Riverhead resident Ronald Giffin died Nov. 3, 2020, at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. He was 76.

Born July 11, 1944, in Garden City, he was the son of Richard and Fern (Scott) Giffin.

Mr. Giffin was a carpenter/draftsman and worked for various companies.

He is survived by his wife, Maureen (née Gaska); and his children, Rosemary Hernandez and Tommy, Daniel and Eugene Giffin.

Arrangements for private cremation are being handled by Tuthill-Mangano Funeral Home in Riverhead.

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Donald Kruel of Union Grove, N.C., died Oct. 31, 2020. He was 80.

Mr. Kruel was born in Southampton to Peter and Ann Kruel of Jamesport. He was a graduate of Riverhead High School and Syracuse University College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He was a retired microbiologist and Vietnam veteran. Family said he had a “passion for nature” and enjoyed numerous outdoor activities.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Cheryl; his sister, Janet Burgess of Riverhead; nephew Kevin Burgess; and nieces Lisa Lagnena of Riverhead and Debbie Petruzzi of Machipongo, Va.

A memorial service will be held at a later date in Riverhead.

Memorial donations may be made to the Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club or Doctors Without Borders.

Condolences may be shared at nicholsonfunerals.com.

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Constantino Economos, a scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and former U.S. Marine, died Monday at the Hampton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton, N.Y. Dr Economos was 90 and passed away peacefully of natural causes.

He was born in New York City in 1930, in the shadows of the Polo Grounds. He graduated in 1947 from Brooklyn Technical High School. He subsequently graduated from Polytechnical Institute in 1958, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering degree. In 1960 he was awarded a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics, and a Ph.D. as a Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautics, also from NYU Polytechnical Institute.

He began his professional career at General Applied Science Laboratory under the Italian aeronautical genius, Dr. Antonio Ferri. Dr. Economos was fond of saying Dr. Ferri was as important to America during the Cold War as Wernher von Braun was to the U.S. space program. He had recalled how Applied Science Lab had figured out hypersonic travel in the early ’60s. However, the U.S. government at the time was more focused on the space program.

Dr. Economos also worked at Princeton University’s Combustible Labs, working on interior ballistics. In 1976 he joined Brookhaven Lab as a fluid dynamics engineer until his retirement in 1999. He held a “Q” clearance, the highest civilian clearance for accessing top secret information from the U.S. government.

He was a published scientist, having written numerous papers on a variety of topics involving “Hypersonic Wind Theories” and “Combustion Chemical Boundaries,” published in periodicals at both MIT and the AIAA.

Connie, as he was known to friends and family, was a passionate Giants Baseball fan, long after they left New York to play in San Francisco. He was always keen to enter any debate with anyone over Willie Mays being the best player of all time. He loved a good margarita, and anything on the planet that had anything to do with ducks (most notably Daffy and Donald). He also enjoyed a good laugh — which he always seemed to carry with him daily. He loved wearing his goofy “I’m a Rocket Scientist” tee-shirt (complete with a Flash Gordon Rocket) and trying to convince all the bartenders that he really was one. He took his first sky dive at the age of 70, and was a member of the over-70 ski club near his resort home in Liberty, N.Y.

Dr. Economos was a resident of Riverhead, N.Y., and was predeceased by his first wife, Ruth, and his son, Michael. He is survived by his wife Agnes, his brother, Stephen (Carol); stepdaughters Karen (Robert) Bocksel and Cathy (Michael) Caruccio; daughter-in-law Christine; six grandchildren, Richard, Emily, Rebecca, Brad, Nick and Lexi; and two great-grandchildren, Max and Milo.

A wake will be held Friday, Nov. 13, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead, followed by a Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead. Burial, with full military honors, will be at Calverton National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital (stjude.org) or Center for Therapeutic Riding of the East End (ctreeny.org).

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Longtime Riverhead resident Katherine Domaleski died Nov. 8, 2020, at Good Shepherd Hospice in Port Jefferson. She was 93.

Born Sept. 5, 1927, in Eastport, she was the daughter of William and Mary (Gurniak) Sowlak. 

Ms. Domaleski was the widow of Edward Domaleski, who died in 1959. She worked as a secretary for Riverhead Town Police Department for 16 years and as bookkeeper for Riverhead Auto Parts for 27 years.

She is survived by her niece, Joan Tait of Centereach; her nephew, Stephen Borakowski of Commack; four grandnephews; four great-grandnephews; and one great-grandniece.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral service will follow at 12:30 p.m. at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead. Burial will take place at St. John’s Cemetery in Riverhead.

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Stephanie Frost-Kujawski of Riverhead passed away Nov. 10, 2020, at Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Westhampton Beach, NY. She was 68.

Stephanie was born on April 17, 1952, to David and Lena (Kelly) Frost in Clarksburg, W.V., and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from high school in 1970, Steff moved to Long Island, where she earned degrees from Suffolk County Community College and St. Joseph’s College. She was a retired registered nurse.

Steff enjoyed jigsaw and word puzzles, card games and coloring brightly colored pictures. She was a member of Mattituck Presbyterian Church and looked forward to participating in annual events such as the Christmas bazaar.

She met her husband, Teddy Kujawski Jr., in 2012 and they married on June 8, 2013. They were a happy couple, sharing their Christian faith and a love of animals, especially cats. Sadly, after only three years, Teddy passed away suddenly. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Amy and Francis S. Wippert III, of Greenport, N.Y.

Cremation will be private. A memorial service will be scheduled at a future date.

Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978-7048.

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Riverhead resident Dariel Demetriou died Nov. 8 at her home. She was 64.

She was in born Riverhead March 2, 1956, to Nicholas and Lyde (Bevis) Demetriou.

She graduated from Riverhead High School in 1974 and worked as a nurses’ aide at Peconic Bay Medical Center.

Family said she enjoyed doll collecting, painting and playing the flute.

Ms. Demetriou is survived by her partner, Robert A. Harrison Jr. of Riverhead, and her siblings, Lyde Routh of Riverhead, April Helfant of New Hampshire and Jamie Demetriou of Massachusetts.

Cremation was private. McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead assisted the family.

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Former Riverhead resident Marilyn J. Montague of Roanoke, Va., died Nov. 12, 2020. She was 57. 

Born Aug. 10, 1963, to Macon and Lillian (Henderson) Montague, she graduated from Riverhead High School in 1981, married Joseph Pita and worked as a home health aide. 

She was a member of Faith Tabernacle Holiness Church in Virginia and, according to family members, enjoyed reading, shopping and the beach and loved being with her family, especially her grandchildren. 

Predeceased by her parents and her sister Debra Moore, Ms. Montague is survived by her husband, of Hampton Bays; her children, Anthony Street of Astoria, Brittany Hughes of Riverhead, Brianna Hughes of Virginia and Jolesa Pita of Hampton Bays; her sister Patricia Hughes of Riverhead; and nine grandchildren.

Visitors will be received Saturday, Nov. 21, from 10 to 11 a.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead, where a funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Riverhead Cemetery.

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James Joseph Mazzaferro Sr. died Nov. 15, 2020. He was 99.

Predeceased by his son James, he is survived by his son Ronald; granddaughters, Jeanne-Marie and Amber; and his great-grandchildren, Xander, Faryn and Philip.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, with Msgr. Joseph W. Staudt officiating. The Rite of Committal will be private.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck is assisting the family.

Donations in his memory may be made to Southold Animal Shelter.

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Gertrude Catherine McLean of Greenport, formerly of Southold, died Nov. 9, 2020. She was 98.

Gertrude was born April 17, 1922, in Herkimer, N.Y., to Emma Christine (Yavorsky) and Michael Davis. Gertrude attended elementary school in Little Falls, N.Y., graduated from Lynbrook (N.Y.) High School and attended Hofstra University.

In 1965, Gertrude married Arthur W. McLean in Nassau County and they made their home in Huntington, N.Y., for six years, before moving to Southold in 1972. Together they had one child.

Gertrude worked as a real estate salesperson since the early 1960s. She was also a member of St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport.

She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur; siblings Frank Davis, Leon Davis, Eugene Davis, William Davis, Anne Davis Pytko, Josephine “Dixie” Davis Spencer and Lorraine Davis Ross. She is survived by her son, Gil McLean of Holbrook, N.Y., and grandchildren, Liam and Molly.

The family will receive visitors Monday, Nov. 16, from 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Good Shepherd R.C. Church in Holbrook. Interment will follow at Holy Rood R.C. Cemetery in Westbury.

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Joseph Conrad Bobinski died peacefully in his sleep at the Westhampton (N.Y.) Care Center on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. He was 85 years old.

He was born Jan. 21, 1935, in Riverhead, N.Y., to Bronislaw Bobinski and Althea Ruszkowski. When he was 14 his parents purchased a farm in Yaphank, N.Y. and his family eventually relocated there, in 1949. In 1953 he graduated from Port Jefferson High School, where he played football and basketball. In addition to sports, Joseph also had a unique passion for flying, which led to him becoming a pilot and serving in the Civil Air Patrol on Long Island throughout the 1950s.

In 1962 he married the love of his life, Veronica Buchak, and they settled in Riverhead, N.Y., to raise a family. As his life was centered around various occupations in the agricultural community, Joseph would eventually accept a sales position at the Sears, Roebuck and Co. department store in Riverhead. He eventually worked his way up to the rank of store manager and would end up managing the Sears satellite store in Bridgehampton for over 20 years. To this date, no satellite store in the history of Sears, Roebuck and Co. has outperformed the store in Bridgehampton when it was under his management. 

The work ethic that he always displayed was not only reflected at his place of employment but also at his home as well. Their residence on Newton Avenue in Riverhead was known to have one of the most meticulously manicured lawns in the neighborhood, with strict attention to detail. There was never a weed in any of the flower beds, the shrubs were pruned to immaculate perfection and the only color the lawn ever exhibited was green.

On his days off his farming roots would often lead him back to one of his favorite recreational pastimes, golf, where the green fairways and open spaces would resonate with his younger years on the farm. When he was not on the golf course, he was either cheering on the New York Yankees, criticizing the New York Jets or rooting for his two grandchildren at their youth hockey games.

Over the years his fascination with aviation was endless, second only to his love for his family. He will always be remembered as a caring and honorable man and with the warmest, most genuine smile you ever saw.

Joseph was predeceased by his siblings, Edith, of Highland, N.Y.; Theodora, of Southold, N.Y.; Bertha of Dover, Del.; Bruno, of Yaphank; and George, of Loveland, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Veronica Bobinski (née Buchak) of Riverhead; his son Bernard Bobinski and daughter-in-law, Melinda (Suspenski) Bobinski, of Baiting Hollow, N.Y.; his son Christian Bobinski of Riverhead; and his two beloved grandchildren, Connor and Colson.

Mass and visitation services were held Nov. 16 at St. Isidore’s R.C. Church in Riverhead. 

Memorial donations may be sent to the St. Isidore’s R.C. Church Food Pantry, 622 Pulaski St., Riverhead, NY 11901.

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Longtime Southold resident Alec Edward Elak Jr. died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. He was 82 years old.

Alec was born Dec. 20, 1937, in Southold to Jennie (Surozenski) and Alec E. Elak Sr. He graduated from Southold High School. After high school, Alec joined the United States Navy from 1958 to 1962, attaining the rank of engineman third class.

In 1964, he married the love of his life, Katherine A. Barszczewski, at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport and together they made their home in Southold, having three children.

Alec worked as the supervisor for the Suffolk County Department of Public Works for 32 years. He was a member of the Southold Fire Department Protection Engine Company, an usher at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church and a gatekeeper for Southold Park District.

Predeceased by his parents and his brother Bob Elak, Alec is survived by his wife, Katherine; children, Karen Byrnes (William) of Southold, Lauren Standish (Jeffery) of Southold and Kevin Elak (Julie) of Middletown, Conn.; grandchildren John Sinning III (Emily), Mark Standish, Nicole Sinning, Darrin Standish, Miranda Elak, Alex Elak, Justin Elak, Shawn Byrnes and Brendan Byrnes; great-grandson Colton Sinning; brothers Tom Elak of Mattituck and Joe Elak (Dale) of Southold; numerous nieces and nephews; and in-laws Raymond and Dorothy Nine and Joseph and Patricia Barszczewski.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated Nov. 16, at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold, with Father John Barrett officiating. Interment with U.S. Navy honors followed at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Southold.

Memorial donations may be made to Southold Fire Department Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1469, Southold, NY 11971 or Dylan Newman Fund, 485 Gardiners Lane, Southold, NY 11971.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold is assisting the family.

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Mary Klatt of South Jamesport died Nov. 10, 2020. She was 86. 

Mary was born May 11, 1934, in Middle Village and spent her summers in South Jamesport, where she met her husband, George Klatt. 

Besides her role as wife and mother, Mary worked in the family business, Klatt Sheet Metal, and volunteered with many community organizations. Her hobbies included gardening, baking, sewing and sailing with her family. She will be remembered for her devotion and generosity to her friends and neighbors.

Predeceased by her husband, Mary is survived by her sons, Frederick (Lou Ann) Klatt of South Jamesport and William Klatt of Jamesport; her daughter, Christine Klatt-Stevens (Charlie) of South Jamesport; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. 

Due to COVID-19, a memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.

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Anastasia Mary Troyan, ​96, of Columbia, S.C., a former resident of Westerly, R.I., died peacefully on Nov. 11, 2020.

She was born in East Moriches, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1923, to Anthony and Alma (Shimski) Betz.

She is survived by her loving sister, Miriam Betz Niegocki of Riverhead, N.Y.; her niece Darlene Tveit and her husband, Norman, who were her caregivers, of Columbia, S.C.; her niece Joan Marie Niegocki of Riverhead, N.Y.; and many other nieces and nephews from the Betz and Troyan families. She will also be missed by her close friends at the Westerly (R.I.) Senior Citizens Center. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Troyan; her brothers, Peter, Adam and Bruno Betz; and sisters Helen Betz Ryder and Veronica Betz Droskoski. She was also predeceased by her niece Patricia Droskoski Setek and her companion, Lawrence Italiano.

Anastasia was an active member of the Westerly Senior Citizens Center for over 25 years and was usually the biggest raffle ticket seller, with Lawrence Italiano. She loved the Westerly beaches, clamming in the bay and painting ceramics, along with crocheting hats and blankets for raffles and Wounded Warriors. She loved to make her friends laugh and sing, too.

Shives Funeral Home in Columbia assisted the family. Anastasia will join her husband, Frank, at St. John’s Cemetery in Riverhead, N.Y. Due to COVID-19 restrictions in New York, burial will be private. 

We ask that you remember Anastasia with a smile as you recall a moment that she made you smile and laugh. We are so fortunate to have such wonderful memories that she made with us!

We love you, CIOCIA.

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Dr. Fred Moore Carter II of Mattituck, N.Y., devoted husband to Martha Carter, cherished father to Fred M. Carter III and his wife, Chelsea, of Glenview, Ill., Sarah A. Carter of Detroit, Mich., and Matthew C. Carter of Royal Oak, Mich., passed unexpectedly on Nov. 19, 2020, at the age of 60. 

Fred was a lifelong Long Islander. He was born April 9, 1960, in Mineola, the only child of Fred M. Carter Sr. and Mildred Carter (Cornell). He was raised in Garden City and attended Garden City High School. He graduated from Cornell University in 1982 with a double major in biology and physiology. He received his medical education from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. After earning his medical degree, Dr. Carter completed an internship in surgery at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital and a residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He went on to complete a fellowship in sports medicine at the Emory Orthopaedic and Spine Center as well as an orthopedic research fellowship at the George L. Schultz Laboratories for Orthopaedic Research. He would have liked more stories to be shared from those years, but there are too many to list.

In 1987 Fred married Martha Clarke in an intimate Lloyd Harbor ceremony hosted by Martha’s sister Ann and her husband, Chris. Fred began his career as an orthopedic surgeon on Long Island at South Shore Orthopedic Associates. During his time with South Shore, he made lifelong friends. In 2001, Fred and his family moved to the North Fork, where he established his practice, North Fork Orthopedic & Sports Medicine P.L.L.C., and the Carters established their lives. 

The North Fork community is one Fred was proud to not only be a part of, but also to serve. His passions in life were his family and his profession, and he approached both with enthusiasm and a smile on his face. One will never know how he found the time to be both a devoted physician, an incredibly involved father and a loving husband. As a family, we are still convinced that he managed to find more than 24 hours in his days.

Fred will be remembered among many things as a master storyteller, a lifelong soccer coach and a fishing enthusiast. There was not a soccer game that went unwatched and unanalyzed or a summer that passed without taking his family out with Captain John on the Sundowner to fish. 

Fred was proud of his three children, and was arguably most excited when they finally went to schools within the Power Five conferences (real) he could root for. Quickly thereafter, he established a tradition of flying the family once a year to each school, to watch a game and spend quality time with each other.

A private service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Greenport, with the Rev. Garret Johnson officiating. The service will be live-streamed; a link for the virtual service can be found at horton-mathie.com (click on Dr. Fred Carter II and scroll down for live streaming). Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport assisted the family.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions are made to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital Operating Room Renovation Fund established in memory of Dr. Fred M. Carter II.

Donations may also be made to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital at 201 Manor Place, Greenport, NY 11944. Please include “ATTN: Linda Sweeney” on the recipient line and your name with a return address.

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Riverhead resident Kathy R. Morse died Nov. 18, 2020, at The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton. She was 72.

Born Jan. 20, 1948, in Rockville Centre, she was the daughter of Harold and Nora Morse.

Ms. Morse was a graduate of Baldwin High School. She was retired from employment at Riverhead Brake.

She is survived by her children, Lynda Colon, Michael Colon and Theresa Hintze, all of Riverhead, and 10 grandchildren.

Cremation was private. Arrangements were handled by McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

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Laura E. Atkins of Riverhead, formerly of Greenport, died Nov. 22, 2020. She was 75.

The family will receive visitors Saturday, Nov. 28, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport.

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Calverton resident Eugenia Nappo died Nov. 25, 2020, at her home. She was 92.

Born Dec. 13, 1927, in Italy, she was the daughter of Domenico and Emilia Nappo. She worked as a seamstress in Manhattan. One of her hobbies was crocheting.

She is survived by her niece, Autilia Sisti of Calverton, and many relatives in Italy.

A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church in Wading River, followed by interment at Cutchogue Cemetery.

Arrangements are being handled by Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue

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Laura Elizabeth Atkins of Riverhead, formerly of Greenport, died Nov. 22, 2020, at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. She was 75.

Born Dec. 3, 1944, in Gloucester, Va., she was the daughter of Robert and Rosa (Banks) Carey. She married Delaware Atkins on March 27, 1961, in Emporia, Va. 

Ms. Atkins worked as a teacher’s aide in the Greenport school district for 44 years. She enjoyed playing Bingo, according to family.

Ms. Atkins was predeceased by her daughter Phyllis in 2013. Besides her husband, she is survived by her daughters Della Ross of Riverhead and Regina Rodriguez of Riverview, Fla.; her son, Delaware Atkins III of Evansville, Ind.; her siblings, Helen Delancey of Sacramento, Calif., Eddie Banks Jr. of McCormick, S.C., Tyrone Banks of Glen Burnie, Md., James Banks of Carneys Point, N.J., Ronald Banks of Newark, N.J., Sharon Banks of Phoenix, Ariz., Linda Banks of Pearland, Texas, Brad Carey of Arkansas and Howard Carey of New Jersey; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

The family received visitors Nov. 28 at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport, where a funeral service also took place, with Stephen Smith officiating.

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William P. Ruland, lifelong Mattituck resident, former Southold Town councilman, former Southold Town deputy supervisor and former member and past president of the Mattituck-Cut­ch­ogue Board of Education, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. He was 72 years old.

Bill was born Oct. 26, 1948, in Greenport to Thelma M. (Peters) and Elmer D. Ruland Jr. Bill was one of three children. He was raised in Mattituck and graduated from Mattituck High School with the Class of 1966, of which he was the class president.

On May 15, 1971, Bill married the love of his life, Linda Wolbert, in Mattituck and together they had two children.

Bill was a third-generation farmer of a Family National Bicentennial Farm. He was awarded the Amherst Davis Farm Citizen of the Year in 2002. He was a member of the Long Island Farm Bureau, for which he served as director and vice president; a member of the New York Farm Bureau Education Committee; a member of the USDA ASCS Community Committee; a member of the Marratooka Club; former chairman of the Board of Trustees of Calvary Baptist Church of Riverhead, where he was a deacon; and treasurer and director of the Long Island Cauliflower Association.

Bill is survived by his wife, Linda; children Anna Ruland Agro (James) of Buffalo, N.Y., and Peter William Ruland (Janine) of Aquebogue; grandchildren Vincent Agro III, Alyssa Leigh Agro, Jenna Lynn Agro and Rose Therese Ruland; and siblings Madeline Berry (Bob) of Himrod, N.Y., and Nancy Jeavons (Bill) of Binghamton, N.Y.

Due to COVID-19 concerns, calling hours were private. Graveside services were held Nov. 29 at New Bethany Cemetery in Mattituck, with Pastor David Cook of Calvary Baptist Church officiating.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck is serving the family.

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Committed family man, business leader, and role model to generations Douglas Alan Smith Sr. passed away on Saturday, Nov. 28, at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla., due to underlying complications of COVID-19. He was 87 years old.

Doug was born to and raised by Charles and Viola Smith on their family farm in Calverton, N.Y. He attended Riverhead High School, earned an ROTC scholarship and went on to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. He then served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and Navy Reserve from 1955 to 1967. His service included four Arctic and two Antarctic cruises aboard the ice breaker USS Atka in support of scientific research. He also served as an assistant professor of navigation and naval engineering at the University of Washington. 

After the U.S. Navy he went on to a long and highly successful business career in photographic film manufacturing, beginning at Dupont de Nemours in Rochester and culminating as executive vice president at Powers Chemco Technologies and Konica Imaging, USA in Glen Cove, N.Y., where he was widely respected as a tough, straight shooter who wanted the unvarnished facts but was always quick with the necessary support and guidance to help others succeed. 

Over a long and productive lifetime, Doug made his homes in Seattle, Wash.; Rochester; Lincroft, N.J., Oyster Bay and Baiting Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.; as well as Jensen Beach and Fort Myers, Fla.

He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Maureen (Mahoney) Smith of Fort Myers; sons, Doug Jr. (Kathy), Scott and Terence (Yasemin); daughters, Sharon (Matthew) and Heather (Gonzalo); grandchildren, Matt, Doug, Kate, Emily, Sarah, Terence and Hannah; sister Doris Scudder; brothers Gilbert and Richard (Dolores); in-laws Shirley Smith Simon and Francis Mahoney; and a lifetime collection of treasured friends and colleagues, both old and new. He will now be joining our dearly departed, Herbert (Shirley), Laurence (Doris), Dorothy (Gilbert), Ellen (Francis), and John Simon (Shirley).

Doug was a man of steadfast loyalty and good will. Always with a “glass half full” attitude, he had a mischievous, wry sense of humor and could, on occasion, spin a yarn. He was a man who loved deeply, and was deeply loved in return by his large family, including several nieces and nephews, friends and colleagues alike. He was a guidepost, a role model, and provided the perfect example of a life truly well lived. He will be dearly missed and emulated by all who have come after. He will never be forgotten.

There is an online memorial for Doug at fortmyersmemorial.com, where photos and comments can be shared by all.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the charity of your choice in memory of Doug. The family will be planning a celebration of his life at a later date due to COVID-19. 

It will be the best party ever!

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