James P. Lee died at Stonybrook University Hospital on July 15. He was 88 years old.

Born on Nov. 5, 1929, to Anna (Rempko) and Joseph Lee in Manhattan, he graduated from Hosftra University. He enlisted in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953, achieving the rank of corporal, and worked for the Commack School District upon his return.

Mr. Lee was a trustee of the Riverhead United Methodist Church, on the senior citizen committee  of the Riverhead Town Board and was vice chairman of the Riverhead Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He married Carol Tillich on June 2, 1985.

Predeceased by his son, Dr. Jamie Lee, he is survived by his wife Carol; his son, Chris; his daughter, Lorraine; his stepsons Robert, Brian and Michael; his stepdaughter, Lauren McKissick; and 13 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 20, at 10 a.m. at Riverhead United Methodist Church. Interment will take place at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Riverhead VFW, Post 2476, 620 Parkway St., Riverhead, NY 11901.

Arrangements were in the care of Tuthill-Mangano Funeral Home in Riverhead.

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Eleanor Mae Papish passed peacefully at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola after a full life on July 15. She was 90.

Ellie was a resident of Mattituck since 1960, and the loving wife of Kenneth “Bud” Papish for 61 years. She took care of both her husband and mother, Susan Van Den Bosch, who predeceased her after both had suffered with Alzheimer’s disease.

A devoted mother of two, she was active in the community, most especially in Home Bureau in Mattituck. She loved to sew and taught piano lessons as well. Ellie was also a bookkeeper for the family business, Island Forklifts Inc. where she worked right up until her death.

Ellie was a resident of Hempstead through her childhood. She was crowned Miss Cherry Blossom in Washington D.C. in the 1940s.

She is survived by her two children, Glenn and Susan, and their spouses,Nina and Bill; three grandchildren, Carly, Molly and Kyle; as well as her dearest friend since high school, Helen Duryea of Jamesport. She will be missed by all, including her two cats, Missy and Little Boy.

The family will receive visitors on Friday, July 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.  The funeral service will take place on Saturday, July 21, at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home, officiated by Caren Heacock. Interment will follow at New Bethany Cemetery in Mattituck.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider making a donation to Mattituck Fire Department Rescue Squad. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

Arrangements were in the care of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.

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Daniel S. O’Connell of Southold died on July 18. He was 72 years old.

The family will receive visitors on Friday, July 20, from 4 to 8 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. American Legion services will be held at 4:30 p.m. Prayer services will be held at 7 p.m., officiated by Father John Barrett.

The family will also receive visitors on Sunday, July 22, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Gordon C. Emerick Funeral Home, 1550 Route Nine, Clifton Park, N.Y. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, July 23, at a time to be determined, at St. Mary’s Church of Crescent, 86 Church Hill Rd. in Halfmoon, N.Y. Interment with U.S. Army honors will follow at Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, N.Y.

Memorial donations to the Addictions Care Center of Albany, Inc., 90 McCarty Ave., Albany, NY 12202; www.theacca.net would be appreciated. Envelopes will be available at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home.

A complete obituary will follow.

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Jane Howard Roberts died on July 14, close to her home in Riverhead. She was 84 years old.

She was born and raised in Garden City and spent her summers in Flanders with her only brother, William Hamilton Howard Jr., now living in Calif., and her parents, Marion (Goodale) and William Hamilton Howard Sr.

Jane will be remembered as a loyal and loving mother and grandmother, artist, designer, teacher and opinionated and tasteful master gardener.

A graduate of Adelphi College with a degree in home economics, Jane worked as a dietician at Meadowbrook Hospital in Hempstead. She spent many years in Coronado, Calif. with her daughters, Whitney Roberts, Elizabeth Daly and Kimball Bocklet. Jane moved back to New York many years later to be closer to her family. She obtained a teaching degree at Stony Brook University and was well loved as a teacher of home economics in the Longwood school district until her retirement.

After retirement, she was able to follow her artistic and gardening passions as a landscape designer in East Setauket.

Through the years, Jane was involved in many civic endeavors. She will be remembered most recently for her contribution in the formation of the Meeting House Preservation Trust in Jamesport, where she served as a board member.

She will be greatly missed by her family and nine grandchildren: Frederick, Douglas and Logan Hoffmann, Mallory, Maggie and Grace Daly, and Charles and Graham Bocklet, all of whom admired her handmade, intricate quilts, knitted sweaters, mending abilities and impeccable knowledge of grammar. In their hearts she will always be remembered and appreciated for her love, family loyalty, strength, perseverance, quick wit and generosity. We love you, “Jenny.”

A memorial service will take place at the North Fork Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Jamesport on July 28 at 1 p.m.

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Richard C. Rodgers of Astoria, the brother of Lorraine Rodgers Aglora of Cutchogue, died on Friday, July 20. He was 68 years old.

The family will receive visitors on Tuesday, July 24, from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, officiated by Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt.

Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.

A complete obituary will follow.

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Phyllis Neudeck Babcock of Riverhead died July 19. She was 73 years old.

The family will receive friends on Monday, July 23 from 9 – 10:30 a.m. at  DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.

Graveside services will follow at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue, officiated by Father Peter Garry.

A complete obituary will follow.

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Kathleen “Kit” Lord died at her home in Camp Hill, Pa. on July 21. She had celebrated her 99th birthday on June 25.

She was born in Riverhead, Long Island in 1919, the daughter of Rose Reeve Jackson Lindblom and Samuel Jackson. Her father, Sam Jackson, a Long Island bayman, died in a drowning accident at sea when she was five years old. Her mother later married Conrad Lindblom. She had one younger sister, Hazel Jackson Teuber, who predeceased her in 1998. Kit was married to the late Nelville B. “Buzz” Lord, who predeceased her in 2007. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey, of Camp Hill, and almost fifty caring nieces, nephews, great-nieces and -nephews. She was a wonderful wife and a devoted, wonderful mother, who always had time for her son who loved her dearly. A friend to all who crossed her path, she will be greatly missed and always remembered.

A 1937 graduate of Riverhead High School, two years behind her high school sweetheart, Buzz, she was married when he returned from four years of service as a Captain in the United States Army in 1946. Buzz, who served in the Pacific Theater of World War II in the Battle of Leyte, was discharged in 1947, and the young couple moved to New York City, where they worked for a travel agency.

In the fall of 1950 they moved to Northampton, Mass., where they had their son Jeff, born in February of 1951. Together they became very active in both their church – the Edwards Congregational Church – and local Republican politics. Kit, always outgoing and interested in helping other people, was soon elected as the Chair of the Hampshire County Republican Women, serving while Buzz was elected to President Calvin Coolidge’s old Ward 2 seat on the Northampton City Council, and later as the Northampton Republican City Committee chairman. In 1958, she was approached to run for the U.S. Congress from the Massachusetts 1st District, but declined. She was part of a delegation of Republican women who were invited to meet with President Dwight Eisenhower in the White House to discuss issues of the day.

Her “day job” in Northampton was as the executive assistant to the Smith College English and history department. While there, she helped prepare the manuscript for a two-volume biography of New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, written by Smith’s history professor Arthur Mann. Kit served as the president of the Massachusetts Congregational Women and was a delegate to the first Uniting General Synod that formed the United Church of Christ in June of 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio. She went on to serve on the board of the Massachusetts Conference of the UCC and was frequently called to give speeches across the state.

In 1965 the Lords moved to Staunton, Va., where Buzz took a job in his beloved hotel business as the manager of a Holiday Inn. They moved twice more, to Allentown, Pa., in 1967, and finally to Camp Hill in 1969. In each instance Buzz was managing hotels, the Allentown Motor Inn and in Camp Hill, he took a Ramada Inn from an imagined project to completion. The Ramada Inn is today the Park Inn on Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg. Kit laid the cornerstone for the building.

While in Virginia, Kit served as the executive assistant to the president of Mary Baldwin College.  Once moved to Camp Hill she worked, until her retirement in the 1980’s, for the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s director of the bureau of curriculum services. In that capacity she also served as president of the Department of Education’s professional association.

Kit served as the president of the Chapel Hill UCC church council in Camp Hill  as well as being a longtime member of the council. In 1971 she was elected as the vice-moderator of the Penn Central UCC and served as a corporate member of the United Church of Christ board for homeland ministries. She also served as chairman of the ecumenical commission for Church Women United of Greater Harrisburg.

She will be buried in the Riverhead Cemetery alongside Buzz. A memorial service will be held at Chapel Hill UCC on Saturday, August 11 at 11 a.m. Her son Jeff requests that memorial donations be sent to Homeland Hospice, Unit 115, 2300 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

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Debra D. Moore of Riverhead died July 22. She was 53 years old.

The daughter of Lillian (Henderson) and Macon Montague Jr., she was born in Riverhead on Oct. 3, 1964.

She married Michael Moore in 1999. She worked as an assistant manager at Five Below in Commack. Family members said she loved crafts, gardening and crocheting.

Predeceased by her parents, she is survived by her husband, Michael; her sisters, Patricia Hughes and Marilyn Montague, both of Riverhead; her children: Michelle of Virginia, Tiffany Nash, Michael Jr., Aleisha, Marcus, Maurice and Allysa, all of Riverhead; and five grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Friday, July 27, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Galilee Church of God in Christ in Riverhead, with the funeral services following at 11 a.m.

Interment will be at Riverhead Cemetery.

Arrangements were in the care of McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

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Former Riverhead resident Reidar K. Carstensen of Greenport died July 22 at Peconic Landing. He was 84 years old.

The son of Reidar and Valborg (Pedersen) Carstensen, he was born in Southold on Feb. 28, 1934. He attended Southold High School and married Margaret Tooker on Sept. 7, 1957, in Riverhead.

Mr. Carstensen worked as an engineer at Grumman in Calverton.

Predeceased by his wife, he is survived by his children, Debra Goodwin of Annapolis, Md., and Kurt, of New York City; his brother, Peter, of Maryland; and two grandchildren.

Cremation will be private.

Arrangements were in the care of Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue.

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John C. Anderson of Jamesport died at Peconic Bay Medical Center on July 26. He was 85 years old.

The son of Stella (Jazombek) and John Andruszkiewicz, he was born in Jamesport on May 16, 1933. He graduated from Riverhead High School in 1950, and married Barbara Sabat on Jan. 13, 1957, at St. Isidore R.C. Church. He began his career as a farmer, and later owned East End Asphalt.

Family members said he loved his family, the fire department, boating, clamming, hunting, fishing and traveling.  He was past commissioner and ex-chief of the Jamesport Fire Department, and was the third-oldest member. He was a retired member of the Riverhead Town Volunteer Ambulance Corps, a past member of the Riverhead Moose Lodge, a past president of St. Isidore’s parents club and a past member of Mercy High School booster club. He also played Riverhead slow pitch and coached Riverhead PAL football.

He was a current member of St. Isidore Holy Name Society and the church, as well as a current member of the Jamesport Fire Department.

Predeceased by his wife, Barbara, in March 2018; and his sister, Dottie Jermusyk; he is survived by his daughters: Karen Ivins of Shoreham, Marie Tribuzio of Calverton, Denise Anderson-Bayh of Hauppauge and Annette Brewer of Jamesport; and eight grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to the Jamesport Fire Department Scholarship Fund in memory of John C. Anderson, or Ainsley’s Angels National Capital Region, crowdrise.com.

Arrangements were in the care of McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

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Richard A. Brumm of Riverhead died July 24. He was 74 years old.

The son of Marion Grace (Flanagan) and Frederick Henry Brumm, he was born in New York City on May 21, 1944.

He was a retired mechanical supervisor for New York City Department of Sanitation.

He is survived by his wife, Karen; his son Allen (Jenny); two grandsons, Sawyer and Connor; his sisters-in-law, Debbie and Sally; and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive visitors Sunday, July 29, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. at Tuthill-Mangano Funeral Home in Riverhead.

The funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday, July 30, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church in Riverhead, with interment at the church cemetery.

Arrangements were in the care of Tuthill-Mangano Funeral Home.

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George DeLong of Southold died suddenly in Greenport on July 28, where he had been born 83 years earlier on June 4, 1935. He lived his entire life on Laurel Avenue.

He was the son of Jane (Vaughn) and George G. DeLong. He was a graduate of Southold High School and later attended NYU.

George served his country in the United States Air Force, and later enjoyed a career as a car salesman for many area dealerships.  He retired as general sales manager for Wells Pontiac Cadillac in Peconic.

He was a member of the Griswold Terry Glover American Legion Post #803, the Southold School Board, where he served as President from 1971-1981, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, where he served as Grand Master, and the First Presbyterian Church of Southold as an Elder.

For 50 years, he was a private pilot.

He is survived by his wife Carol (Boergesson), who he married on June 2, 1961, at the First Presbyterian Church of Southold; his children, Rene Suprina of Riverhead and Todd (Sandy) DeLong of Cutchogue; and six grandchildren: Amanda DeLong (Matt Williams), Matthew Suprina (Debbie), Nicholas DeLong (Katie Cogan), Scott DeLong, Lauren Enos and Bryan Enos. He was predeceased by a sister, Glenda Gail Radich.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, July 31, from 2 to 4 p.m., and from 7 to 9 P.M. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.  Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 11 a.m. at  First Presbyterian Church of Southold.  The Rev. Dr. Peter J. Kelley will officiate.  Interment, with U.S. Air Force honors, will be at the church cemetery.

Memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation would be appreciated.

Arrangements were in the care of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.

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Ruth Ann Poliwoda of Southold died at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue on July 26, after an illness of two and a half years. She was 73 years old.

Born in Greenport on May 2, 1945, to Mary (Malinauskas) and Walter Pilles, she attended Greenport High School. She enjoyed a 26 year career in banking at Southold Savings Bank, North Fork Bank and Capital One.  She retired as Bank Manager of the Shelter Island branch of Capital One.

Predeceased by her sisters, Barbara Buchanon and Chris Ketcham, she is survived by her husband Dan, whom she married on Feb. 20, 1966, in Southold; two children, Ken (Barbara) and Kelli (Ed) Baumann, both of Southold; two sisters, Judy Bokina of Peconic and Linda Wilson of Sayville; and five grandchildren: Alex and Charlie Poliwoda and Katie, Jonathan and Emily Baumann.

The family received visitors on July 28 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.

Memorial donations to the Southold Fire Department Rescue Squad would be appreciated.

Arrangements were in the care of DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold.

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Earl S. Wright of Riverhead died July 28. He was 70 years old.

He was born on March 10, 1948, in Ticonderoga, N.Y., to Elsie (Davis) and William Wright.

He married Kathleen Whitford on March 16, 1968, in Crown Point, N.Y.

He served in the U.S. Army and worked for Grumman Corporation.

According to his family, anyone who knew Earl knew he loved his motorcycle.

He is survived by his wife, Cathy; his daughter, Tammy Wicke; and his granddaughter, Stacie Wicke.

Cremation was private.

Arrangements were in the care of Tuthill-Mangano Funeral Home in Riverhead

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It is with great sadness that the family of Patricia F. Gleason announces her passing on July 30, 2018 at the age of 73, after a year-and-a-half battle with pancreatic cancer. Patty was born an army brat in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a single mom who focused most of her time on raising her daughter Allyson. Eventually, she met her husband Martin “Marty” at a ski party in Catskill, N.Y. Together they moved two more times before finally settling down in the place they had dreamt of, Cutchogue, N.Y. Patty loved decorating her home, tending to her flower gardens, traveling to exotic places and going out on her boat, the “Patricia,” or to the local beaches with her family, friends and two granddaughters. Her granddaughters, Claire and Lauren, spent many wonderful weekends on the water with Patty.  She loved anything to do with the water and had a passion for selling real estate.

Patty leaves behind her husband Marty; her children, Allyson and Brud; grandchildren Claire and Lauren; and siblings Pam, Johnny and Lesley.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Aug. 2, at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 3 at 9 a.m., at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Mattituck. The  Rev. Roger Joslin will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978;  www.eeh.org would be appreciated.

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Muriel Wells died at Peconic Bay Medical Center July 15, surrounded by family and her friend, Joe.

She was the daughter of John Horace and Ainslee (Luce) Wells. She was born July 26, 1932, on the Wells family farm on Sound Avenue in Northville.

She was the mother of eight children, two of whom predeceased her; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was sister to Beverly Wells (Olin) Warner.

Family members said she was dedicated to her family and friends and always there to help out. Having had scoliosis as a teenager, she wished to have her body donated to science.

A family gathering celebrated her life.

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Katherine J. Brassil of Southold died July 29  at San Simeon by the Sound nursing home in Greenport.  She was 94 years old.

She was born in Brooklyn on Nov. 25, 1923, to Timothy and Beatrice (Brady) Kelly.

Formerly of Brooklyn and Garden City, she came to the North Fork in 1974 and settled permanently in 1994.  For 20 years, she was a secretary for the New York Post.

In her spare time, she enjoyed shopping and tending to her flowers.

Predeceased by her husband, John, in 2005 and son John, in 1991; she is survived by two daughters: Claire, of New York City and Southold, and Kathryn, of the Bronx; two sisters, Carole Stuchbury, of Garden City, and Patricia Lennon, of Floral Park; and grandson John Brassil, of New York City.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, Aug. 2 at 10 a.m., at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Southold, officiated by Father Nicholas.  Interment will follow at the church cemetery.  Calling hours will be private.

DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home is serving the family.

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Sophie R. Fink of Aquebogue died at home July 31. She was 98 years old.

The son of Annie (Chwoliboga) and Joseph Swotkewicz, she was born in Laurel on Nov. 24, 1919.

Family members said the former owner and operator of Fink’s farm stand in Wading River loved talking to her customers and giving away apples. She also loved animals and making jams and jellies.

Predeceased by her son Thomas in 1983 and her husband Edward in 1984, she is survived by her children, Sophie Stapon and Donald, both of Jamesport, Dolores Kreitsek of Mattituck, and Edward of Florida; 18 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, Aug. 2, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

The funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, Aug. 3 at 10 a.m. at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead, with interment at the church cemetery.

Memorial  donations to East End Hospice would be appreciated. Donations may be sent to 481 Westhampton-Riverhead Rd., P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978, eeh.org.

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Anna Mackiewicz of Aquebogue died Aug. 1. She was 99 years old.

The daughter of Aleksander and Maria (Solowiej) Nowicki, she was born in Poland on July 27, 1919.

She worked on Densieski Farm in East Quogue. Family members said that she loved baking, gardening and knitting in her spare time.

Predeceased by her husband Ignacy in 1988, her grandson, Rodger Diede, in 2015 and her son Josep in 2017, she is survived by her daughters, Krystyna Szumczyk of Aquebogue, Jawiga Diede of South Carolina and Teresa McCaskie of Mattituck; and six grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Sunday, Aug. 5, from 2 to 6 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

The funeral mass will be celebrated Monday, Aug. 6, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead, with interment at the church cemetery.

Memorial contributions to East End Hospice or Peconic Bay Medical Center would be appreciated. Donations may be sent to East End Hospice, 481 Westhampton-Riverhead Rd., P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978; eeh.org; or to Peconic Bay Medical Center, 1300 Roanoke Ave., Riverhead NY 11901; pbmchealth.org.

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Arthur H. Lewin died peacefully at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport on July 30. He lived in Aquebogue his whole life and did not marry.

The son of Karl and Edna (Corwin) Lewin, he was born on Feb. 27, 1927, on the duck farm owned by relatives of the Worm family, now known as Broad Cove. He graduated from Riverhead High School and eventually joined the U.S. Army, serving as an honor guard at the Arlington National Cemetery.

When he returned home, he worked for his father, who incubated and hatched duck eggs for local duck farmers. He was also a stone mason, and worked for Harry Terry of Riverhead. He farmed the property with his father, Karl, and grew tobacco as well as many vegetables.

Family members said Arthur was an avid bowler, and was also an outdoorsman who hunted upstate on family property every year. He loved fishing, clamming and eeling in the ice in front of their house on Meetinghouse Creek. He also grew white sweet potatoes, which he sold locally. He enjoyed the simple way of life and loved working with his hands.

Arthur leaves behind many nieces and nephews and their families.

A memorial service will be held Sept. 22 on the Lewin property in Aquebogue.

Arrangements were in the care of Tuthill-Mangano Funeral Home in Riverhead.

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