Mark Nicholas Nelson of Greenport died Aug. 26 at Eastern Long Island Hospital. He was 64 years old.

Mark Nicholas Nelson

He was born Dec. 31, 1948, in Glen Cove to Ann Marie (Aretz) and Robert Charles Nelson Jr. He graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset in 1967 and received his Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Hartford. He worked for R.C. Nelson and Sons in New York City for 30 years and later for Preston’s in Greenport for 15 years.

Mr. Nelson loved absorbing history books and New York Times crossword puzzles, according to his family, and was also an avid New York Knicks fan.

He is survived by his significant other, Christine O’Shea; his son, Jason, of Saugerties, N.Y.; his daughter, Rachel Mysilborksi of East Marion; his brother Christopher; and two grandchildren. He was predeceased by his father in 1985, his mother in 2008 and his brother Robert in 1997.

Arrangements were handled by Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. Cremation was private.

Cutchogue resident Charles D. Brigham, formerly of Shelter Island and Greenport, died Sept. 2 at his home. He was 65 years old.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Sept. 5, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will take place Friday, Sept. 6, at 11 a.m. at Shelter Island Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Shelter Island Community Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice or the Shelter Island Historical Society.

A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of The Suffolk Times

Eileen L. Gildersleeve of Mattituck died Aug. 31 at the age of 84.

The family will receive visitors on Friday, Sept. 6, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt officiating. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of The Suffolk Times.

James J. Murphy of Southold died Sept. 5, 2013. He was 84 years old.

The family will receive visitors on Saturday, Sept. 7 and Sunday, Sept. 8 from 3 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday morning at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold. Interment will follow St. Patrick’s R.C. Cemetery in Southold.

Memorial donations may be made to Community Action of Southold Town or the Southold Sunshine Society.

A complete obituary will appear in next week’s edition of The Suffolk Times.

Former Southold resident Alice Pauline Kramer Cornell Hess died Sept. 21, 2012, at E.T. York Hospice in Gainesville, Fla. She was 94.

She was born in Brooklyn Feb. 14, 1918, to Theodore and Mary (Spirko) Kramer. Alice married Joseph Clifford Cornell on Dec. 2, 1939, and resided in Southold until 1990, when they moved to Florida. Joseph (Cliff) passed away Nov. 11, 1994. She married Olin Leroy Hess on Oct. 12, 1996, and they resided in New Port Richey and Gainesville, Fla.

Alice is survived by her husband, Olin. She was a devoted mother to Clifford Charles (Ruth) Cornell Sr. of Southold, Thomas Gregory (Nancy) and John Theodore (Denise) Cornell of Stony Brook and George Michael (Mary) Cornell of Mahopac; and the beloved grandmother of 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Alice spent her life as a homemaker and was a charter member and president of Massapequa Does, B.P.O. Elks Lodge 2162, a member of Southold Senior Citizens and a member of the choir at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport.

“It has been one year since you went home to the Lord. We all miss you, will always remember you singing in the church choir, especially at Christmas!” Your loving family, XOXO.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, Sept. 22, at 10 a.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport.

Memorial donations may be made to the Book of Remembrance, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 502, Greenport, NY 11944.

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On Aug. 31, 2013, Eileen Lillian Gildersleeve of Mattituck passed away. She reached 84 years of age.

She was born to Edward and Lillian Murphy in Brooklyn July 5, 1929. With a brother, Ned, she was raised during the Great Depression and World War II. From this she emerged with an understanding of hard work, an optimistic outlook, a deep religious faith and a great sense of humor.

Brooklyn public schools led to undergraduate and master’s degrees from St. John’s University. She wanted to be a teacher. She met and married lifelong Mattituck resident George Healy Gildersleeve. They settled in Mattituck and raised a family of six children.

Eileen taught second grade at Sacred Heart School (now Our Lady of Mercy) in Cutchogue for 30 years. In addition, she tutored, taught religious education and prepared the children for First Communion and First Penance. She was active in the PTA and, especially, the talent shows. She was thrilled to visit the Vatican and cathedrals in France and Italy, and made a pilgrimage to the Shrine to Our Lady in Medjugorje.
Her husband, George, passed away in 1995. Eileen retired from teaching in 2000. She is survived by six children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The family received visitors Sept. 6 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. Following a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, she was interred at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that any donations be made to the Retirement Fund for Religious.

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James J. Murphy of Southold died Sept. 5. He was 84 years old.

Visiting hours were held Sept. 7 and 8 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 9 at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold. Interment followed at the church cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Community Action Southold Town or the Southold Sunshine Society.

A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of The Suffolk Times.

Former Greenport resident Terrence Lawrence died Aug. 31 at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, N.Y. He was 33 years old and had been in treatment at Woodmere (N.Y.) Rehab and Nursing.

He was born Aug. 2, 1980, in Riverhead to Willie Jordan and Mary Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence earned his GED and had been self-employed for two years in the sanitation business.

Family members say he loved music, basketball, dirt-biking, attending cookouts and watching sports.

Predeceased by his parents and his grandparents, Ernestine and Willie Haynes, Mr. Lawrence is survived by his son, TaShawn; his siblings, Keasha King, Vaughn Edwards and Stanley and Jamal Lawrence; four aunts; and one uncle.

The family will receive visitors Friday, Sept. 13, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. Cremation was private.

Memorial donations may be made to any organization or facility that deals with traumatic brain injury.

A repast will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, at 1 p.m. at the home of Keasha King, 430 Second St., Greenport.

Former Mattituck resident Claude H. “Woody” Woodhull of Miami, Fla., died Sept. 6 after an unexpected illness. He was 68 years old.

He was born in Mattituck Jan. 15, 1945, and was an accomplished pilot for most of his life. Mr. Woodhull flew Chinooks for the U.S. Army, with tours in Vietnam and Germany, and continued his aviation career as a captain for numerous non-scheduled airlines, transporting passengers and cargo around the world. He also piloted tour planes for notable passengers including the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Neil Diamond. Mr. Woodhull also enjoyed restoring and flying antique aircraft.

Family members said his love of flying and sense of humor will be missed by all who knew him, in and out of the cockpit.

Mr. Woodhull is survived by his wife, Donna; his son, Zachary; and his daughters, Amy and Victoria.

A celebration of life will be held in Miami. Burial with military honors will take place on Long Island.

Longtime Cutchogue resident Charles D. Brigham, formerly of Greenport and Shelter Island, died Sept. 2 of prostate cancer. He was 65 years old.

He was born in Greenport May 10, 1948, to Harry L. and Betty Jane (Bryant) Brigham. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southampton College and served in the Army National Guard from 1971 to 1976. He was employed for 35 years as a public health administrator with the Suffolk County Health Department, working at Riverhead and Yaphank locations. He and his wife, Susan, were married Sept. 25, 1993, in Yaphank.

Mr. Brigham was very active in the community, serving many different organizations. He was an honorary member of Greenport Fire Department’s Star Hose Company and a member of the Yaphank, Shelter Island and Cutchogue-New Suffolk historical societies and Old Town Arts and Crafts Guild in Cutchogue. He had also been involved with the Zoning Board of Appeals, Little League and Boy Scouts in Greenport and belonged to Mystic Seaport in Connecticut.

Family members said he was a craftsman who enjoyed woodworking and restoring items from “old to new.” He was also a “yard-saler extraordinaire,” they said.

Mr. Brigham is survived by his wife, Susan; his daughter, Becky (Rich) Orlowski; his son, David; two grandchildren, Rachel and Owen; his brothers, Walter (Barbara) and William (Linda); and his former wife, Candy Perham.

The family received visitors Sept. 5 at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service was held Sept. 6 at Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Anne Stewart Miller officiating. Interment followed at Shelter Island Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice or the Shelter Island Historical Society.

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Mildred Gloria Cowan passed peacefully from general heart failure on Saturday, Sept. 14, at her home in Peconic Landing, Greenport. She was 90 years old and died in the company of her son, Thomas, and Nana, her health care companion of two and one-half years.

She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick, in May 1996 after 51 years of marriage, and by her only sibling, her brother, Charlie Helfant, in 2004.

Before moving to Greenport in 2006, Mildred had a home in Mattituck for 20 years and had lived previously in three towns in Nassau County — Syosset, Laurel Hollow and Oyster Bay Cove. Additionally, she had resided in Norwalk, Conn., where she grew up, and Astoria, Queens, when she first got married.

During the first 12 years of her marriage, Mildred and Freddy lived a stereotypic post-World War II suburban lifestyle, with the male as breadwinner and woman as housewife and mother. However, things changed in 1957 when she and her husband “gave birth” to their second “child” — a business they soon became enthusiastically proud of, the privately owned company Frederick Cowan & Co., Inc. It became a well-known and highly regarded industrial manufacturing corporation, at its high point having close to 80 employees.

From the proceeds of the company, Mildred and Fred came to lead a varied, resourceful personal and professional life. Besides belonging to a few golf and boating clubs and traveling extensively over the years, at one point in the mid-1980s they owned a business property in Riverhead and, simultaneously, homes in Mattituck and Oyster Bay Cove, an apartment in Manhattan and a year-round “summer home” and dock in Key Largo, Fla.

After her husband’s passing, Mildred continued working in the business and also became involved in a number of East End organizations, including the Episcopalian Church of the Redeemer in Mattituck, the Riverhead Woman’s Club, Mattituck Historical Society, the gem society of the North Fork and the local Red Hat Society. She remained connected to all these activities until her health forced her into retirement in Greenport. Over the last few years her affairs had to be managed. However, she was fortunate. She was able to continue participating in a number of activities, including visiting a number of the East End’s sandy beaches many times during the past summer and sitting on a chair under a large sun umbrella to take it all in with calm and a smile, something that those who knew her were happy for.

The family will receive friends at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday, Sept. 20, from 4 to 7 p.m., at which time funeral services will be held. Following cremation, some of her ashes will be privately interred in her husband’s grave at Calverton National Cemetery and the remainder will be set free in the sea.

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Máire Eilis Beggs of Mattituck died Sept. 11, 2013. She was 73 years old.

She was born Nov. 12, 1939, in Dublin, Ireland, to Michéal O’Dhoibhilin and Caitríona (Doherty) Ni Dhoibhilin. She graduated from Scoil Caitríona, Dominican College, Dublin, and earned certification from the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) for her Montessori early childhood studies in London, England, and advanced-level studies in Bergamo, Italy. In 1967, while studying in Bergamo, Máire and George Eaton Beggs of Boston, Mass., were married.

In 1996, George and Máire moved to the East End and lived on Shelter Island and in Riverhead. They moved to Mattituck in 2003. Máire and George spent 30 years in Montessori education, team-teaching and co-directing schools, including 20 years in Bethlehem, Pa., where they taught and co-directed Alcott Montessori School (preschool through 8th grade). In 1999, Máire joined Albertson Marine in Southold, where she was employed as office manager until retiring in April 2013.

Máire is survived by her loving husband, George, and their sons, Stuart, of Kenvil, N.J., and Alex, of Port Jefferson Station; her sister, Caitríona Ni Dhoibhilin of Fort Plain, N.Y.; her brother Michéal O’Dhoibhilin, his wife, Milla, and their daughters, Aisling, Jennifer and Neasa (but, sadly, Máire was predeceased by Baby Aoife and beautiful Niamh) of Dublin, Ireland, and her brother-in-law, Dudley Damon Beggs and his wife, Gail, of Hershey’s Mill, Pa.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated by Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt Sept. 14 at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, where Máire was a devoted communicant and sang in the church choir. Interment was at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes.

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Anna Slavonik of Riverhead died Sept. 11, 2013, in Manhattan. She was 79 years old.

She was born Nov. 18, 1933, in Speonk to Basil and Frances (Little) Dominguez. Anna had been a head cook at Riverhead High School and was a 45-year resident of the North Fork, having lived previously in Aquebogue.

She is survived by five children, Terry Miller, Ann Garcia, Laura Slavonik-Garcia, Ruth Ruzicka and Mike Ruzicka, and five grandchildren.

The family received friends Sept. 15 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck, where funeral services took place Sept. 16. Pastor Rick Saladon of Living Water Full Gospel Church in Aquebogue officiated. Interment was at Eastport Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the Riverhead Senior Center, where Anna was active, and mailed, in care of Judy, to 200 Howell Ave., Riverhead, NY 11901.

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John Case Tuthill of Mattituck died at his home Sept. 17. He was 98 years old.

He was born in Mattituck Oct. 11, 1914, to Ernest and Lelia (Hallock) Tuthill and educated in local schools. He began his service to his country with the U.S. Army in 1941 and was honorably discharged as a sergeant in 1945.

For many years, he was a potato and hay farmer with John C. Tuthill Farms and was one of the last dairy farmers on the North Fork.

John was a member and 25-year treasurer of Cutchogue Presbyterian Church and a member of the Maratooka Club and Farm Bureau.

He is survived by his wife, Jeanne (née Carter), and a brother, Hallock, of Cutchogue. He was predeceased by a son, Edward, in 1972.

The family will receive friends Thursday, Sept. 19, from 5 to 8 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. Graveside services, with U.S. Army honors, will be held Friday, Sept. 20, at 11 a.m. at Cutchogue Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Mary Bertha Szabat of Laurel died at her home Sept. 16, 2013, with her family by her side. She was 86 years of age.

Mary Bertha was born on the family farm in Laurel on Feb. 16, 1927, the only daughter of Felix and Mary Rutkowski. She worked as a secretary with RCA Communications, where she met William Szabat, whom she married. Together they raised five daughters, Linda Sanford of Chappaqua, N.Y., and Southold, Kathryn Szabat of Ardmore, Pa., Laura Richards of Plymouth, Mass., Mary Lionetti of Lyme, Conn., and Eva Mortenson of Ellicot City, Md.

Mary was a loving and devoted mother who instilled in her daughters the value of hard work, the pursuit of higher education and a love of music. Mary also loved to care and cook for her four grandchildren, William Sanford, Cathi Sanford-Flores, Margaret Richards and Ann Evans. Her great-granddaughter, Isabella Flores, was the light of her life. She was an avid fan of St. John’s University basketball and Yankees baseball. She also loved to travel with her family.

Mary was a devout Catholic who served St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead in many capacities over her lifetime, from secretary in the rectory to driving the annual bishop’s appeal fund. She was also a dedicated member of the St. Isidore Altar Rosary Society.

In addition to her daughters and grandchildren, Mary is survived by three sons-in-law, Fred Richards, Eric Mortenson and Robert Lionetti, and four brothers, Felix, Frank and Joseph Rutkoske, all of Delaware, and John Rutkoske of Florida. Mary, sadly, was predeceased by her two youngest brothers, William and Thomas.

An Altar Rosary Society service will be held Thursday, Sept. 19, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. at St. Isidore R.C. Church, Father Ken Zach and Father Robert Kuznik officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.

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James J. Murphy died suddenly Sept. 5, 2013, at his home on Horton Lane, Southold, five days before his 85th birthday.

James J. Murphy

There was much to be admired about Jim, a genial Irishman, who loved all his expansive family and who was always able to win a smile from the latest grand- or great-grandchild experiencing a restless or grumpy moment.

Jim epitomized the phrase “people person.” He made friends easily and they enjoyed him as much as he enjoyed them. He enthusiastically honed his limited Spanish language skills by practicing on every Hispanic person he came in contact with, earning many friends along the way. Jim radiated sincerity and concern for others, and to know him was to be his friend. During the two days he was waked at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home, large numbers of people, from all the areas of his long life, dropped in to wish him goodbye and to share their fond memories and rich stories of him with his family.

His wife, Peggy Murphy, describes him as, “The Wind Beneath My Wings,” always willing to pitch in on her community projects, such as “putting out the signs in the morning and the chairs in the afternoon for the 20 summers (180 Wednesday evenings) of the Summer Showcase Concert Series in the gazebo at Silversmith Corner, Southold; picking up the food for CAST at the Blue Duck Bakery on Monday evenings; and filling in at Southold Historical Society’s corncrib for a children’s program, singing ‘Jimmy Crack Corn’ even though his singing voice was far from being his strong point.”

Commenting on Jim’s penchant for telling jokes, often repeating his favorites, Peggy tells of an incident three weeks ago when she was awakened from her sleep at 2 a.m. by Jim’s mumbling. Then “he launched into one of his oldest and most favorite jokes, delivering it verbatim from beginning to end — never waking up!” She then recalled, “He always laughed at his own jokes, so whether it was entertaining or not, the listener always responded with chuckles.”

One of Jim’s fondest memories is recounted in a May 2013 letter he wrote to Monsignor Robert Ritchie, rector of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral: “I recently read your article concerning the current renovation project at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and it brought back a fond memory to me. It was during the Cathedral’s first face-lift where my father, James Murphy, a stonecutter by trade, was the foreman in charge. I worked in an insurance agency located in downtown New York. One day an assignment required me to go uptown. On the way I stopped at the Cathedral to visit my father. During the visit my dad took me to the very top of the left spire, part way up on the inside of the spire, and then on the outside to the scaffolding where we continued our climb to the top. The cross was not at the peak of the spire as it was being restored elsewhere. Looking down on Fifth Avenue, the vehicles looked like Matchbox toys. What a beautiful scene it was. I consider myself very fortunate to have been with my dad and to have had such a unique experience. Later he told me that when the cross was replaced he took some coins out of his pocket and placed them in the mortar before it was reset.”

Whether it was completing his time in the United States Naval Reserve, caring for his family, helping to grow Newbridge Coverage Corp. into a successful, thriving business or pursuing his chosen pastimes as a retiree — golf and painting — Jim approached life’s challenges with dedication, humor, grace. The strong bonds with his family, friends, community and the Roman Catholic Church always guided his life.

James J. Murphy was the much beloved husband of the former Margaret (Peggy) Fischer Dow and the doting father of Jim Murphy and his wife, Sue; Kathee Murphy Golden and her husband, Tom, and Nancy Murphy Wenskus and her husband, Mike; four stepchildren, Rob Dow and his wife, Lynn, Kathy Dow Norkus and her husband, Greg, Steve Dow and his wife, Jill, and Allison Dow. Fifteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews also survive him.

Jim’s life was celebrated in Saint Patrick R.C. Church, Southold, on Sept. 9, 2013, and he was buried in the church cemetery. Funeral arrangements were handled by DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.

Donations to commemorate James Murphy would be appreciated and may be made to CAST, P.O. Box 159, Greenport, NY 11944 or Southold Sunshine Society, P.O. Box 251, Southold, NY 11971.

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Lifelong Mattituck resident Thomas Sidor died Sept. 8 after a brief illness. He was 60 years old.

He was born at Eastern Long Island Hospital May 29, 1953, to Stella (Droskoski) and Frank Sidor. He graduated in 1971 from Mercy High School in Riverhead.

Mr. Sidor is survived by his wife of 37 years, Alice (née Baker); a daughter, Amber Sidor-Flora of Southold; a son, Robin, of Portland, Ore.; his mother, Stella Radford of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; his brother Joseph, of Glen Cove; his sister, MaryJane Gibbons of Cutchogue; and three grandchildren. He was predeceased by his father and his eldest brother.

Arrangements were handled by Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. Cremation was private.

Former Greenport resident Kassi Richel Lewis Yoskovich of Medora, Ind., died Aug. 16 as a result of injuries sustained in a hit-and-run accident. She was 16 years old.

Kassi Richel Lewis Yoskovich

Kassi was born March 11, 1997, and lived in Greenport until she moved to Indiana in 2007. She was a sophomore at Medora High School, where she was a cheerleader and played on the volleyball team. Family members said she loved drawing, fishing with her dad in the East Fork White River and hanging out with her classmates. Kassi had a big, beautiful smile, they said, and was a protector, always standing up for the rights of others.

Kassi was predeceased by her mother, Cherie Lewis, on Sept. 13, 2003; her grandparents, Nancy and Harry Lewis; and her grandfather, Stephen Yoskovich Sr.

She is survived by her father, Stephen Yoskovich Jr. of Medora; his partner, Tracy Hansen, and her sons, Joey and Corey Hansen, also of Medora; her brother, Tyler Lewis Jester of Southold; her grandmother, Ruth Yoskovich of Greenport; and many Lewis and Yoskovich aunts, uncles and cousins.

Funeral services were held Aug. 21 at Medora High School. Cremation followed.

Memorial donations may be sent to Hague Funeral Home, P.O. Box 280, Medora, IN 47260.

Former Greenport resident Glenwood “Ricky” DeJesus died Aug. 23 in New Haven, Conn. He was 92 years old.

Glenwood “Ricky” DeJesus

He was born in Greenport Oct. 26, 1920, to Benigno and Iolanthe DeJesus. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was a bayman through the 1950s and also worked in construction.

Mr. DeJesus is survived by his daughter, Ramona Rivera of California; and six siblings: Carlos, of Greenport, Dolores, of Southampton, Iolanthe Mason, also of Greenport, Anna Walker of Washington ,D.C., Ramon, of Holbrook, and Rosita Siklos of Brooklyn. He was predeceased by siblings Mercedes Alvarez, Florentina Clarke, Benigno Jr., Teresa Artis and Maria Piggery.

Cremation was private, with interment at Calverton National Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home in Derby, Conn.

Longtime Orient resident Louis M. Demarest passed away Sept. 12, 2013, at San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Greenport. He was 93 years old.

Born Feb. 18, 1920, in Orient to Cora (Tuthill) and Harrison M. Demarest, Sr., he attended school there and graduated from Greenport High School. After graduation he worked on the family potato farm in Orient before joining the U.S. Army. Mr. Demarest attained the rank of sergeant and returned to Orient at the end of World War II. He continued working the family farm, H.M. Demarest and Sons, along with his father and two brothers, Harrison Jr. and Robert. Mr. Demarest married Penny Bussard on Dec. 3, 1960, and they raised a family of three boys.

In addition to potato farming, Mr. Demarest was active in his community. He was recently honored as a 70-year member of the Orient Fire Department and served as chief in the 1950s. He also served as a Southold Town justice, councilman and deputy supervisor. As town justice, he presided over many local marriages.

In the mid-1980s, he and Penny moved to Florida, where he continued to work well into his 80s. Mr. Demarest remained in Florida until Penny’s passing in 2003, then split his time between Florida and Orient. In recent years he resided full time in Orient. He was a fixture at the Orient Country Store and enjoyed debating politics and discussing his favorite baseball team, the Yankees, over a cup of coffee. He represented an important piece of Orient’s history and was interviewed by the Oysterponds Historical Society for his local knowledge.

In addition to his beloved wife, Mr. Demarest was predeceased by his brother Harrison M. Demarest Jr. He is survived by his sons, Jeff (Kara) and Carl (Danielle), both of Orient, and David, of Florida; his brother Robert, of Orient; five grandchildren; and three nieces.

A memorial service will be held in Orient Oct. 19, 2013, details of which will be announced, and interment will be at Orient Central Cemetery. The family asks that any contributions in his memory be made to San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation or Orient Fire Department.

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