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Merkel Memorial Service
Harold G. Merkel A memorial service for Harold (“Harry”) G. Merkel, formerly of Shelter Island, Queens and Lecanto, Fla, will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at 11 a.m., at Our Lady of the Isle...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Veronica “Vera” C. Mac Donald
Veronica “Vera” C. Mac Donald, age 93, passed away on August 25, 2019, in Greenport. There will be a visitation on September 12, 2019 from 1 to 4 p.m. at The Shelter Island Funeral Home. A private...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Langdon, Robertson, Taplin
Curtis Robert “Bob” Langdon of Shelter Island died on Sept. 1, 2019 at San Simeon Nursing Home in Greenport. He was 76 years old. Born in Freeport, N.Y., on Aug. 31, 1943 to Elsie (nee Dunbar) and...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Jeffrey P. Van der Eems
Jeffrey P. Van der Eems of Shelter Island died on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. He was 56 years old. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Sept, 14 at 11 a.m. at The Shelter Island Presbyterian Church,...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Kamil, O’Brien, Van der Eems
Esteemed book editor and Islander Susan Kamil passed away on Sunday, Sept. 8 from complications relating to lung cancer. She was 69. Susan Kamil Renowned as a “brilliant editor” and “genius” by her...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Valerie Grace Shepherd
Valerie Grace Shepherd Valerie Grace Shepherd, 70, of Shelter Island, passed away suddenly on Sept. 20, 2019. The daughter of Bob and Arlene Schweinsburg, Valerie was born on April 16, 1949. Two...
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Shelter Island obituaries: van der Eems, Westover
Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ P. van der Eems Jeffrey “Jeff” P. van der Eems, aged 56, passed away on Sept. 6, 2019, at Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital in Manhattan of lymphoma cancer. Jeff was born Nov. 5, 1962...
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Obituary: Sulahian
The Honorable Judge William A. Sulahian of Shelter Island died on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. He was 91 years old. The family will receive friends on Saturday, November 16 beginning at 11 a.m. at the...
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William A. ‘Bill’ Sulahian
William A. ‘Bill’ Sulahian William A. “Bill” Sulahian, a long time resident of Shelter Island, died peacefully in Eastern Long Island Hospital on Sept. 30, 2019 after a brief illness. He was 91 years...
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Wallace ‘Jack’ Ketcham
Wallace “Jack” Ketcham of Shelter Island, formerly of Farmingdale, died at home on Sunday, Oct. 13. He was 86 years old. He was the husband of Georgiana Ketcham and they were married for 64 years. He...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Bevan, Light, Sharp
Albert Edward Bevan, 89, of Shelter Island, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 at Stony Brook University Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on March 24, 1930 in Scranton, Pa. to John and...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Osofsky, Sprague
Meyer ‘Mike’ Osofsky Meyer “Mike” Osofsky, a resident of Shelter Island for five decades, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 30. He was 95. Mike was born on July 23, 1924, in Brooklyn. His...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituary
Patricia Hally Mohlere of Sag Harbor died on Nov. 5, 2019, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She was 73. Known to her family and close friends as Patsy, she was a longtime member...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Joseph Murphy
Joseph G. Murphy of Shelter Island died at home on Sunday, November 10, 2019. He was 92 years old. The family has chosen to remember Joseph’s life privately. The post Shelter Island Reporter obituary:...
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Obituary: Joseph G. Murphy
Joseph G. Murphy of Shelter Island died at home surrounded by his family on Sunday morning, Nov. 10, 2019, after a two year struggle with salivary melanoma. He was 92 years old. He was honored the...
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Reporter obituary: Dorothy Seiberling
COURTESY PHOTO Dorothy Seiberling Dorothy Seiberling, a longtime resident of Shelter Island, died on Nov. 23 in Wilmington, Del. She was 97. Ms. Seiberling was president of the Shelter Island Friends...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Gundlach, Labrozzi
Robert D. Gundlach Robert D. Gundlach of Shelter Island died at home on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. He was 95 years old. The family will receive friends on Monday, Dec. 16 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at...
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Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Gundlach, Schneidman
Robert D. Gundlach of Shelter Island died at home on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. He was 95 years old. Robert was born on May 10, 1924 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Dorothy A. (nee Southwood) and Harry E....
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In memoriam
TIM PURTELL PHOTO There are a couple of old sayings that sum up our feelings when important people in our lives pass away. The ranks are thinning, you will hear, as well as that the cemeteries are...
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