Catherine Getches of Southold died July 23. She was 94.
The family will receive visitors Thursday, July 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, July 29, at the funeral home. Burial will take place at St. Agnes R.C. Church Cemetery in Greenport.
A complete obituary will follow.
Jerry Tuthill, a co-owner of Claudio’s restaurant, the waterfront’s popular clam bar and Crabby Jerry’s in Greenport, died Saturday night, family members confirmed. He was 69.
Mr. Tuthill, after whom Crabby Jerry’s was named, came up with the idea for the Claudio’s clam bar and marina and helped oversee its success.
“Before the clam bar, there was just a set of docks out there and an empty building,” said co-owner and brother-in-law Bill Claudio. “There were five of us involved, but Jerry was the guy behind it, who kept pushing.”
“He’ll be missed greatly,” added sister-in-law and fellow co-owner Kathy Claudio-Wyse.
Mr. Tuthill was born and raised in Greenport and married his high school sweetheart, Beatrice Claudio, more than 40 years ago. He was a Suffolk County cop and helped work undercover on drug investigations in the 1980s, said Mr. Claudio.
After retiring from the force, Mr. Tuthill joined up with the other Claudios to buy the famed Claudio’s restaurant from the patriarch of the family, Bill Claudio Sr., in 1989. By the time the property was bought, Mr. Tuthill already had a vision for a bayside bar, Mr. Claudio said.
Within three months, the clam bar was nearly complete, he said.
“He was just very tough on himself and other people to get the job done,” Mr. Claudio said. “But he had a vision and the vision worked out.” The clam bar became packed with customers and tourists, so much so that the owners opened up Crabby Jerry’s nearby to handle the overflow, he said.
“The rest, as they say, is history,” Mr. Claudio said. The clam bar has grown to become one of Long Island’s best known seafood destinations.
“Before, Greenport was a sleeping jewel,” Mr. Tuthill said at a 25th anniversary celebration for the clam shack in 2013. “People only knew about the Hamptons, Sag Harbor and Montauk. I thought we had the same attractions to offer here. Greenport grew because of the Clam Bar. It gave the North Fork a destination.”
In addition to being a tireless worker and “gruff when he needed to be,” Mr. Tuthill was beloved for his quick wit and outgoing attitude, Mr. Claudio said.
“You’d find him a very, very charming individual,” he said. “You could find him down at the clam bar at the bar smiling with people. He was really congenial. He really loved what he was doing.”
Mr. Claudio said his brother-in-law had not been feeling well as of late, but family members were stunned that he had passed sometime Saturday night in his sleep.
“This was absolutely not expected this quickly,” he said. “He had a few years to go yet.”
Mr. Tuthill is survived by his wife of 42 years, Beatrice, daughters Jackie Tuthill Sarkis and Erika Tuthill Cabral, as well as four grandchildren.
Visitation will be held at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, family members said. A funeral mass will take place Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes R.C. Church on Front Street.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Southold Police Benevolent Association or the Suffolk County Police Athletic League.
Photo credit: Tuthill family, courtesy
Captain Ted Reiter, 91 years old, passed away peacefully July 15, 2016, at his daughter and son-in-law’s home in Calabash, N.C.A lifelong resident of Greenport and a charter boat captain, he served in the U.S. Army and Air Force and was an avid fisherman, bayman, golfer, polka dancer and tomato grower.
He is survived by a son, Joseph Reiter of Cutchogue; a daughter, Jeanette Gilson of Calbash, N.C.; a brother, Bob Reiter of Shelter Island; two grandchildren Alyson and Joe Jr., two great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
A private cremation will take place followed by a Celebration of Life in his Hometown of Greenport in the fall.
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Catherine Elizabeth Getches, born May 3, 1922, in East Marion, passed away on July 23, 2016.
Viewing hours will take place Thursday, July 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 29, at the funeral home, with interment immediately following at St. Agnes R.C. Church Cemetery in Greenport.
Catherine, or “Auntie” as she was known to her family, graduated from Greenport High School in 1940.
She worked for Hazeltine in Mattituck and for the A&P in Greenport. After 28 years of employment with the New York Telephone Company in Riverhead, she retired in 1983. Still wanting to work, she became a childcare provider for the Connell family. Memories of daily walks pulling the children in their wagon while accompanied by their dog gave her great joy in her final days.
Catherine moved to Southold and resided in Colonial Village for over 25 years. She loved her little apartment, the friends she made there and many hours listening to the Mets games with her radio perched on her lap. Though she often would not admit her allegiance when things weren’t going well for her team, she was a devout Mets fan her entire life. Days before her death she could still discuss the players and baseball politics in depth.
Catherine was preceded in death by her parents, Catherine and Joseph; her niece Michelle Getches and her brothers James and Joseph. She is survived by her nieces Marge Kirchner (Guy) and Mimi Edwards; her nephews, Mark Getches (Christie) and Jim Getches (Eileen); and her great-nieces and nephews who were so dear to her: Greg and Lauren, Lindsey, and Michael and Carolyn.
The family would like to thank her daily caregivers and East End Hospice for the compassionate and vital support they provided.
“Auntie” stayed close to home her entire life; she was a local gal from year one. She did travel to Northern Ireland in 1987. It was the adventure of her life. She was thrilled to meet and reunite with many relatives on her mother’s side.
Memorial contributions can be made to the East Marion or Southold fire department rescue squads.
In memory of “Auntie,” we will be sure to “see what tomorrow brings” and “live and hope” as she so often reminded us.
A celebration of life for Dorothy Lesser of Greenport will take place Saturday, July 30, from 3 to 6 p.m. at 1865 Highland Road in Cutchogue. Family and friends are welcome to attend.
Ms. Lesser died June 15 at the age of 81.
Elmer Gerard “Jerry” Tuthill
Longtime Greenport resident Elmer Gerard “Jerry” Tuthill died July 24 at his home. He was 69.
The son of Elmer and Rose Tuthill, he was born March 9, 1947, in Greenport. He attended Greenport High School, Parsons University and the Suffolk County Police Academy and lived in Greenport for most of life, except for when he was away at college.
On May 10, 1974, he married Beatrice (née) Claudio in Greenport.
Mr. Tuthill was a retired Suffolk County police officer and co-owned Claudio’s Restaurant, the Clam Bar and Crabby Jerry’s.
He was a member of St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport and was a member of the Friends of Mitchell Park organization.
Mr. Tuthill is survived by his wife, Beatrice “Beatsy” Tuthill; his children, Jackie Tuthill Sarkis and Erika Tuthill Cabral; his sons-in-law, George Sarkis and Doug Cabral and his grandchildren, Addison and Ava Jewel Sarkis and Alexandra and Dougie Cabral.
The family will receive visitors Wednesday, July 27, 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., today, Thursday, July 28, at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport.
Memorial donations may be made to Southold Town PBA, P.O. Box 41, Peconic, NY 11958 and Suffolk County PAL, 30 Yaphank Ave., Yaphank, NY 11980.
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Former Greenport resident Judith Violet Bynon of Lansford Pa. died July 12 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Bethlehem Pa. She was 57.
Born on Long Island, she was a daughter of the late Neville Grey Lippman Garrett and Jean Fuller. She was a 1977 graduate of Greenport High School.
Ms. Bynon was employed as a cook at Edgemont Assisted Living in Lansford and last worked at the Hometown Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hometown, Pa.
She was a member of Grace Community Church in Lansford.
Family members said she enjoyed genealogy and often spent hours researching her family history. She also loved to draw.
Predeceased by her husband, Paul A. Bynon, on Sept. 28, 2009, Ms. Bynon is survived by her four sons, Robert Ritchie and Joshua Bynon, both of Coaldale, Pa. and Jacob and Jordan Bynon, both of Lansford; three daughters, Lauren Ritchie of Tamaqua, Pa. and Miriam and Rachel Bynon, both of Lansford; two sisters, Karen Garrett-Hardy of Vermont and Natalie Garrett-Garnett of Virginia; nine grandchildren and two nephews. She was also predeceased by a grandson.
A memorial service took place July 17 at Grace Community Church in Lansford, with the Rev. Jeremy Benack officiating.
Memorial contribution may be made to the family c/o the Skrabak-Parambo Funeral Home, 210 E. Bertsch St., Lansford.
Online condolences may be signed at parambofh.com.
Casper J. Morsello of Greenport died July 25 at the age of 86.
Born June 6, 1930, Mr. Morsello had been a professor of Spanish literature, focused on the medieval period, at Yale, Harvard, Princeton and the University of St. Louis. He had also served as a language librarian and book buyer for the Queens Library. He retired to Greenport in 2009.
Friends recalled that his love of classical music, literature, astronomy, grade B horror movies, “Dr. Who” and science fiction made him an excellent conversationalist. A true gentleman and scholar, they said, he will be deeply missed by all who were blessed to know him.
Mr. Morsello is survived by his brother, Teddy Morsello; a niece; and a nephew.
A memorial service will be held at a future date.
Harriet “Hertha” Theuer passed away July 6 at the age of 96.She was a resident of Mattituck for 25 years, recently moving to Fort Washington, Pa. to be close to family.
Harriet was born in Glendale, N.Y. She was the beloved wife of Henry(deceased), loving mother of Henry (Lea), Lawrence (Linda), Jane(Steven) and grandmother of Jason, Alison, Lucas (Emily), Kathryn (Christopher), Kira, Ryan (Kate),and great-granddaughter, Austin.
Harriet loved the peace and serenity of the North Fork, her gardens, the creatures that inhabit this area, her needlework, the local library (chair aerobics)and always ready for a game of pinochle. She loved having company on her deck overlooking the creek with the required Manhattan! Harriet was an avid New York sports fan. A difficult move for her to have to deal with the Phillies, Sixers and Eagles in Pennsylvania.
Harriet was an active member of the Mattituck community, delivering Meals On Wheels and driving elderly to doctor appointments into her 90s.
Harriet’s personal achievement was to fulfill a life long dream of obtaining a college degree. Starting at the age of 82 she attended Empire State College SUNY, in Riverhead. Graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree at the age of 88.
Anyone wishing to honor her memory is asked to make a donation to The Mattituck-Laurel Library, PO Box 1437, Mattituck, NY 11952.
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Barbara Copin Moore of Jamesport died on July 27, 2016 after a short battle with cancer. She was 69.
She was born Dec. 3, 1946, to Edward and Irma Copin Jr. in Greenport.
Mrs. Moore was a teacher in Smithtown as well as Laurel School before becoming co-director of the children’s room of Mattituck-Laurel Library for 20 years. Her love of sharing literature with children was evident every day as she greeted patrons with her beaming smile.
She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Garret H. Moore; her son, Garrett Moore of Riverhead; his wife, Amanda, her daughter, Cindey MacLeod and her husband, Jim of Jamesport and three grandchildren, Grady Moore and Braedyn and Connor MacLeod. She is predeceased by her parents and brother Edward Copin III.
The family will receive visitors Friday Aug. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Hale & Lynch Funeral Home in Middle Island. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at Old Steeple Community Church in Aquebogue.
In lieu of flowers Mrs. Moore wished donations be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
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Former longtime Cutchogue resident Jeffrey Smith of Florida died Aug. 1. He was 69.
The family will receive visitors Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral Mass will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Burial with military honors will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.
A complete obituary will follow.
Former Mattituck resident Megan M. Roache of Hampton Bays died suddenly at her home Aug. 1. She was 33.
The daughter of Janet and John Roache of Mattituck, she was born Oct. 27, 1982, at Southampton Hospital.
Ms. Roache attended Hampton Bays schools and Suffolk County Community College and worked at Once Upon a Day Care in Southampton. Recently she earned her realtor’s license and was employed by a local real estate agency.
Ms. Roache is survived by her parents; stepmother Joan Quinn Roache; her sons, Hayden and Matteo Blanco and their father, Dino Blanco of Hampton Bays; her siblings, Marie, of Palm Coast, Fla. and Cat, of Bay Shore and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
The family will receive visitors Friday, Aug. 5, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the J. Ronald Scott Funeral Home in Hampton Bays. A prayer service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at the funeral home. Interment of ashes will follow at Good Ground Cemetery in Hampton Bays.
A memorial service for Joseph F. Todd of East Marion will take place Saturday, Aug. 6, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A memorial Mass will follow at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck.
Mr. Todd died June 26 at the age 80.
Memorial donations may be made to Boy Scouts of America.
Geraldine L. Doroski of Southold died Aug. 1 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. She was 81.
The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, Aug. 6, at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport.
Memorial donations to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated.
Arrangements were in the care of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes.
A complete obituary will follow.
Gordon Danby, a noted physicist who helped pioneer the use of Maglev transportation technology while working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and a devoted member of the Wading River community, died Tuesday. He was 86.
Mr. Danby worked in the physics department at BNL but rose to fame after his work with James Powell, a nuclear engineer at the lab, paved the way for a new method of high-speed transportation.
“I think his legacy is going to be a major new mode of transportation that will benefit the world,” Mr. Powell, 84, said in an interview Thursday. “If it hadn’t been for Gordon, this … would have never gone the way it has gone.”
Maglev (a portmanteau of “magnetic levitation”) uses superconducting technology to move vehicles without having them touch rails or roadways. Magnets installed in the vehicles lift them off a guide track, propelling them forward at speeds of up to 300 miles per hour.
The technology is currently used on high-speed railways in Japan. It was invented in the 1960s when Mr. Powell was stuck in traffic on the Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City and dreamed up a way to travel faster. He turned to Mr. Danby, a friend and former roommate from BNL who was working with superconductors, to help refine the design.
Mr. Powell said it was Mr. Danby who proposed putting the conductors in the vehicles themselves as opposed to energizing the entire track — something that made the idea much cheaper and easier to design.
“A lot of people get an idea in their heads and they like to stick to it,” Mr. Powell said. “Gordon was not that type of person. He was always looking for better ways to do something.”
In 1966, the pair published a paper on Maglev; two years later, they secured a patent. Their work would lay the foundation for Maglev technology across the world; they worked closely with Japanese companies to bring the transportation solution there.
“I was happy to see people working on it and turning it into reality,” Mr. Powell said, noting that both he and his business partner weren’t concerned about losing the rights to the technology. Rather, they wanted to help scientists and engineers improve the lives of others.
In 1983, Mr. Danby was honored with the New York Academy of Sciences Boris Pregel Award for Applied Science and Technology for his contributions to accelerator physics and superconducting magnet technology. In 2000, Mr. Danby and Mr. Powell were awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Engineering by the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
“He had a real curiosity and creativity,” said Mr. Danby’s daughter, Jennifer. “I don’t think he was afraid to venture into territory where he might discover something completely different from what he hypothesized. He was a real scientist in that way.”
Mr. Danby was born in Ontario, Canada, during the Great Depression and suffered from rickets as a child, his daughter said. He overcame the illness and went on to play semi-professional ice hockey in Canada.
Mr. Danby is seen here as a child with his grandfather in Ontario, Canada, where he grew up. He became a U.S. citizen in 1957. (Courtesty: Danby family)
After earning a PhD in physics in the 1950s, Mr. Danby moved to Long Island and became a U.S. citizen, working as a physicist at BNL. In addition to his work on Maglev, Mr. Danby also helped design and build what was at the time the world’s largest particle accelerator. His work with the Fonar Corporation on Long Island led to the first use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in open and upright medical scanners, his family said.
Ms. Danby said her father always emphasized that his children, Jen and Judd, should follow their dreams.
“He definitely said to choose something you love and to pursue it,” Ms. Danby said. “If you love something, go. Go after it.”
Ms. Danby recalled learning how to play hockey with her father and touring BNL as a child. The experiences comprise some of her fondest memories. She said her father also once used his knowledge of physics to help his children win a local go-kart racing competition.
“He was a loving dad,” she said. “He and my mom taught us to be gracious in victory and defeat and to keep your eye on the prize with kindness and humor and generosity.”
Ms. Danby said her father had a sense of humor and was able to put others at ease. He and his wife, Jane, moved to an old farmhouse in Wading River and worked hard to fix it up.
“They laughed a lot,” Ms. Danby said. “He loved my mother very much and they balanced each other.”
The Danbys became active in both the local historical society and civic association. Mr. Danby was a school board member in the earliest days of the Shoreham-Wading River School District, said Wading River Civic Association president Sid Bail. Mr. Danby was also a member of the Riverhead Conservation Advisory Council and was on the board of the Long Island Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.
Mr. Bail knew Mr. Danby for almost 30 years and said he was a “good friend” to both him, his wife, and the community.
Mr. Danby pictured in 2009. (Credit: file photo)
“Whenever there was a problem, he was always there,” Mr. Bail said. “We went through a few adventures together and Gordon was always willing to go to meetings and speak out. He would speak very intelligently and he believed in civility. He’ll be missed. That’s for sure.”
Riverhead Town community development director Christine Kempner worked with Mr. Danby several years ago to try to bring Maglev technology to the Enterprise Park at Calverton.
“He was a great person for his scientific stuff, but he was also a really great community member,” Ms. Kempner said.
Although Mr. Danby wasn’t able to secure enough funding for the project, Ms. Kempner said he did all he could to bring his invention to the area.
“He’s a visionary,” she said. “It’s like Nikola Tesla. People don’t understand. It’s so far ahead that people don’t move that quickly.
“I’m sure this is the mode of travel of the future,” she continued. “It’s a shame that it never happened during his lifetime.”
A memorial service will be held Monday, Aug. 15, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Alexander Tuthill Funeral Home in Wading River. Private cremation will follow, family members said.
In lieu of flowers, Mr. Danby and his wife requested that donations be made to their children’s two nonprofit production organizations: Mississippi Mud Productions, run by Jennifer Danby, and The Jazz Club of Lafayette, In., run by Judd Danby.
Top photo caption: Mr. Danby holds up an award from the High Speed Rail Association in 1991 (Courtesy: Brookhaven National Lab)
Timothy J. Annabel of New Suffolk died Aug. 4 at North Shore University Hospital. He was 57.
The son of Bernard and Muriel Annabel, he was born April 6, 1959, in Greenport and graduated from Mattituck High School.
Mr. Annabel worked as an electrician with Rob Palladino in Mattituck.
Family members said he enjoyed cars.
Predeceased by his parents, he is survived by his parter, Donna Marcotrigiano, of New Suffolk; his siblings, Russell, of Florida; Jim, of North Carolina; Jerry Taylor of Pennsylvania and Patricia Halstensen of Virginia.
Cremation was private. Arrangements were in the care of Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.
Robert H. Miller of Southold died Aug. 4 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport. He was 88.
The son of Herman and Julia Miller, he was born July 19, 1928, in Ozone Park, N.Y.
Mr. Miller served in the U.S. Army in 1952. He was a draftsman with Local 28 in New York City.
Locally, Mr. Miller was a member of the Southold American Legion.
The family will be forever grateful to Mr. Miller’s son-in-law, Robert McGee for being a wonderful caretaker.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth, of Southold; his children, Donna, of Arizona, James, of East Rockaway and Carol McGee of Port Jefferson; his sister, Lorraine Coulaz; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors Monday, Aug. 8, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Southold American Legion.
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John A. DiVello of Mattituck died suddenly Aug. 4, 2016. He was 59.
The family will receive visitors Monday, Aug. 8, 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 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, 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 The National Parkinson’s Foundation, Mattituck Fire Department or Southold Town Police PBA would be appreciated. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
A complete obituary will follow.
Antone Edward Mileska of Mattituck died Aug. 4. He was 94.
The family will receive visitors Monday, Aug. 8 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, Aug. 9, 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 Fire Department Rescue Squad would be appreciated. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
A complete obituary will follow.
Rita Mazzei of Peconic died Aug. 4 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. She was 80.
The family will receive visitors Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, at the funeral home, officiated by the Rev. Garret Johnson. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.
Memorial donations to San Simeon by the Sound or St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greenport would be appreciated. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
A complete obituary will follow.
