Patricia S. Patchell of Mattituck died suddenly April 9 at Peconic Bay Medical Center. She was 72. 

The family will receive visitors Monday, April 11, from 3 to 7 p.m. at  DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. The Rite of Committal will be private.

Ms. Patchell was an active member of the Mattituck Chamber of Commerce and, along with her husband, Bob, had been the owner of the Bayview Inn in South Jamesport.

A complete obituary will follow.

Linda Margareth Tonyes of Greenport died April 8, 2016, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center after a valiant battle with cancer. She was 56.

Linda was born Oct. 26, 1959, in Brooklyn to Alois and Stefanie (Unegg) Putre and attended St. Pancras School in Glendale. She later received her associate degree in paralegal studies from Suffolk County Community College.

On Oct. 3, 1987, she married Edwin “Ed” Alva Tonyes Jr. and together they made their home in Greenport.

Linda was a paralegal who owned an independent paralegal business. She was a colleague to many local attorneys.

Linda’s free time was spent reading and enjoying nature. She loved pets, especially cats and her dog, Buster, and feeding birds. She also enjoyed traveling on cruises with her husband, trips to New York City and celebrating her heritage.

Her husband said she was an “A+ person.”

Linda is survived by her husband, Ed; her son, Eric C. Tonyes, and her stepdaughter, Christina Tonyes; her sister, Maria E. Zananski, of Bloomingburg, N.Y.; her nieces and nephew, Amanda Diller, Sarah Zananski and Adam Zananski; and a great-niece, Rebecca Diller.

A funeral Mass will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport, officiated by Father Richard P. Hoerning.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Agnes R.C. Church.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home is assisting the family.

This is a paid notice. 

James A. Kattau of Laurel died April 8 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. He was 67.

The son of Alfred and Anna (Walsh) Kattau, he was born Oct. 21, 1948, in Port Jefferson.

Mr. Kattau graduated from Mercy High School in 1966, and later attended the Medical College of Virginia. He received a Bachelor of Science from Wayne State University in Michigan.

Mr. Kattau served in the U.S. Navy as a corpsman from 1967 to 1971. He worked as a nurse anesthetist at Southampton Hospital.

Family members said he enjoyed boating and fishing.

Mr. Kattau is survived by his mother, Anna, of Patchogue; his wife, Theresa (née Pisano), of Laurel; three daughters, Kristin Caputo of Hampton Bays, Kelley (Chris) Yousik of Virginia and Kimberly, of Southold; his brother, John, of Delaware; his sisters, Jo-Ann, of Patchogue, Mary Kattau-Johnson of Connecticut, Colleen, of Cortland, N.Y., and Cathy Parkes of Niskayuna, N.Y.; and three grandchildren, Jonathan, Emma and Amari.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, April 12, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Maureen’s Haven or San Simeon by the Sound.

This is a paid notice. 

Mary E. Hildebrandt, of Murrells Inlet, S.C., passed away April 7, 2016, at Grand Strand Health Care in South Carolina. She was 90. 

Born July 21, 1925, in Jamaica, N.Y., she was a daughter of Louis and Marie.

Mrs. Hildebrandt was a homemaker, bookkeeper and active member of the Coumbiettes and Sacred Heart Parish in Cutchogue.

Predeceased by her husbands, Raymond Wheeler and John “Jack” Hildebrandt and daughter-in-law, Nancy Wheeler, Mrs. Hildebrandt is survived by her son, Jim Wheeler and his wife, Janet, of Murrells Inlet, John Wheeler of Centereach, Joe Wheeler and his wife, Edie, of Vacaville, Calif., Janice Jubin and her husband, Herb of Bend, Ore.; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The family received visitors April 10 at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A Mass of Christian Burial was held April 11 at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Burial took place at Holy Rood Cemetery in Westbury.

This is a paid notice. 

Ruth Milner, 91 of Cutchogue died April 8, 2016 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport.

She was born Dec.  27, 1924, in Glen Allen, Ala. to Henry and Dura (Tucker) Reece.

Ruth was a homemaker who resided in Arlington, Va. prior to moving to Cutchogue in 2007. She was predeceased by her husband, Arnold Milner; her sisters Pollyanna Smith and Janice Weaver and her two brothers, John Wesley “JW” Reece and Orville Young “OY” Reece.

Ruth is survived by her sister Dorcas Robinson of St Petersburg, Fla., her two sons, Reece (Dale) Milner of Austin, Texas and Michael (Angela) Milner of Cutchogue, her grandchildren Jessica Milner of Austin, Texas and Gabriela Tovar of New Suffolk and her great-grandchildren Logan and Grace Figueroa of New Suffolk.

Funeral arrangements were handled by DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold and followed by internment Cutchogue Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport.

This is a paid notice. 

James Bruce Scott

Former Greenport resident James Bruce Scott, known as Jim, Bruce, Scotty and “Gentle Ben,” 65, passed away peacefully March 29, 2016, at Rochester General Hospital at after a short illness, surrounded by his loving family. 

He was predeceased by his parents, the Rev. Robert I. and Deborah Morton Scott. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Mary; his son James R. Scott of Brockport N.Y.; his daughter, Sara (Timothy) Stafford of Fairport N.Y.; brother Robert I. (Margaret) Scott of Orient and sister, Bonnie Scott of Greenport; brothers-in-law John (Connie) Wolf of Fairport and Paul (Karen) Wolf of Cedar Grove N.J.; mother-in-law Ruth Wolf of Rochester N.Y.; several cousins, nieces and nephews and his two rescued cats.

He was a graduate of Greenport High School, class of 1968. Known as Bruce during his younger years, he enjoyed playing football for Dorrie Jackson, as well as playing drums in the band and singing in the chorus. He spent many years working several positions at Mitchell’s Restaurant in Greenport.

Jim retired from the SUNY College at Brockport as a lieutenant with the university police. Since retirement, he served as a ranger at local golf courses and relished in asking golfers to “pick up the pace a bit” after years of reminding motorists to “slow down.”

For years Jim volunteered as Santa Claus at area schools, organizations and community groups. He was a member of Clan Claus and the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas and was a graduate of the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School. He was a shareholder and avid fan of the Green Bay Packers.

Please consider memorial donations to the Ronald McDonald House so that more children might heal and have the opportunity to experience the joy of Santa. Believe!

A memorial service for former Greenport resident William W. Walden will take place Thursday, April 21, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. During the evening hours, a service will be conducted by Father Raymond Walden, Mr. Walden’s nephew. Interment will be private.

Mr. Walden died Feb. 27. He had been living in Hanover, Va.

Edmund H. Pressler

Edmund H. Pressler of Southold died April 12. He was 81 years young. 

He was born July 9, 1934, in Ozone Park to Walter and Othaetta Pressler.

Ed served four years in the U.S. Navy. He recently retired after 35 years from his business, Pastimes Antiques, in Southold.

Ed loved to spend time with his family. He loved traveling, fishing, dancing and watching his New York NFL teams. You may have heard him cheering from a mile away.

Ed always had a smile on his face and a hand outreaching to help anyone in need. He will be sorely missed.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Joan, and was the loving father of Michael (Allison), Jim, Ric (Theresa) and Lauren (Frank) Kruszeski. He was the “king of all grandfathers” to seven grandchildren; the brother of Walter, of North Bellmore, and Bob, of Florida; and uncle to two nephews and one niece.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, April 14, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. A Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 15, at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold.

This is a paid notice. 

Jesus Mercedes Gonzalez of Mattituck died April 12 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 53 years old.

Funeral arrangements, which are incomplete at this time, are in the care of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.

A complete obituary will follow.

Former Mattituck resident Howard Francis Cain Jr. of Covington, Ga. died April 13, 2016, in his 58th year.

He was the beloved son of Howard and Margaret and the loving brother of Margaret (Paul) Jablonski.

A funeral mass will be held Monday, April 18, at Good Shepherd R.C. Church in Holbrook. Interment will take place at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale.

Donations can be made in Howard’s name to PKD Foundation 8330 Ward Parkway, Suite 510 Kansas City, MO 64114.

Funeral arrangements Entrusted to Moloney’s Holbrook Funeral Home.

This is a paid notice.

Eleanor Schriefer of Southold died  April 13, 2016, at Stony Brook University Hospital. She was 86. 

She was born in Queens Jan. 15, 1930 to Stanley and Nellie  (Chryanowska) Novick.

In August of 1960, she married John Malcom Schriefer and together they have made their home in Southold for the past 60 years.

In addition to her husband “Malcolm,” she is survived by four daughters, Susan Nobile of Southold, Linda (Ted) Kucin of Riverhead, Barbara (Steven) Donahue of Cincinnati, Ohio and Carol (Brett) Kehl of Southold and five grandchildren; Michael Nobile, Stephen Best, Adam Best, Amanda Donahue and Nicholas Donahue. She was predeceased by two siblings, John Novick and Julie Novick Casobona.

The family will receive visitors Sunday, April 17, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 18, at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

This is a paid notice. 

Beatrice A. Sawicki of Mattituck died April 14 at her home. She was 86.

The family will receive visitors Monday, April 18, 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. Tuesday, April 19, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck.

Interment with U.S. Air Force honors, will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

A complete obituary will follow.

Lifelong Southampton resident Donald E. Fanning died April 15, 2016, at his home in the Village surrounded by his family. He was 84. 

Don was born July 14, 1931, in Southampton Hospital to Howard L. and Margaret (Malone) Fanning and was educated at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary School and Southampton High School.

He later married Barbara Howard of Greenport and together they made their home in Southampton. For 30 years, he worked for the Southampton Village Highway Department and then with the Southampton Village and Southampton Town police departments.

In the community, Don was a 64-year member of the Southampton Fire Department, where he was a former captain of the fire police and second assistant chief. He was also a member of the South Fork Fire Police Association and a communicant of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary R.C. Church.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Howard Fanning; four daughters, Mary Thomas and her husband, Steve, Dona McKissick and her husband, Jim, Theresa Hunter and Brad Eleazer and Erin Frankenbach and her husband, Jim; a brother Gerald Fanning; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by four sisters and four brothers.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, April 21, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton, where firematic services will be held at 7:30 p.m. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, April 22, at Our Lady of Poland R.C. Church, Father Mike Vetrano officiating.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

This is a paid notice. 

LouJean Dickerson of Cutchogue died April 18 at Stony Brook University Hospital. She was 85. 

The family will receive visitors Saturday, April 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck, where funeral services will be held. The Rite of Committal will be private.

A complete obituary will follow.

Kathleen Leslie Latham

Orient resident Kathleen Leslie Latham died peacefully April 16 at her home. She was 96.

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Jan. 27, 1920, Kathleen was the second child of Kenneth and Elizabeth Moir Leslie.

The Leslie family moved to Montclair, N.J. in the 1930s and Kathleen attended The Lincoln School in New York City, graduating at the age of 16. She then attended Guilford College, where she met her future husband, George Ritchie Latham Jr. They were married in Montclair in May, 1941.

Kathleen taught French, English and math at The Waldorf School in Garden City. Upon retirement, she and Ritchie moved to their summer house in Orient, where she began volunteering at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport.

Kathleen is survived by her four children, David (Linda), Priscilla, James and Zoë; her sister, Rosaleen of Ottawa; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband; her first son, George Ritchie III; her sister, Gloria; her brother, Alexander; her daughter-in-law, Pat and one grandson, Joseph.

The family will receive visitors Friday, April 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A church service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at Orient Congregational Church.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice.

This is a paid notice. 

Longtime Jamesport resident Antonio DeGrasse died April 14 of heart disease at Peconic Bay Medical Center. He was 81. 

A memorial service and reception will be held Friday, May 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Riverhead.

Memorial donations may be sent to “Diamonds in the Rough,” a scholarship fund and can be mailed to P.O. Box 124, South Jamesport, NY 11970.

Arrangements were in the care of McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

A complete obituary will follow.

Arthur Carl Schneider

Former Shoreham resident Arthur Carl Schneider, 83, a Cape Coral, Fla., resident for the past 13 years, passed away April 14, 2016, at home.

He was born Nov. 24, 1932, in Norwalk, Conn., to Hans and Bertha Schneider.

Arthur was an active member of First Christian Church of Cape Coral and a retired business executive from New York. He was a commercial helicopter pilot and licensed flight instructor who had been working as a funeral assistant at Mullins Memorial for about three years and found that caring for others through this most difficult time was a very rewarding second career.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 43 years, Barbara Beckwith Schneider of Cape Coral; six loving children, Gail Childs (William) of Gainesville, Fla., Lori Swift (William) of Huntersville, N.C., the Rev. Jill Smith (Wayne), also of Huntersville, Thomas Schneider (Carol) of Eustis, Fla., Tracy Mueller (George) of Rocky Point and Trent Schneider (Marcella) of White Haven, Pa.; a brother, Robert Schneider (Brenda) of Vero Beach, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Arthur was predeceased by his brother, Hans Schneider.

A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. today, Thursday, April 21, at First Christian Church of Cape Coral in Florida, Dr. Keith Krueger officiating. Visitation with the family will begin at 1 p.m.

Arthur’s desire was to continue God’s work by supporting the missionary efforts of his granddaughter and her husband, Emily and Christian Quinter, who will be training youth ministers in Africa, and his niece and goddaughter, Lilyan Beckwith, who is serving with Greater European Missions in the Syrian refugee crisis. Gifts in Arthur’s memory may be sent to this account at Mullins Memorial Funeral Home, 1056 N.E. 7th Terrace, Cape Coral, FL 33909.

Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cape Coral is entrusted with final care.

This is a paid notice. 

A memorial service for Aquebogue resident Scott J. Wheaton will be held Saturday, April 23, from noon to 4 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

Mr Wheaton died March 23 at the age of 65.

Nicholas J. Mandusic of New Suffolk died March 30 in Florida. He was 92.

A memorial visitation will be held Wednesday, April 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A memorial funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue. Burial will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.

A complete obituary will follow.