass will take place Tuesday, July 8, at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport. Burial will take place at the church cemetery. Arrangements were entrusted to Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport.

Memorial donations may be made to John’s Place at St. Agnes Church, 523 Front St., Greenport, NY 11944.

Christopher Wyatt Drum of Southold died July 2, 2014, at the age of 42.

Mr. Drum served as a volunteer firefighter and EMT for the Southold Fire Department.

He’s survived by his wife, Katherine Meehan Drum, and his parents, Marie and Lee Beninati of Southold. Mr. Drum is also survived by his grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws and friends in the Beninati, Drum, Cipolla, and Meehan families.

The family will receive visitors Sunday, July 6, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Southold Fire Department’s service starts at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home.

A funeral mass will take place 11 a.m. on Monday, July 7, at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold. Interment will take place at St. Patrick’s R.C. Cemetery.

Lifelong Greenport resident Phyllis Jean Mokus died July 1. She was 67.  

She was born Nov. 2, 1946, in Greeport to Dorothy (Capon) and Gabriel Grilli.

Ms. Mokus was predeceased by her parents and her son, Thomas Mokus Jr. She is survived by her daugther, Valerie Gatz of Cutchogue; her significant other, Miguel DeJesus; her brothers, Gabriel and Ronald Grilli, both of Greenport; and four grandchildren.

Arrangements were private and handled by Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A memorial service will take place Wednesday, July 16, at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Southold, officiated by the Rev. Dr. Peter Kelly.

Memorial donations may be made to Greenport Fire Department Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 682, Greenport, NY 11944.