Betty Frances Bangert of South Setauket and formerly of Southold, died April 24. She was 97.
Arrangements, incomplete at press time, are under the direction of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.
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Betty Hasbrouck Bangert died April 24, 2017, at Jefferson’s Ferry in South Setauket. She was 97.
She was born Jan. 28, 1920, in Stone Ridge, N.Y. and married Henry W. S. Bangert on May 10, 1947. Together they made their home in Garden City and spent summers in Southold.
Betty received a master’s degree in education and was a retired physical education teacher in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District in Nassau County. She was also very active in the Panhellenic Society of Garden City.
Betty was a former active member of the Garden City Presbyterian Church. She joined the Presbyterian Church in Port Jefferson after moving to Jefferson’s Ferry.
Predeceased by her only child, Nancy Ruth Bangert tragically on March 13, 1992, Betty leaves her nieces, Roberta Hering of Southold and Karen Lynne Hasbrouck of North Carolina; nephew Fitch F. Hasbrouck (Linda) and two grandnieces, Christin and Stephanie of Michigan. She was also predeceased by a brother, Matthew Hasbrouck.
The family will receive visitors on Tuesday, May 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, at First Presbyterian Church in Southold. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery alongside her husband Henry W.S. Bangert, a Bronze Star veteran of World War II.
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Greta Levine Tedoff, age 78, daughter of Arthur and Sylvia Levine of Greenport, died peacefully April 23 in Manhattan.
Married for 53 years to Dr. Howard Tedoff, Greta fought multiple sclerosis with stubborn bravery for 36 years.
Greta graduated from Greenport High School as valedictorian in 1956 and attended Wellesley College before moving to Manhattan. She had a successful career in computers, starting as a Fortran programmer at NASA’s Goddard Institute and finishing her career as an AVP at JP Morgan.
She is survived by her husband; her brother, David Levine; her daughters, Julie Tedoff Weintraub and Luisa Tedoff Cohen and five grandchildren.
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Longtime Mattituck resident Pauline Eleanor Gildersleeve passed away peacefully surrounded by family April 27, 2017, at age 97.
Pauline was born Sept. 17, 1919, in Peru, N.Y., to William and Margarite Wright. She moved to Mattituck at the age of 18 and married James Gildersleeve on March 22, 1941.
Jim and Pauline owned and ran Gildersleeve’s Luncheonette in Mattituck for many years. Pauline’s hobbies and interests included golf, dominos, volunteering at the thrift store and sewing.
Pauline is predeceased by her husband, James, seven brothers and grandson James Clayton Sterling. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara (Richard) Sterling and son, J. Herbert (Diane) Gildersleeve; grandchildren Shawn Gildersleeve, Jamie (Toby) Sembower, Richard (Lorraine) Sterling, Steven (Renee) Sterling, Jon Delvecchio, Billie Jo (Danny) Watters, Chris (Renay) Ricciardi and Michael Ricciardi; great-grandchildren, Reid and Maria Sterling, Colton and Taylor, Karissa (Mike Piccallo) and D.J. (Justina) Waters, Christopher Ricciardi, Mike Ricciardi Jr., Dawn (Bobby) Lane; and great-great-grandchildren, Bobby Jr., Olivia, Mikey and Elizabeth and Mikey, Michael, Nicholas and Anthony.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 17, at Mattituck Presbyterian Church, the Rev. John Carrick officiating.
Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978-7048 or Mattituck Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1411, Mattituck, NY 11952.
DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home assisted the family.
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Former Cutchogue resident Kevin P. Boyd, born July 25, 1951, passed away peacefully at his home in Charleston, S.C., on April 19 of natural causes.
Kevin was predeceased by his son, Kyle, a very sad time in his life. He is survived by his brother Gregory; his caring ex-wife, Irene Walker Smith; and many nieces and nephews. He was also predeceased by his parents, Robert and Luella, and his brothers Dennis and Brian.
Kevin is coming home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.
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William “Bill” Buhler of Southold died April 23. He was 86.
A funeral service will take place Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to noon at New Apostolic Church in Woodbury. A light lunch will follow at 2 p.m.
Memorial donations may be made to Hope Hospice at Shell Point, c/o The Legacy Foundation at Shell Point, 15010 Shell Point Blvd., Fort Myers, FL, 33908. In the memo section of the check please put “In memory of William Buhler.” Checks may be made payable to Hope Hospice at Shell Point.
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Walter J. Krupski Sr. of Cutchogue died May 4 at the age of 94.
The family will receive visitors Sunday, May 7, 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 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 8, at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue, Father Mariusz Gorazd, officiating. Interment, with U.S. Army honors, will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.
Memorial donations to the Cutchogue Fire Department Rescue Squad would be appreciated.
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Marie Ellen Bondarchuk, known as Mary Ellen, of Greenport, died May 4. She was 80.
The family will receive visitors Sunday, May 7, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A 10 a.m. funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 8, Father Richard P. Hoerning of St. Agnes R. C. Church officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
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Joel Bense Clay passed away peacefully at his home in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, on April 11. He was 74.
Born Dec. 27, 1942, in Westfield, N.J., Joel moved to Southold with his parents, Dorris and Richard Clay, in 1951.
Joel graduated from Southold High School in 1962 and immediately joined the U.S. Air Force, training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. He eventually served at Wethersfield Air Force Base in Essex, England, where he met Maureen Maynard of Southend-on-Sea in Essex. They married in 1964 and lived in Massachusetts, South Carolina, Southend-on-Sea and Southold before settling permanently in Newton Abbot in 2004.
With a kind and caring nature and an absolute devotion to animals, Joel found an ideal job at the North Fork Animal Welfare League in Peconic, where he cared for the many dogs and cats in need of loving homes.
Joel is survived by his wife, Maureen; his brother, Walter Clay of Concord, Mass.; his cousin, Justine Ness of Ponte Vedra, Fla.; many nieces and nephews, and his baby sister, Barbara Ann Clay of Greenport, whose life he saved in a car crash in Cutchogue in 1955.
Donations to North Fork Animal Welfare League in Joel’s name would be much appreciated.
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Lifelong Greenport resident Jane Hughes Parker, 55, lost her battle with stage four cancer April 29, 2017, at Kanas Center for Hospice in Quiogue, surrounded by family.
Jane was born Jan. 29, 1962, to Russel and Rosemary ‘Judy’ Reiter Hughes.
She worked at Orient By the Sea for over 20 years.
Jane is survived by her three sons, Shane Hughes (Lisa), Kevin Parker (Cara) and Jared Parker; her granddaughter, Lacey Jane Parker; “fur babies,” Mr. Bean and Bella; six brothers, Dan Hughes, Ted Hughes, James Hughes, Tom Hughes (Jeannie), Joe Hughes (Cherl) and John Hughes (MaryJane); her sister, Nancy Hughes Wolfeich and many nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Jane was loved by everyone who knew her. She had a beautiful smile and a great laugh and her hard-working, strong will helped her stay with us for three more years. She saw a son get married, a son become a father and the birth of her first grandchild, Lacey Jane Parker, the sunshine of her life who put a smile on her face every day.
Jane was able to work in the yard and garden, take her grandbaby and fur babies for long walks and spend more time with her children. She will be missed every day.
A service will take place at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 15, at Community Baptist Church in Riverhead.
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Frederick L. Downs of Tulsa, Okla. passed away at his home on Sunday, April 30, 2017 surrounded by his family.
Fred was born July 18, 1929, in Glen Ridge, N.J. to Dorothy L. (Cooper) and Charles N. Downs, both descendants of the early settlers of Laurel, Aquebogue and Mattituck on Long Island and also, New England.
Fred was a lifelong Presbyterian, serving as a deacon early in his life. He grew up in West Caldwell, N.J. and attended Caldwell Public Schools, graduating from Grover Cleveland High School in 1947. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1951 from Tufts University.
Upon graduation, he began working at the American Agricultural Chemical Company (AGRICO). Except during his time faithfully serving his country during the Korean War, he spent his entire career at AGRICO and retired in 1986 as director of research and development. During his working career, he earned a Master of Chemical Engineering at the Newark College of Engineering.
In retirement, Fred was an avid genealogist and a fountain of knowledge of his family’s history and that of his children’s spouses.
Fred developed a love for baseball early in life and became the greatest fan of the Tulsa Drillers. As a longtime season ticket holder, he rarely missed a home game, attending hundreds with his son Charlie.
Fred was preceded in death by Claire (Rooney), his loving wife of 56 years; and his sister, Barbara D. Briggs. He is survived by four daughters, Katherine and husband, Robert Reuter, Suzanne and husband, Penn Bowen, Christine and partner, Chris Prichard, and Elizabeth and wife, Kristine Komives; three sons, John and wife, Lisa, Timothy and partner, Terrie Turner and Charles and partner, Sharon Cruzen; ten grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
The family received visitors May 4 at Fitzgerald Funeral Home South in Tulsa. A memorial service was held May 5 at the funeral home. Burial took place at Calvary Cemetery in Tulsa, next to his wife, Claire.
The family asks that memorial donations be made to Meals on Wheels, Prevent Blindness, or a charity of your choice.
Play ball!
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Walter J. Krupski Sr., 94, of Cutchogue, passed away peacefully May 4 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport with loving family members by his side.
He was born in Mattituck Feb. 13, 1923, to Anna (Burkiewicz) and Andrew Krupski. He was a graduate of the Mattituck High School Class of 1942. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was stationed for a time in Germany. He was honorably discharged on Dec. 7, 1946.
On Oct. 26, 1947, he married his sweetheart, Helen Sawicki of Southold, at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. in Cutchogue. The couple were longtime Cutchogue residents. Walter devoted his life to providing for his family. He instilled his work ethic and values in his family through the way he lived.
Walter was a lifelong farmer and the last member of a proud Polish farming family operation, John P. Krupski & Bros., Inc. As the business grew, the potato farm expanded to over 300 acres. The company produced the “Kaytos” brand which was packaged and distributed throughout the East Coast and Puerto Rico.
Walter enjoyed the outdoors and took special pride in his rose garden. He could identify various birds by their look and sound. During his lifetime, Walter was a communicant of Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in and for many years sang in its Polish choir. He also enjoyed dancing the polka and listening to Polish music. And in later years, he particularly loved his daily pickup rides around town.
Surviving are his wife of 69 years, Helen; his three children, Walter J. Krupski, Jr. (Robyn) of Mattituck, Irene B. Sledjeski (Leo) of Mattituck, and Cecilia A. Krupski of Cutchogue; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son, Navy Lieutenant Commander Thomas L. Krupski (Denise) in 1990, and his siblings Joseph, John, Sophie, Stanley and Vincent.
The family received visitors May 7 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated May 8 at Our Lady of Ostrabrama, R.C. Church in Cutchogue. Interment with U.S. Army honors followed at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.
Memorial donations to the Cutchogue Fire Department Rescue Squad or Eastern Long Island Hospital are appreciated.
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Lifelong North Fork resident William Michael Actu died April 23 Palm Bay, Fla.. He was 72.
A funeral service was held May 8 at Ascension Catholic Church in Melbourne, Fla. Cremation was private.
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Dolores Rudis of Riverhead died May 8, 2017, at Pegasus Palliative Care Center at the age of 83.
She was born in Jersey City, N.J. on Sept. 20, 1933, to Joseph and Emma Cicerelli.
Formerly of Mastic Beach, she has lived in Riverhead for the past 20 years, where she was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church.
Dolores was a retired bus driver for Adelwerth Bus Corp and Suffolk County Transit and worked more recently at McDonald’s.
Her free time was filled with bingo, gambling and crossword puzzles. Family members fondly remember her unconditional love of family.
She is survived by four children, Bruce (Marge) Rudis, John Rudis, Zita Harris (Mark Bozuhoski) and Dolores (Mark) Stromski; a brother Alfred Smith; grandchildren Bruce Rudis, Jr., Dean Camastro, Jr., Autumn Harris, Cheyenne Harris, Melina Harris, Jordyn Stromski, Christian Stromski, Kyleigh Stromski, Ralph Dowling, John Dowling and Michael Dowling and 13 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends, Thursday, May 11, 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. Friday, May 12, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt officiating.
Memorial donations to the Pegasus Palliative Care Program at Peconic Bay Medical Center, 1300 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901 would be appreciated.
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Former longtime Southold resident Carlin A. Pfeifle of Peconic Landing in Greenport died May 9. He was 80.
The daughter of Charles and Adele LaBranche Elias, she was born Jan. 16, 1937, in Patchogue. She graduated from Simmons College in Boston.
In 1959, she married Richard Pfeifle in Patchogue.
Ms. Pfeifle is survived by her husband, Richard, of Greenport; daughter, Alix Milot of Fairfield, Conn.; son, Kevin, of Bayport and four grandchildren.
Private interment will take place at Sterling Cemetery in Greenport.
Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport assisted the family.
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Joseph Cooper
Joseph Cooper, 35, of Mattituck passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, due to complications of pneumonia.
Having cerebral palsy all his life he was unable to walk or talk, but won people over with his sense of humor and mischief.
He attended BOCES in Westhampton and IGHL in East Moriches.
At home, Joseph enjoyed exploring the woods in a golf cart with his mother and visiting his father’s farm.
He leaves behind his parents, Douglas and Frances Cooper of Mattituck and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends spread around the country.
His infectious smile will be missed by all.
Cremation was private and a celebration of his life will be held at a later date to be announced.
Memorial donations can be made to IGHL, 221 North Sunrise Service Road, Manorville, NY 11949 or S.A.V.E.S., Post Office Box 1631, Riverhead, NY 11901 would be appreciated.
DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home is assisting the Cooper family.
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Adrienne Carr
Former longtime Wading River resident Adrienne Carr of Peconic Landing in Greenport died May 14, 2017, in Greenport. She was 89.
The daughter of Lawrence and Angela (Gobbi) Torel, she was born Feb. 3, 1928, in Queens.
Adrienne attended high school and business/secretarial school.
On Feb. 4, 1950, she married Thomas Carr in New York.
In 1985, Adrienne was named East End Women’s Network “Woman of the Year,” for her “outstanding career in human services at Little Flower Children’s Services,” where she was a longtime volunteer. Additionally, she was a founding member of the William J. Crowley Columbiettes; served on the East End Arts advisory board; a volunteer for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, and was a member of the Wading River Tercentenary Committee, Riverhead Republican Club and the Herod Point Civic Association.
Adrienne enjoyed gardening, cooking, ironing and traveling.
Predeceased by her husband, Adrienne is survived by her son, Thomas L. Carr; her daughter-in-law, Lauren; her daughter, Maureen Carr Chituk and grandsons, Ryan Thomas Carr and Robert Chituk Jr. She was also predeceased by her son-in-law, Robert Chituk.
The family will receive visitors Tuesday, May 16, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Alexander-Rothwell Funeral Home in Wading River. A funeral service will be held at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church in Wading River. Interment will take place at Wading River Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Little Flower Children’s Services, 2450 North Wading River Road, Wading River NY 11792.
Arrangements were entrusted to Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.
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Joan Robbins
Joan Robbins died May 5 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport after a short illness. She was a resident of New Suffolk since 1951 and of Peconic Landing since 2009.
Joan B. Robbins was born Sept. 18, 1926, and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. After graduation from the University of Chicago she headed to New York City and was employed in the international affairs department at Columbia University. It was a position, she always said, she could not have occupied at a more interesting time, the years immediately following World War II.
Joan met and married Newton A. “Newt” Robbins in Greenwich Village and moved to a house barge on the Hudson River, where he was a marina manager. It was tough honeymoon living, they said, but a time they would never forget. When the marina shut down to clear the way for an expansion of Palisades Amusement Park, Newt and Joan shopped far and wide for a fishing station for sale so they might remain near open salt water. They found their dream in New Suffolk on Peconic Bay, “Captain Jim’s,” an established fishing station that they purchased from the Pugsley family.
As there was no ready employment for a woman with a degree in foreign affairs on Eastern Long Island, Joan went back to school and earned her master’s degree in social work. She was employed by the social services department of Suffolk County and, over 30 years later, in 1986, retired as area supervisor.
She and Newt enjoyed a long and happy retirement until his death in 2007.
Joan became active in the New Suffolk Civic Association when the North Fork Shipyard closed and New Suffolk was besieged with a series of waterfront development proposals. With each new threat, she appointed waterfront committees to work with town government to question every proposal that would close off the waterfront. The last of these worked with the Peconic Land Trust to purchase the 2.5-acre property in the name of the newly formed 501(c)(3) New Suffolk Waterfront Fund. Following the 1993 fire that destroyed the post office building and general store, Joan worked relentlessly with the regional director of the U.S. Postal Service to assure that New Suffolk would retain its ZIP code and replace its important community meeting place.
Joan is survived by her nephews, Newton Robbins Ferris (Laura Crehan) of San Diego, and Glenn Jordan Robbins (Carolyn Abelli) of Candia, N.H.; her niece, Ann Ferris Roarke; and her children, Ian Roarke and Katherine Roarke Sjoboen.
Joan also leaves behind many, many friends and an eternally grateful New Suffolk community.
A memorial service will be held in New Suffolk this summer, date to be announced.
Memorial donations may be made in her name to the New Suffolk Waterfront Fund, P.O. Box 146, New Suffolk, NY 11956.
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Alice Duerschmidt Schmersal, formerly of Riverhead, died Jan. 18, 2017, in Chula Vista, Calif. She was 95.
Alice was born in Milford, N.H., Sept. 8, 1921, to Rudolph and Elizabeth Duerschmidt. She moved to Riverhead with her family in 1937 and graduated from
Riverhead High School in 1938.
She married Chris J. Schmersal Nov. 25, 1942, in Grace Episcopal Church in Riverhead.
Alice was the office manager for the Long Island Cauliflower Association before retiring.
In 2009, she moved to California to live with her son and daughter-in-law.
Alice was predeceased by her husband, Chris, in 1973; her long time companion, Stan Grodski, in 2001 and her siblings, Doris Murphy, Jane Guthrie Watson, Rudy Duerschmidt and Jack Duerschmidt. She is survived by her only son, Chris (Maureen) of Chula Vista; her grandson, Chris (Tania) of San Diego, Calif.; her granddaughter, Kristen (Chris) of Walnut Creek, Calif; her two great-granddaughters, Kaelin Mae Liberman and Kylie Reese Liberman of Walnut Creek; her sisters, Helen Cronin of Berlin, Conn. and Flora Flanagan of Tequesta, Fla.; as well as several loving nieces and nephews.
A private graveside service is planned for June in Long Island.
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Joan M. Luca, recently of Hastings, Minn., formerly of Exton, Pa., The Villages, Fla., and Laurel, passed away May 3, 2017, at Regina Nursing Home in Hastings. She was the beloved wife of the late Raymond Russell Luca, sharing 64 years of marriage together.
Born Aug. 16, 1931, in North Hempstead, Joan was the daughter of the late Robert and Anne (née Callahan) Malito.
She grew up in Great Neck, spending summers at the beach on the North Fork of Long Island. A graduate of Great Neck High School and Katharine Gibbs School, she worked as a legal secretary for law firms throughout Long Island. Eventually, Joan settled in Laurel, where she spent over 30 years raising her family.
Joan was bright, yet humble. She made friends quickly with her kindness and sincerity. She remembered everybody’s name and was always open and welcoming. Being small in stature was never an obstacle for Joan; her rapier wit and immense vocabulary made here formidable beyond her size.
Joan enjoyed reading, knitting, cross-stitch and gardening. She was an amazing cook, known for her pasta and meatballs, sausage and peppers, and her husband’s holiday favorites: sour string beans and mincemeat pie.
Joan’s real love was her family and friends and the holiday gatherings she would host. Christmas was a special time for Joan as she enjoyed both the religious and festive aspects of the season. She was deeply religious, a kind and caring woman. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and best friend and will be deeply missed.
Joan was predeceased in death by her husband, Raymond “Sookie,” and is survived by her daughter, Diane (Larry) McCabe of Minnesota; her sons, Guy (Holly Dawn) Luca of Iowa, and Robert (Lydia) Luca of Pennsylvania; grandchildren, Kerry Ann, Gregory Ward, and Connor James McCabe, and Callie Anne and Christopher Russell Luca; and her brother, Robert (Joann) Malito of South Carolina.
A memorial service was held May 5 at The Church of St. Rita in Cottage Grove, Minn.
Please consider a donation to Regina Senior Living, specifically for the chapel, regina-seniorliving.com/giving.
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