Brother Cletus Burke, a former dean of students and assistant principal at Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School who drew the admiration of students even in a role of disciplinarian, died Thursday morning. He was 69.

It was in his personality, according to his longtime colleague Mike Clauberg, that allowed Brother Cletus to connect to the students. Brother Cletus was always warm and loving, even when he had to act tough.

Brother Cletus was “the epitome of love,” Mr. Clauberg said.

“He had this natural love for the young people of the church, and he just accepted everybody for who they were,” Mr. Clauberg said. “He taught me so much about loving the student, about loving the person no matter who they are.”

Brother Cletus died in hospice care after a battle with cancer. He worked at Mercy from about 2000 to 2007 before transitioning to a position at St. Anthony’s High School in Huntington Station.

“He was an unbelievable person,” Mr. Clauberg said. “Everyone from the Mercy community is broken-hearted over the situation.”

Brother Cletus first worked at St. Anthony’s High School from 1972 to 1985. In a 13-year span, he worked as a social studies teacher, chair of the social studies department and as an assistant principal.

He returned to St. Anthony’s in 2007 as an honors U.S. history teacher and as the moderator of girl’s soccer and lacrosse.

“Brother Cletus was the most passionate, entertaining and captivating educator that I’ve ever met in my entire life,” said Lew Cordina, chairman of St. Anthony’s social studies department. “He made everything interesting to students, and he had a way of bonding with them that was truly special.”

Around 2000, Brother Cletus was hired as an assistant principal at Mercy. He also served as dean of students during his entire tenure.

Sister Elaine Hanson was the principal when Brother Cletus was hired, and she was immediately struck by his passion and expertise.

“We were delighted to have him because he was just an educator from tip to toe,” she said. “If you ask, ‘What kind of person do you want as an administrator?’ Brother Cletus would be top of that list.”

As an assistant principal and dean of students, he got to know all the students well and would manage to learn every student’s name. Many of them he assigned an affectionate nickname.

“He felt that the hope of the future was in the hands of today’s young people,” Sister Elaine said. “The ones who got in trouble loved him just the same as those who never got in trouble.”

Brother Cletus often employed more unorthodox methods of maintaining order.

“He’d catch kids smoking by popping out of trees,” Mr. Clauberg recalled. “One time, there was a problem on a bus at Mercy, so he waited behind a seat and then popped out once the bus started going.”

He always maintained a sense of humor.

Emily Jennerich, a 2005 Mercy graduate, recalled the time she tore her anterior cruciate ligament during basketball practice. Brother Cletus offered her encouragement with this line: “If you were a horse, they would have shot you by now.”

At a time when she was feeling her worst, Brother Cletus made her smile, she said.

“No matter what mood you were in, he would put a smile on your face when you were done talking to him,” Ms. Jennerich said. “He was an amazing person. He will be missed greatly by all us Mercy students.”

Mr. Clauberg, who is switching jobs this fall to work at St. Anthony’s, said he will adorn his office with a picture of he and Brother Cletus in his mentor’s honor.

“He said he would be with me in the fall,” he said. “I’m going to continue to ask for his guidance through prayer. As far as I’m concerned, he’s still going to be with me.”

A wake will be held at St. Anthony’s on Sunday, Aug. 30 from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. He will receive a Christian burial on Monday, Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church in East Northport.

Photo caption: Brother Cletus in an undated yearbook photo for St. Anthony’s High School. (Courtesy photo)

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Dorothy A. Roache of Laurel died Aug. 29 at Peconic Bay Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility. She was 70. 

She was born June 21, 1945, in Riverhead to John and Jennie (Gatz) Bokinz and graduated from Riverhead High School in 1963.

Ms. Roache was a homemaker who loved antique car shows, shopping and spending time with her grandsons. She was a a member of the Mattituck Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

Predeceased by her husband, Peter, in 2007, Ms. Roache is survived by her daughter, Wendy Griffiths of Jamesport, and two grandsons. She was also predeceased by her brother, John Bokinz.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead. Interment will take place at the church cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the donor’s favorite charity.

Calvin Trent Ranson of New Canaan, Conn. died in Smithtown, Aug. 29, 2015 after a long illness. He was 73. 

He was born in Bremo Bluff, Va. April 25, 1942, to William and Marion (Taylor) Ranson.

Calvin was a longtime resident of the New Canaan area and former owner of the New Canaan Car Wash.

He is survived by his wife, Deborah; two children, Sara and Emily; his former wife, Laurel; two stepchildren, Lisa Edson and Evans Edson and his favorite dog, Nestle.

A celebration of his life will be held in New Canaan at a later date. If you wish to be notified, please drop a note to Deborah Ranson, P.O. Box 93, Cutchogue, New York 11935.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes in Mattituck, New York is assisting the family.

This is a paid notice. 

John Walter Toepfert of Jamesport died at his home Aug. 25, 2015. He was 82.

He was born in Flushing on Sept. 17, 1932, to John and Josephine (Lavendowski) Toepfert.

He graduated from Jamaica High School in 1950 and served in the U.S. Army (European Occupational Force) as a corporal during the Korean conflict.

On Nov. 5, 1955, he married the former Carmela Guido.

In 1957, he joined the Fire Department of New York, for which he served as a firefighter until 1977. He later worked at a Nassau County post office.

Formerly of Garden City South, Mr. Toepfert lived in Jamesport for the past 16 years. He was a communicant of Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck and a member of the FDNY Holy Name Society.

He is survived by his wife, Connie Toepfert; three children, John Toepfert of Melbourne, Fla., Connie Cuddeback of Wayne, Pa., and James Toepfert of Andes, N.Y.; a brother, Robert Toepfert of Palmyra, Va.; and four grandchildren, Lauren Cuddeback, Lindsey Cuddeback, Phillip Cuddeback and Valens Toepfert.

The family received friends Aug. 27 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck, where prayer services were conducted by Deacon Jeff Sykes. Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt celebrated the Liturgy of Christian Burial Aug. 28 at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church. Interment, with U.S. Army honors, followed at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations to Jamesport Fire Department, P.O. Box 54, Jamesport, NY 11947 would be appreciated.

This is a paid notice. 

On Aug. 20, aerospace engineer, businessman and sailing enthusiast Edmund “Ed” Ging Dennis died peacefully surrounded by family at his home in Keswick, Va. His death was due to complications related to emphysema.

Ed was born Sept. 6, 1922, in Greenport, to Alfred Halsey Dennis and Edna Estelle Ging Dennis.

Ed was known for his initiative, determination and intelligence — a classic “self-made man.” After Army service during World War II in General Patton’s 3rd Army (Europe), he took advantage of the GI Bill to earn a degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree in engineering from Stephens Institute of Technology. He also attended New York and Rutgers universities to study mechanical engineering and accounting, respectively. He was a member of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.

Ed began his career in aerospace engineering, specializing in jet engine design for Curtiss-Wright Corporation. When the aerospace industry declined, he redirected his business and engineering talents to serve as president of Cashin Systems Corporation. Mr. Dennis transformed this struggling equipment company — housed in a converted candy store — into the highly respected and profitable Cashin organization, which attracted the successful acquisition efforts of Sweden’s international Alpha Laval Corporation. Mr. Dennis joined Alpha Laval Corporation as vice president and was responsible for numerous and varied subsidiaries, currently located in 35 countries worldwide. His leisure interests included music (jazz), travel and his greatest passion — sailing. Ed was also a voracious reader until his final days.

Ed Dennis was preceded in death by sisters Jean and Myrne Dennis; brothers Donald and Robert Dennis; and his beloved and devoted wife of 34 years, Sarah Brown Dennis. He is survived by his children, Patricia, Neil, Keith and James Dennis, as well as his beloved and devoted wife of the past 33 years, Florence O’Brien Dennis, and seven grandchildren.

Mr. Dennis will be remembered at a Mass at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, to be followed by private interment at Calverton National Cemetery.

This is a paid notice.

Cutchogue resident A. Dorthea Talbott died Aug. 31 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. She was 97.

She was born Sept. 2, 1917, in Queens to Alfred and Anna Kraemer. On May 18, 1940, she married John in Virginia.

Ms. Talbott was supervisor of nursing for Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and Central Suffolk Hospital (now Peconic Bay Medical Center) in Riverhead.

She was a member of Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council, Cutchogue United Methodist Church and Cutchogue Homemakers.

Predeceased by her husband in 1944 and her daughter, Jo Ann, in 1996, Ms. Talbott is survived by her nephews, extended family and close friends.

Graveside services will take place at 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at Cutchogue Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to North Fork United Methodist Church or any animal rescue organization.

Arrangements were in the care of Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.

Thomas J. Moran of Greenport died Aug. 31.

Mr. Moran was born Aug. 24, 1931. He was 84.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Sept. 3, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service will take place at 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 4, at Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church on Shelter Island. Burial will take place at the church cemetery.

A complete obituary will follow.

Gerry Hayden, the three-time James Beard Award nominee and head chef of the award-winning North Fork Table & Inn who helped pioneer the “farm-to-table” movement and raised awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis through his years-long battle with the disease, died Wednesday.

He was 50.

“This disease, as terrible as it was, really thrust him into the community,” said Holly Browder of Browder’s Birds in Mattituck. “It’s incredible how much strength he had. He loved to go and talk with people, as difficult as it was. He was still out there; he wasn’t giving up.”

Mr. Hayden was born and raised in western Suffolk County but rose to prominence in the prestigious New York City culinary scene, having earned a reputation as an elite chef at restaurants like Aureole and Amuse.

He and his wife, acclaimed pastry chef Claudia Fleming, came to the North Fork in 2005, gutting a French restaurant and bed and breakfast on Main Road in Southold and rebuilding it as North Fork Table & Inn. After recruiting another couple from Manhattan — hospitality experts Mike and Mary Mraz — the four friends bought the park-like property and building at 57225 Main Road in December of that year.

Mr. Hayden was at the forefront of the “farm-to-table” movement and was dedicated to working with local farmers to incorporate fresh ingredients in his dishes.

“He changed the way people eat,” Ms. Browder said. “He started it with the farm-to-table and all the farmers followed.”

Ms. Browder became friends with Mr. Hayden after North Fork Table & Inn became the first restaurant to buy her eggs in 2009.

“He really put us first,” she said. “He was really so enthusiastic about small producers and helping people get started.”

Mr. Hayden was also the first chef to serve biodynamic produce from “The Farm” in Southold.

Farmers Ira Haspel and his now-deceased wife, KK, already believed their produce to be the best around. But the talented minds and hands of Mr. Hayden and Ms. Fleming took those flavors to another level.

“We kind of validated each other’s ideas and goals,” Mr. Haspel said. “He did special magic in the kitchen.”

The Haspels helped physically design and build North Fork Table and Inn. Ms. Haspel was a builder before she became a farmer and Mr. Haspel was an architect.

“Gerry would often ask KK to grow something and she would,” Mr. Haspel said. “Gerry and KK had a great collaboration in the kitchen.”

Mr. Hayden was a frequent sight at local farmers markets, like the one hosted by North Fork Table & Inn on Friday mornings.

“He was just at the market on Friday,” Ms. Browder said, choking back emotion. “He loved that market.”

He was also a mentor to other young chefs in the region.

Jenilee Morris, co-owner of North Fork Roasting Co. in Southold and catering company Grace & Grit, said Mr. Hayden guided her through her career and offered counsel when it was sought. She said he had finally visited her recently opened coffee shop for the first time this week.

“He’s influenced so many people in so many way, I don’t think the community will ever forget him,” Ms. Morris said. “He’s changed a lot of careers, including mine.”

Ms. Morris said friends and loved ones had began to gather on Thursday to celebrate Mr. Hayden and his legacy.

“I never met anybody who dealt with [illness] like him,” she said adding that despite his long illness, she was still unprepared for the news. “I thought he had another birthday in him, another fundraiser.”

Mr. Hayden and Ms. Fleming found success with North Fork Table & Inn, winning rave reviews as one of the East End’s top restaurants. Mr. Hayden had been nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award three times; on Monday, Zagat declared the restaurant as having the Best Food and the Best Service. Mr. Hayden excitedly tweeted the announcement that day.

Their success allowed the couple expanded the eatery in 2010.

Then, in January 2011, Mr. Hayden was diagnosed was ALS, a debilitating neurological condition also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.” The illness has no known cure.

In the four years since the diagnosis, the disease had robbed him of the use of his hands. Physically, he couldn’t cook anymore.

Yet that didn’t stop Mr. Hayden from continuing to run his restaurant. He managed the kitchen from his electric wheelchair, despite the fact that his speech was slowed by breathing tubes. Still, the couple was forced to list the restaurant for sale last year.

Mr. Hayden also used his condition to raise awareness for ALS, sponsoring fundraisers and hosting events. Friends raised more than $100,000 through a fundraising group called Hayden’s Heroes.

In an October 2014 interview, Mr. Hayden declared the restaurant a “complete success,” just as his ALS progressed to the point where he could no longer cook.

“It never felt like it to me because I was always trying to find money,” he said. “When we finally sorted everything out and built this room, I just happened to get sick. So, the fact that now we’re here and the restaurant is still up and running and people are writing about it, and want to write stories about the history of it, and the investors will get all their money back, I’d say we went on a pretty successful run.”

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Brian R. Boeckmann of Cutchogue died Sept. 7 He was 59. 

Mr. Boeckmann was the golf course superintendent for Gardiner’s Bay Country Club on Shelter Island.

The family will receive visitors Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m.-noon and 3-6 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue, with hours continuing Sunday, Sept. 13, from noon-1 p.m. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. Burial will take place at Cutchogue Cemetery.

A complete obituary will follow. 

Frederick F. Rackett of Orient died Sept. 9 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. He was 99. 

The family will receive visitors Friday, Sept. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold, where Orient Fire Department services will be held at 7:00 P.M. Interment will be private at Orient Central Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the Orient Fire Department Rescue Squad.

A complete obituary will follow.

Candida Royalle, a feminist pornographic filmmaker and pioneer of the sex-positive movement, reportedly died from ovarian cancer at her home in Mattituck on Sept. 7.

She was 64.

Born in Brooklyn as Candice Marion Vadala, Ms. Royalle starred in pornography until 1984, when she launched Femme Productions with the intention of producing “adult films from a woman’s perspective,” her friend Annie Sprinkle wrote in a public Facebook post.

In doing so, Ms. Royalle helped launch the couples’ erotica market.

“Pornography can reboot a couple’s sex life,” she wrote in a 2012 New York Times piece. “It can give you ideas, or help you get in touch with what turns you on.”

One year after beginning her career behind the camera, Ms. Royalle co-founded one of the first porn star support groups, Club 90, of which she was an active member up until her death, Ms. Sprinkle said.

In 2004, Ms. Royalle wrote “How to Tell a Naked Man What to Do.” She was also an animal rights activist and prolific public speaker, lecturing everywhere from the Smithsonian Institute to the World Congress on Sexology.

A founding member of Feminists for Free Expression, a nonprofit group dedicated to defending women’s rights and freedom of expression, Ms. Royalle received a doctorate in human sexuality from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in 2014.

Ms. Royalle, in a photo taken by Daniel Nicoletta in San Francisco in the mid-’70’s, during a performance at a Salon. (Credit: courtesy, Facebook)

According to Ms. Sprinkle, Ms. Royalle had been suffering from ovarian cancer for the past five years. She had reportedly planned to leave the North Fork this fall in order to be closer to friends.

“Then, just about five days ago, Candice started slipping away quickly and it became evident that [she] was unlikely to recover,” Ms. Sprinkle said.

Ms. Royalle’s three cats will need new homes, Ms. Sprinkle said. Anyone interested in adopting them can email Barbara Carrellas.

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Photo Caption: Ms. Royalle, seen here in a 2009 photo, died of ovarian cancer last week. (Credit: courtesy, Facebook)

Kenneth E. Ramsauer of Mattituck died Sept. 10 at his home. He was 87. 

Mr. Ramsauer was a butcher and former owner of Wayside Market in Southold.

Visiting will be held on Monday, Sept. 14, and Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. both evenings at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.

Interment will be private at Cutchogue Cemetery.

A complete obituary will follow.

Former North Fork resident Norma Burgess Price passed away peacefully Sept. 9, 2015, at the age of 93, with family by her side. 

Born June 23, 1922 , she grew up in Riverhead with sister, Harriet and brothers, Arnold and Richard “Dick” Burgess. Norma attended Riverhead High School where she was active in sports, and was yearbook editor and class officer.

She married Charles A. Price III in 1943, settling in Mattituck after the war. She worked for her husband as a secretary and bookkeeper at his businesses; C.A. Price Inc., and Mattituck Masonry Supply Corp. They then moved to Ocala, Fla. in 1967.

Norma was a member of Mattituck Presbyterian Church, a member of North Fork Country Club and an active participant of many community functions including Mattituck Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

Norma is survived by her son, Charles A. Price IV of Louisville, Ky.; her daughters, Diane Price of Pepperell, Mass. and Mary Jo Yates (Jim) of Ocala, Fla.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Charlie.

A memorial service will be held Friday, Sept. 18, at 6:30 p.m. in Ocala, Fla. Interment will take place at a later date at New Bethany Cemetery in Mattituck.

Donations may be sent to Hospice of Marion County Inc., P.O. Box 4860, Ocala, FL 34478.

This is a paid notice. 

Margaret Baier

Margaret “Peg” Baier of Greenport, formerly a longtime resident of East Hampton and Garden City, died Sept. 12 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport. She was 87. 

Ms. Baier was born Sept. 23, 1927, in New York to Agnes (Warren) and John Lynch and graduated from John Adams High School in Queens.

In 1956, she married Henry “Hank” Baier at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ozone Park.

Ms. Baier worked as a school secretary for 20 years at Fulton School in Hempstead.

Family members she was involved with her church.

Ms. Baier is survived by her daughters, Joan, of Goldsboro, N.C. and Midge (Mark) Kayfez of Austin, Texas; her son, John (Juliann) of East Hampton; her sister Agnes Napolitano of Garden City and her granddaughter, Amelia.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, at St. Agnes Church in Greenport, officiated by Father Richard Hoerning. Interment will take place at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Agnes Church.

Robert Halsey Pettit of Southold died at home Sept. 18, 2015. He was 87. 

Mr. Pettit was born in Brooklyn, May 20, 1928, to Jessie (Young) and Dwight M. Pettit. A graduate of Mercersburg Academy and Lehigh University, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1953 in Key West, Fla.

He then enjoyed a career of 30 years as a mechanical engineer with Sperry Rand (now Unisys). Among his many accomplishments were several patents.

The Pettits lived in Mississippi from 1971 to 1974 and had been residents of Huntington from 1955 to 1988 at which time they moved to Southold.

In the community, he was active in Southold Historical Society and was “Man of the Year” in 2013 and was a volunteer general contractor for the restoration of Brecknock Hall in Greenport. He had also been a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport where he served as a warden and member of the Vestry.

Surviving is his wife Anne “Nancy” Pettit (née Putnam), whom he married Aug. 19, 1950, in Chatham, N.J; four children: Robert H. Pettit, Jr. (Patricia), Cynthia P. Van Voris (Richard), James C. Pettit (Margaret) and David H. Pettit (Andrea); eleven grandchildren, Nicholas and Edward Schoch, Daniel, Alexander and Amelia Pettit; Steven, Gregory and Michael Pettit and Anne, Connor and Trevor Pettit and a nephew, Dwight M. Pettit, III (Jeanne).

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport, with the Rev. John E. Walker officiating. Interment will follow at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Southold.

Memorial donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, New York 11978 would be appreciated.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes is assisting the family.

This is a paid notice. 

Longtime Cutchogue resident Helen Mary Rynd passed peacefully Sept. 17 after reminiscing about all of her worldly travels and the wonderful life she had lived with her beloved husband and partner-in-crime, Donald. She was 96. 

She was born March 22, 1919, in Brooklyn to Susan (McGuire) and John Nagle. She married Donald Brooks Rynd in January, 1942 in California.

Helen graduated from Wells College with a Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry and a master’s degree in dietetics. She was a chemist with Bell Laboratories.

Helen and Donald were always the life of the party and she will be forever remembered as a being “sharp as a tack,” quick with a joke and a lover of life. They were members of North Fork Country Club.

Predeceased by her husband, Helen is survived by her son, Donald B. Rynd Jr.; her daughter, Susan B. Rynd; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The family would like to offer thanks to Loretta, Fran and Karen who took such wonderful care of Helen for so many years and to Bob Tapp, the angel in her life.

The family received visitors Sept. 21 at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service took place Sept. 22 at Cutchogue Presbyterian Church. Memorial donations may be made to Cutchogue Presbyterian Church.

Frank J. McNulty of Laurel, died Sept. 21 at his home. He was 91. 

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Sept. 24,  from 4 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Church Cemetery in Cutchogue.

Memorial donations to Mattituck Laurel Library, P.O. Box 1437,  Mattituck, NY 11952 would be appreciated.

A complete obituary will follow.

John P. Sullivan of Cutchogue died Sept. 22. He was 85. 

The family will receive visitors Friday, Sept. 25, from 4 to 8 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

A complete obituary will follow.

Laura M. Kennedy of Cutchogue died Sept. 22 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. She was 67.

The family will receive visitors Saturday, Sept. 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 27, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Church Cemetery in Cutchogue.

A complete obituary will follow.

Bessie E. LaFreniere of Southold died Sept. 25. She was 89.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at First Presbyterian Church in Southold, where the Rev. Dr. Peter Kelley will officiate. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.

Memorial donations to the Deacon’s Fund at First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 787, Southold, NY 11971 would be appreciated.

A complete obituary will follow.