Jessie Skirel

Former Cutchogue resident Jessie Skirel died Sept. 27 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. She was 93. 

She was born Sept. 29, 1920, in Southampton to Alexandria and Victor Nakelski and was a homemaker who helped her husband, Julius, on the family farm.

Family members said she loved people and enjoyed being outside and tending to her strawberry patch.

Predeceased by her husband in 1990, Ms. Skirel is survived by many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church in Cutchogue. Interment will take place at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue.