Kenneth A. Papish of Mattituck died Dec. 6 at his home. He was 86.
The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Dec. 10, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. A funeral service will be held Thursday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will take place at New Bethany Cemetery in Mattituck.
Memorial donations to the Mattituck Fire Department Rescue Squad would be appreciated.
A complete obituary will follow.
Bartolone Miguel Miguel of Peconic died Saturday, Dec. 6. He was 32.
Mr. Miguel will be flown home to Guatemala.
Funeral arrangements are pending and have been entrusted to DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes.
A complete obituary will follow.
Francis Joseph Kuich Jr. of Cutchogue died Dec. 6 at his home. He was 67.
He was born Jan. 20, 1947, in Rockhill, S.C. to Louise and Francis J. Kuich. Mr. Kuich served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to 1969.
Family members said he collected and sold movie memorabilia. He was a member of Single Action Shooters Society (SASS). Family members said he enjoyed model trains, Western and Native American objects, and model and 1950s cars.
Mr. Kuich was predeceased by his parents and is survived by his wife, Margery Auerbach of Cutchogue; and his daughter, Rose Tash of Manhattan.
The family received visitors Dec. 9, at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service took place Dec. 10, at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church. Cremation will be private.
Robert Tuthill Demarest of Orient died Dec. 7 in Greenport. He was 87. 
A graveside service will take place at a date and time to be announced. Arrangements were handled by Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport.
A complete obituary will follow.
Justine A. Casey of Mattituck and Riverhead died Dec. 10 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport. She was 90.
She was born Feb. 26, 1924, in Aquebogue to Justina (Ruskowski) and Frank Doroski. Ms. Casey worked for New York Telephone in Riverhead as a chief operator and was assistant manager for Riverhead Off-Track Betting.
Predeceased by her husband, Joseph in 2010, Ms. Casey is survived by her daughter, Justine Swotkewicz; her siblings, Walter and Conrad Doroski, Helen Strebel, and Irene Zlatniski, all of Aquebogue, Bertha Wilcenski and Hedwig Kozak, both of Riverhead, and Albina Sujecki of Calverton; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors Friday, Dec. 12, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at McLaughin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral service will be held Saturday, Dec. 13, at 9:30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church in Riverhead. Interment will take place at the church cemetery.
Former longtime Cutchogue resident Frank Henry Brush, Sr. of Summerville, S.C., died Dec. 10, 2014. He was 82.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and are being handled by to DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes.
A complete obituary will follow.
Former Greenport resident William J. Sullivan passed away Dec. 4, 2014 at St. John’s Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
A 1958 graduate of Greenport High School, Mr. Sullivan was employed as a lab technician by the N.Y. State Health Department for 38 years before retiring to Albuquerque in 1997.
Mr. Sullivan is survived by a brother, John, of Reston, Va.; two nephews, John, of Bowie, Md.and Jimmy, of Nashville, Tenn.; a niece, Katie, and a nephew, Andrew, both of Crofton, Md.
Services will be held at a later date.
This is a paid notice.
Linda S. Carr of Aquebogue died Dec. 12, 2014. She was 64. She was born July 29, 1950, to Helen and Fredrick Follett. Ms. Carr worked for years in the wine and liquor industry and later as a home care aide for Riverhead Town.
Family members said Ms. Carr enjoyed traveling in the motor home and cruising; and loved family get togethers. She was past president of Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2476, a member of Ladies Auxiliary American Legion and a member of Ladies of the Moose.
Ms. Carr is survived by her husband, Robin Carr of Aquebogue; her brother, Fred Follett of Calverton; her stepbrother, Skip Bellus of Pennsylvania; her daughter, Laurie Sebbesse of Kings Park; her son, Erik Knutsen; her stepsons, Michael Carr of Leesburg, Va. and Ryan Carr of Aquebogue and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes. All services will be private.
Memorial donations to United Cerebral Palsy of Suffolk, USP Suffolk Development Office, 250 Marcus Boulevard, Hauppauge, NY 11778 would be appreciated.
This is a paid notice.
Bertha Lucy Smilovich, of Mattituck, died Dec. 14, 2014. She was 85. The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Dec. 17, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold, where funeral Services will be held at 8 p.m.
Interment will be on Thursday, Dec., 18 at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram. The funeral procession will leave the funeral home at 10 a.m.
A complete obituary will follow.
Former East Marion resident Richard A. “Dick” Cowan, Sr. passed away Nov. 1, 2014, at Westchester Medical Center in Mt. Kisco. He had been a resident of Mahopac, N.Y. for many years.
Dick was born March 26, 1937, in Hackensack, N.J. to Frank B. Cowan Jr. and Margaret Rouse Cowan. He grew up in East Marion, was a 1954 Graduate of Greenport High School and graduated from Syracuse University in 1960. He was a teacher for over 30 years in Patchogue, Central Islip and Chappaqua.
He is survived by his wife Mary Ellis of Mahopac; his sons Richard A. (Joanne) Cowan Jr. of Cassadaga, N.Y., and Dr. Robert B. (Lela Nargi) Cowan of Brooklyn; his daughter, Janet E. (Mark Haber) Cowan of San Francisco, Calif.; his stepchildren Ross D. (Bebhinn) Alvordof of Brewster, N.Y., William M. Fleming of London, England, and Katherine E. Fleming of Brooklyn; his sister Alice M. (Taylor) of Greenport; his nephew, Steven T. (Tamee) Jester of Mattituck and seven grandchildren.
Wakes were held in Pleasantville on Nov. 5-6. Cremation was private.
This is a paid notice.
Former longtime Riverhead and Mattituck resident Ann Melosh died Nov. 20 in Goodyear, Ariz. She was 92.
Ms. Melosh was born Feb. 14, 1922, in Brooklyn to Vingenza and Anthony Greco. She attended Fashion Institute of Design High School in Brooklyn. She married Arthur Melosh in 1970.
For 53 years, she owned Beiers Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant in Floral Park, where she received a “Confectioner of the Year” award.
Ms. Melosh was a member of the St. John’s University Ladies Auxiliary, the Italian-American Club, and was a former Columbiette with Cutchogue Knights of Columbus.
Family members said she enjoyed playing bocce, cards, baking and gardening.
Predeceased by her husband in 2004, Ms. Melosh is survived by her children, Phyllis Kovach, Philip Ferrara and Vivian Harris; seven grandchildren; and five grandchildren.
A service will take place Saturday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church in Riverhead, Father Larry Duncklee officiating.
Memorial donations may be made to Jake and Samantha Lazazzaro, samandjake.org.
Longtime Greenport resident Dorothy I. Gillman died at her home Dec.15. She was 87.
Ms. Gillman was born June 16, 1927, in Flushing to Benjamin F. and Dorothy (Hirschmann) Lowe and attended high school in Forest Hills. She married George W. Gillman Jr. Sept. 12, 1953, Flushing.
For over 30 years, Ms. Gillman worked as a bank teller at various locations.
Ms. Gillman was an active member of a quilting group at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greenport. Family members said she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, sailing, baking and traveling.
She is survived by her husband George W. Gillman Jr. of Greenport; her children, Susan Kurlowicz of Bethpage, Carol Bekas of Bay Shore, George L. Gillman of Valley Stream, Grace Iadanza of Islip Terrace; her brother, Robert Lowe of Seaford; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors Thursday, Dec. 18, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service will take place Friday, Dec. 19, at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greenport. Cremation will be private.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greenport.
Carolyn J. Beardsley of Cutchogue died Dec. 15. She was 79.
Ms. Beardsley was born July 17, 1935, in Schenectady to Leone (Mattoon) and Clarence William Jones. She attended Barnard College. She married Herbert H. Beardsley on June 25, 1955, in Roslyn.
Ms. Beardsley was a homemaker and a member of Church of the Redeemer in Mattituck and Church of the Advent in Westbury.
Ms. Beardsley was predeceased by her husband, Herbert, in 2013. She is survived by her children, Nancy Lyon of North Babylon, Ruth of Bethany, Conn., James of Bethesda, Md., and Susan Easter of Charleston, S.C.; and six grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. at Church of the Redeemer in Mattituck. Cremation was private.
Arrangements were handled by Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.
Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice at eeh.org or Church of the Redeemer.
A memorial service for Norma Grzesik will be held Saturday, Dec. 20, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport.
Ms. Grzesik died Oct. 26 at her Greenport home at the age of 88.
Harold Lester Cross of Riverhead, born March 2, 1923, was a World War II veteran who landed in Normandy and was married 71 years to his 1st Lieutenant nurse in the U.S. Army, Claire Vespucci Cross.
A wonderful, spiritual man, always in church as an elder deacon and for 65 years as a lay preacher, he preached this past year at Riverhead Church of Christ.
Harold was an inventor and engineer who worked at Grumman on the Apollo mission. He was a past governor of the Loyal Order of Moose and a member of the Riverhead American Legion chapter.
Harold is survived by his three daughters, Deborah Boschetti, Sara-Ellen Petricini, and Susie Amador; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
He was beloved by family, friends and anyone who knew him; and was known to all as a fair, just and loving man. All were welcomed into his home and took great comfort in his advice. A wonderful husband and loving father, his girls thought he was their hero. Harold has gone home to his Holy Father, whom he walked with every day.
Arrangements were entrusted to Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.
Virginia Suter of Cutchogue died Dec. 18 at Westhampton Care Center. She was 95.
A funeral Mass will be held Saturday, Dec. 20, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Interment will take place at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue.
Arrangements were handled by Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.
A complete obituary will follow.
Linda J. Boken of Greenport died Dec. 18, 2014, at Stony Brook University Medical Center. She was 65.
Ms. Boken was postmistress of East Marion Post Office.
The family will receive visitors Sunday, Dec. 21, from 4 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, Dec. 22, at 11 a.m. at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport. The Rite of Committal will be private.
Memorial donations made to to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Long Island Chapter, 1324 Motor Parkway, Suite 102, Hauppauge, NY 11749 would be appreciated.
A complete obituary will follow.
Lifelong Greenport resident Lillian A. White died Dec. 18. She was 88.
2014.
The family will receive visitors Sunday, Dec. 21, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral Mass will be held Monday Dec. 22 at 10 a.m. St. Agnes R. C.
Church. Cremation will be private.
Ms. White’s family has suggested sending memorial donations to Burton Potter American Legion Post 185, Building Fund, PO Box 125, Greenport, NY 11944.
A complete obituary will follow.
On Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, in Walnut Creek, California, Former East Marion resident, the Rev. Canon John R. Edler, went home to his Lord completing a 90 year journey filled with a life-long religious vocation, a 65 year marriage to his wife Jean (Palmer) Edler, and a family of four including three daughters Barbara, Cynthia, Deborah and a son Jack.
Father Edler’s life was one of dedication to his calling, resulting in many joys, blessings and contributions affecting all those who crossed his path in every community that he served. Born in Brooklyn, June 16, 1924, to his beloved parents, George and Frances Edler, Father Edler was pleased to find out later in life that his wife Jean was born on the same street in Brooklyn, one year later then him. He also took great pride that despite the fact he was told he would never walk again after a debilitating automobile accident as a child, he went on to complete a full and rewarding life serving family, friends and community; culminating in a dance with his wife Jean at his 90th birthday/65th wedding anniversary party in June of this year.
An only child and growing up in Brooklyn, he graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, after which he entered the religious life as a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1948. Following his marriage to beloved wife Jean in 1949, Father Edler served as a dedicated priest in a number of communities including, Huntington Station; Irvington, N.J.; Oakland, N.J. and Greenport. He also served as secretary of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, N.J., secretary of the Program and Budget Committee of the U.S. Episcopal Church, and delegate to the U.S. General Convention. His compassion and intellect stand as beaming reminders of a life filled with spiritual dedication and contributions.
Father Edler’s foresight enabled him and Jean to acquire land and build a cottage on Gardiners Bay in East Marion that became their retirement home and sanctuary for many years. Father Edler’s spiritual life paralleled many other interests, including: research, reading, boating (he was chaplain of the Power Squadron in Long Island), fishing, leather crafting, and caring for family dogs while sharing many stories of a life well lived. His ability to integrate his life experiences with the spirit of his Lord’s words provided content for many memorable and moving sermons throughout his life enriching both family and friends.
In addition to his wife, Jean and children, he completes his life’s journey witnessed by Judith Pollock (wife of daughter, Barbara Edler), William Marshall (husband of daughter, Cynthia (Edler/Pilchick), all residing in the San Francisco bay area; Michael Brennan (husband of Deborah (Edler) Brennan) residing in Lancaster Pa; David Kietrys (husband of son Jack Edler residing in Philadelphia, Pa); grandson Joseph Galascione residing in Lancaster and stepgranddaughter Jessica Pilchick, Cynthia’s step-daughter with first husband William Pilchick (deceased), residing in Australia.
A private family service was held, and at a future date a graveside service will take place in Riverhead.
The Father John Edler Memorial Fund has been established to support the work of The Heart Failure Resource Center. This unique program provided invaluable assistance to Father Edler and his family, allowing him to live longer and remain comfortable at home in spite of his progressing congestive heart failure. The family requests donations be made to Heart Failure Resource Center, John Muir Health Foundation, 1400 Treat Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94597.
As a beloved priest, devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, Father Edler completes his life remembered for his spiritual strength, compassion, intellect and dedication, serving as a role model throughout his 90-year journey. May he rest in peace, and may light perpetual shine upon him.
This is a paid notice.
Former Mattituck resident Stella S. Radford died Dec. 18 in Florida. She was 96.
Ms. Radford is survived by a sister, a daughter, a son, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A private graveside service was held Dec. 21 at East Marion Cemetery, officiated by Father Stanislaw Wadowski.
Arrangements were handled by DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes.