David C. Tuthill of Mattituck died Nov. 24 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. He was 72. 

The family will receive visitors Friday, Nov. 27, from 4 to 8 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at the funeral home, where Caren Heacock, pastoral assistant of Mattituck Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Cutchogue Cemetery.

Memorial donations to East End Hospice or North Fork Animal Welfare League would be appreciated.

A complete obituary will follow.

Matthew Charles Dellaquila of Mattituck died suddenly on Nov. 25, 2015. He was 24 years old. 

He was born Feb. 18, 1991, in Mineola to Frank and Denise (née Simoni) Dellaquila.

Mr. Dellaquila was a graduate of St. Anthony’s High School in Huntington Station and later attended Merrimack College and graduated from the University of Tampa with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Surviving are his parents Frank and Denise Dellaquila and a sister Francesca Vita Dellaquila, all of Mattituck.

A memorial mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4 at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt will officiate.

Memorial donations to Canine Companions for Independence, P.O. Box 446, Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0446 would be appreciated.

Funeral arrangements were in the care of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.

Grace. G. Kaufmann

Grace G. Kaufmann of Cutchogue died at the age of 74 Nov. 14, 2015, of complications related to colon cancer.

Grace was born Feb. 6, 1941, in Davenport, Iowa to Ed Kaufmann II and Jean Ploehn Kaufmann. She was educated at St. Katherine’s School in Davenport and Smith College, where she graduated in 1964. Grace then worked as an occupational therapist in Chicago and thereafter moved to New York City, where she lived on the Upper West Side and worked at St. Vincent’s Hospital. She then trained in psychotherapy and opened her own counseling practice in that field in New York, where she continued to practice until she retired in 2002 and moved to Cutchogue, where she had had a vacation home for several years.

Grace pursued a wide variety of interests both in New York and in retirement in Cutchogue. She sang for many years with the New York Oratorio Society, and the highlight each year was a performance of Handel’s messiah at Carnegie Hall. She also enjoyed cooking and sharing recipes (especially Christmas goodies), knitting, needlepoint, sewing quilting, jewelry making, and most recently (and most spectacularly) painting. She was fond of boating from the dock in her back yard in Cutchogue, and was never without her dogs and cats, most recently Max, Jackson, Sweetie and Sally.

Grace is survived by her brother, Jack, his wife Elizabeth, their daughters Christine, and Amanda, their son, John and his wife, Katie and their three sons. Grace was predeceased by her brother Ed. Surviving Ed are his wife Ruth M. Kaufmann, their daughters Anna Horner and her husband, Jonathon and their son and daughter, and Laura K. Kaufmann and her husband Baron Willard and their son and daughter.

Grace was very fond of all of her nieces and her nephew, loved watching them grow up, and delighted in giving them thoughtful personal gifts every Christmas.

There will be a memorial service at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at the Church of the Redeemer in Mattituck. A reception will follow the service in the church’s Parish Hall.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to North Fork Animal Welfare League, PO Box 297, Southold, NY 11971, main.nfawl.org/.

This is a paid notice. 

Rose Marie Hawkes

Rose Marie Hawkes, 83, of Hobe Sound, Fla., passed away Nov. 14, 2015, at hospice in Stuart, Fla.

She was born June 20, 1932, to John and Mary Norklun of Southold. Rose graduated Southold High School in 1950. She married Robert Hawkes of Concord, N.H., in 1954. She raised two sons and a daughter while living in Connecticut and most recently, Florida.

She was predeceased by her brothers, John and Richard Norklun, and her sister, Margaret Scharadin. Rose is survived by her husband, Robert; her son Robert and his wife, Megan, of Tennessee, her son John and his wife, Kathy, of Washington State, and her daughter, Mary, and her husband, Trey, of Florida. She is remembered as a loving mother to the family and a great “Nana” to her 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Final arrangements were made by Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory in Florida. An April 2016 remembrance service is planned.

This is a paid notice.                

Elbertie “Bert” Hulse Thornhill, longtime Greenport resident, died Nov. 30, 2015 in Greensboro, N.C. She was 25 days past her 103rd birthday.  

Elbertie was born Nov. 4, 1912, in Greenport to Daniel Harrison Hulse and Sarah Ellen Buesch. She was a graduate of Greenport High School and a Brown’s Business School in Jamaica, N.Y.

On Sept. 23, 1934, she married William James Thornhill of Greenport, who predeceased her in 1983. Elbertie was a mother and homemaker until she went to work for First National Bank of Greenport, later known as Valley National Bank. She retired after 25 years.

Elbertie is survived by her son, William James Thornhill Jr. and his wife, Sharon Gentry Thornhill of Greensboro; her daughter, Judith T. Terry and her husband, George N. Terry of Southold; four beloved grandchildren and five adored great-grandchildren.

Interment will take place at St. Agnes R.C. Church Cemetery in Greenport. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Donations in memory of Elbertie may be made to Greenport Fire Department Rescue Squad.

This is a paid notice. 

Longtime Cutchogue resident Antonio “Tony” Massimo died Nov. 26 at Hospice Inn in Melville. He was 75. 

He was born Nov. 8, 1940, in Frignano, Italy.

Family members said he enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family.

Mr. Massimo is survived by his wife, Eileen; his sons, Nicholas of Muttontown, N.Y., and Thomas, of New York City; his daughter, Christine, of Dix Hills; five grandchildren; and four siblings in Italy.

Cremation was private. A Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 7, at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue.

Stella A. Dybalski of Jamesport died on Dec. 3, 2015 at her home. She was 91. 

Visiting hours are scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 6, from 2 to 5  p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 7, at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue.

A complete obituary will follow.

Former Greenport resident Mary Ann Sledjeski Barr Costello died Dec. 3 in Sonoma, Calif. 

She was born May 8, 1946, in Greenport and was the mother of her son, Carmen Amici and grandmother of his two daughters, Sydney and Claire, all of Jacksonville, Fla.; the wife of E. Thomas Costello; and stepmom of Lisa Costello Woffinden of New Port Richey, Fla., Jonathan David Costello of San Francisco, Calif. and Diana Rachel Costello of Lehigh Acres, Fla. and grandmother to Dale Raynor of Greenport, Alicia Marie Costello of Norfolk, Va. and Meghan and Zachary Woffinden of Kennewick, Wash.

Mary Ann was predeceased by her parents, Walter and Sophie Sledjeski and her brother Richard all of Greenport, owners of the well-known Porky’s Restaurant.

She is survived by her sister-in-law Clara Begley Sledjeski and her niece Patricia Sledjeski, both of Greenport.

After a 30 year career in IBM as a sales and marketing executive, Mary Ann became a partner in the consulting company, Critical Path Strategies of Boerne, Texas. During her tenure she taught global sales practices in over 100 countries around the world.

Stella A. Dybalski of Jamesport died at her home Dec. 3, 2015. She was 91 years old. 

She was born Jan. 24, 1924 in New Suffolk to Victor and Jennie (Slivonick) Smolenski.

On Oct. 18, 1953, she married Bruno Dybalski who predeceased her Dec. 2, 1992.

Also predeceased by her siblings, Mary Orlowski, Bertha Sledjeski, a twin sister, Carolyn Duhnowsky, and Jessie Krupski; Ms. Dybalski is survived by nieces, nephews and friends.

The family received visitors Dec. 6 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 7 at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue. Interment took place at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

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

This is a paid notice. 

Lifelong Greenport resident Kenneth E. White Jr. died Dec. 6 at his home. He was 73. 

He was born Oct. 24, 1942, in Greenport to Edith (Kruk) and Kenneth White and graduated from Greenport High School in 1960.

On May 21, 1989, he married Jerri (née Burt) at Greenport Methodist Church in a ceremony performed by Jerri’s brother, Steve Burt.

Mr. White served for many years with local fire departments. He was a 40-year member of Greenport Fire Department, where he was firefighter of the year in 1996 and served as ex-warden, houseman for 10 years and chief from 2011 to 2012. During Mr. White’s service in Greenport, he was the chairman of fire prevention and was the main sponsor involved with Cole Bros. Circus, working to obtain funds for fire prevention. He also served as houseman/radio dispatcher for Cutchogue Fire Department and from 1989 to 1993, was a member of Shelter Island Fire Department.

He was an EMT for Shelter Island Red Cross Ambulance. a past Greenport school board member and a member of East End Seaport Museum and Maritime Museum.

Family members said he loved cooking, catering, parties, volunteering, fireworks, the circus and carnivals.

Predeceased by his son, Devin, Feb. 9, Mr. White is survived by his wife of 26 1/2 years, Jerri; his stepdaughter, Jennifer Curtin; his daughters, Donna Dunne, Cheryl Shepherd and Augusta White; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport, where service will take place at 3:30 p.m., officiated by Father Richard Hoerning. A 11 a.m. funeral mass will take place Thursday, Dec. 10, at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport, officiated by Father Tom. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue.

Memorial donations may be made to Greenport Fire Department or East End Seaport and Maritime Museum.

George Kriss, former Mattituck resident from 1985 to 1998, and best known to North Fork residents as manager of the Arcade Department Store in Greenport from 1984 to 1988, died peacefully at his Leesburg, Fla., home with his wife by his side after a lengthy heart-related illness. He was 83 years old. 

He was born on Jan. 26, 1932, in New York City to Peter and Gertrude Kriss. He graduated from Valley Stream High School and immediately went to work as an assistant manager at F.W. Woolworth Company, which started him on a successful lifelong merchandising, operations management, and store management career in retail that he truly loved. Some of the stores he worked for in his lengthy career were the Nassau stores in Lake Success, Rogers Five and Dime in Hicksville, Forest Distributors, Suffolk stores, McCrory’s at the Walt Whitman Mall and New York City locations, Channel Home Centers, Genovese Drug Store in Mattituck, and Paperoni Party Goods all over the island. At one point he managed a store on the lower level of one of the Twin Towers, and after its awful 9/11 demise, he often commented how he would have been among the fatalities had he still been working there. When not on an extended camping trip, he enjoyed working at the Dollar General and Tuesday Morning stores near where he lived in Florida. He took his managerial responsibilities very seriously, protecting the assets of the stores he worked for during his lengthy retail career. In so doing, he put his life on the line several times. Once he was held up with a gun to his head in New York City, and another time he took a knife wound in the neck, just missing his jugular vein, while he was pursuing a shoplifter out the back door while he was managing the Arcade Department Store in Greenport.

He was proud of being a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, Babylon Lodge No. 793, F. &. A. M., earning the 32nd Degree. He was also a member of the Mecca Temple Shriners in New York City and enjoyed bringing the benevolence of the Shriners Hospitals services to children in need whom he met through the years.

He moved from Bay Shore to East Marion in 1984 and, as a bachelor at age 53, married Patricia Clancy of Levittown in 1985, moving his new family, including her two teenage children, into a brand-new home on Bayer Road in Mattituck. In the early 1990s he put an addition on their home to accommodate his elderly father, Peter, who succumbed to stomach cancer there in 1993. After retiring to Florida with his wife in 1998, they fulfilled their dream of becoming full-time campers, criss-crossing the country several times in their camper they lovingly named “Time Out,” visiting all of the continental states and Canada. They also took multiple cruises, the last two of which were to Alaska to celebrate their 25th anniversary, and to the Panama Canal to celebrate his 80th birthday. He said the highlight of his retirement was a summer-long camping trip from his home in Florida all the way up to Canada and Alaska. He looked forward to seeing a brown grizzly bear, and while driving along the Alaska Highway delighted in seeing one up close and personal as it leisurely meandered along the opposite side of the road. In the summer of 2012, on what turned out to be their last camping trip, he took ill on Prince Edward Island in Canada while touring the East Coast of North America. He was medically evacuated by air back to Florida. That illness was the beginning of a series of medical issues that ultimately led to his death on June 27 of this year.

He was the beloved and devoted husband to Patricia for 30 years; loving father to Patricia’s children, which he referred to and loved as his own children: son, Daniel Paulauskas Jr., and daughter, Kathleen (Paulauskas) Moore; dear father-in-law to Barbara and Gavin Sr.; and dear brother of Dennis and Kathy Clancy of Wheatley Heights. He was predeceased by both of his parents and his brother, Louis. He was especially proud of being the cherished Gramps to Gavin and Shannan Moore, and Daniel and Sophia Paulauskas, ranging in age from four to 10.

Upon his death he gave his body as an anatomical gift for medical research, which his father had also previously done. After his cremated remains were returned to his wife, a private Celebration of Life memorial service with close family and friends was held for him in November at the Church of Christ in West Islip. His loving family takes comfort in knowing he is now with Jesus.

Memorial donations can be made to Shriners Hospitals.

This is a paid notice. 

Marie Antoinette Heller.

Longtime Greenport resident Marie Antoinette Heller died Dec. 5. She was 61. 

She was born Sept. 10, 1954, in Flushing and was the daughter of Leona Rees Llewellyn Rescigno and Joseph Rescigno, M.D. She married Larry Heller June 12,1976, in Greenport.

Ms. Heller graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marymount Manhattan College. Family members said she was a homemaker, who loved dogs, travel and opera. She volunteered for Community Action Southold Town (CAST); North Fork Animal Shelter and was a PTA past president.

A member of St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport, Ms. Heller was active in the church Rosary society and bereavement group and volunteered to help provide shelter for the homeless. She was also a member of the R.C. Parish of Mary’s Nativity – St. Ann in Flushing.

Predeceased by her father in 1987 and her mother in 1986, Ms. Heller is survived by her husband, her daughter, Eva; her son, Thomas and her brothers, Joseph Rescigno of New York City and Thomas Rescigno of San Bernal, Calif.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, at the funeral home. Interment will take place at Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery in Flushing.

Memorial donations may be made to North Fork Animal Welfare League in Southold or Metastatic Breast Cancer Network, mbcn.org.

John J. Callahan of Southold passed suddenly Dec. 5, 2015. Formerly of Holbrook, he was 73 years old. 

He is survived by his children, Coleen Fryer, Michael Callahan (Susan), Christopher Callahan (Dawn), Kathleen Dolomite, Richard Coons (Michele), Ronald Coons (Leigh), Jeannette Smith (Dennis), Dawn Bobal; his 24 grandchildren, Keenan Fryer, Kelsey Fryer, John Callahan, Michael Callahan, Katie Callahan, Patrick Callahan, Christopher Callahan, Jillian Callahan, Sierra Callahan, Mason Callahan, Tyler Callahan, Nicholas Callahan, Agnesa Dolomite, Joseph Dolomite, Richard Coons, Sean Coons, Megan Coons, Carter Coons, Tommi Ann Hansen, Denise Smith, Monica Smith, Dennis  Smith, Marissa Smith, Jenna Smith and six great -grandchildren. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Joan Callahan. He is also survived by his companion Betty Anderson; former wives Karen Callahan and Donna Callahan and his sister Barbara Anderson (Gus).

John was a local business owner of Lighthouse Appliance and Southold Appliance and was an appliance repairman for over 50 years; most recently serving the East End.

He will be remembered as a devoted father and cherished husband and will be greatly missed by his family.

Friends may call Friday, Dec. 11, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greenport. Interment will follow at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Southold.

Memorial donations to Southold Fire Department Rescue Squad would be appreciated.

This is a paid notice. 

Frances Lillian Blakely of Southold died at her home Dec. 7, 2015. She was 76 years old. 

She was born June 7, 1939, in Greenport to Joseph and Lillian (née Elak) Krukowski.

After graduating from Southold High School, she attended Syracuse University where she majored in Elementary Education and was a member of Theta Phi Alpha Sorority.

On Nov. 22, 1980, she married John N. Blakely and together they made their home in Beixedon Estates.

Fran had been an executive secretary to several chief executive officers of Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. She was a member of Executive Women International (EWI) and enjoyed traveling in her free time.

Surviving is her husband John N. Blakely; a brother Joseph Krukowski (Marilyn “Tootsie”) of Southold and their children Wendy and Todd; and many other nieces and nephews.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Memorial donations to the Southold Fire Department, P.O. Box 1469, Southold, NY 11971.

This is a paid notice. 

William Edward Heck Jr. of Laurel died Dec. 7. He was 82.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Dec. 10, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at the funeral home. Caren Heacock, pastoral associate of Mattituck Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment, with U.S. Army honors, will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations to the USO or John’s Place Mattituck would be appreciated.

Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Brown, of Kirwan Hall Farm, Eastville, Va., died Dec. 3, surrounded by her family. 
She was born in Manhattan to Armistead Cyril Smith and M. Florence Smith on Feb. 6, 1945. She married Garrison Mack Brown Sept. 28, 1969, to of East Marion.

With her husband, Betty owned and operated Aquebogue Veterinary Hospital for over 20 years. There in Aquebogue, she realized a lifelong dream with the creation of Small Holdings Farm, a vegetable farm and 17 acre raw-milk dairy, the last of its kind on Long Island at the time.

Throughout her working career and family life, she devoted endless volunteer hours to small business, conservation, and planning efforts on the North Fork of Long Island as president of the North Fork Environmental Council, Riverhead Garden Club, and Townscape Inc. She was appointed to the governor’s East End Economic Task Force, the Brown Tide Task Force, and served as chairman of the Riverhead Conservation Advisory Council.

Betty and her husband retired to Kirwan Hall Farm in Eastville, Va. in 1998 where she continued to enjoy gardening and raising animals. Her four children soon relocated to the area as well. Her love of all things old led to a fulfilling career in the buying and selling of antiques and vintage wares. Other endeavors included the ownership of the Peacock Motor Inn in Cape Charles, and Bloomers Garden Shop in Eastville. Though her interests were many, a vast majority of her time was spent with her five grandchildren. Betty was well known for her kindness, generosity, unique spirit and sense of humor.

Betty is survived by her husband, Garrison Mack Brown; four children, Daniel A. Brown, Garrison M. Brown II, Laureen Brown Klingel, and Sarah Elizabeth Drummond; daughter-in-law, Lauren Brown; son-in-law, Jeff Klingel; five grandchildren, Alexander Brown, Molly Brown, Katherine Brown, Kailynn Drummond, and Halsey Brown Klingel. She is also survived by her brother, Robert Smith of North Kingstown, R.I., her nephew, Ehren Smith and nieces, Morgan and Emma Smith also of North Kingstown as well as her cousin, Pamela Bluss of Linden, Va.

Funeral Services for Betty were held Dec. 6, at St. Charles Catholic Church, Cape Charles in Virginia. She was interred at Cape Charles Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Northampton Historic Preservation Society, PO Box 501, Eastville, VA 23347 or to Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore, PO Box 882, Eastville, VA 23347.

This is a paid notice. 

Retired Lieutenant Colonel William “Bill” E. Heck Jr. of Laurel passed away Dec. 7, 2015. He was born to William and Ann (Merchant) Heck on July 20, 1933, in Queens. 

Bill graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and then graduated with a Bachelor of Science from St. Lawrence University.

He married Gail Hagerstrom on June 11, 1955. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year.

Bill served our country with the U.S. Army for 20 years. After retiring, he went on to have a successful second career in banking with Suffolk County National Bank in Riverhead.

Bill is survived by his wife Gail; daughter, Karen, of Mattituck; son Roy (Keira), of Aquebogue, and three granddaughters, Abigail, Addison and Morgan.

The family received visitors at DeFriest Grattan funeral home Dec. 10. Bill was laid to rest at Calverton National Cemetery Dec. 11 with full military honors.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the United Service Organizations (USO.org/donate) and John’s Place Mattituck- Mattituck Presbyterian Church, PO Box 1411, Mattituck, NY 11952.

This is a paid notice. 

A memorial service for longtime Greenport resident Arthur Swan will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, at Congregation Tifereth Israel in Greenport.

Mr. Swan died Aug. 15 in Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia, at the age of 90. All former students and friends are welcome to attend.

For additional information, call 765-1578 or 734-7343.

Eleanor Collins Faust of Orient died Dec. 11. She was 93.

The daughter of Mabel (Longendyke) and Frank Collins, she was born May 14, 1922, in Brooklyn. She graduated from Westwood High School in New Jersey and received a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University in 1980.

In 1946, she married George Warren Faust in New Jersey.

Ms. Faust served in the U.S. Air Force in 1944 as a Women Airforce Service Pilot. She later worked in the theater department at Dartmouth College from 1981 to 1985.

She was a member of Oysterponds Historical Society. Family members said she enjoyed golf, sewing, reading and her dog, Coco.

Predeceased by her husband in 1984, her son Robert Thomas Faust in 2004 and her brother Robert Collins, Ms. Faust is survived by her son George Randall Faust of Orient and New York City; her daughters, Virginia Ann Faust of Middlebury, Vt., and Elizabeth Wheeler of Lyndonville, Vt.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

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

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice.

Robert G. Rowehl of Mattituck died Dec. 15. He was 86. 

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Dec. 17, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. Mattituck and Middle Island fire department services will be held at 7:30 p.m. followed by religious services at 8 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978.

A complete obituary will follow.