Obituaries

Maryclaire A. Commender

Maryclaire A. Commender of Cutchogue died June 25, 2016, at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. She was 93. 

She was born in Brooklyn Dec. 23, 1922, to Benedict and Molly Hayden. A graduate of Bishop McDonnell High School, she married Edward Commender in 1940.

Maryclaire was retired from the phone company and has been a North Fork resident for the past 20 years. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Parish in Cutchogue.

Predeceased by her husband, Edward; she is survived by four children, Edward (Patricia), Linda, Stephen (Susan) and David (SueEllen); four grandchildren, Edward, Brian, Alison and David and four great-grandchildren, Brendan, Kendall, Harrison and Maxwell. She was predeceased by two sisters, Joan and Irene.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, June 28, from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday, June 29, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon June 29 at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue.

Memorial donations to St. Anthony’s Bread or North Fork Animal Welfare League would be appreciated.

This is a paid notice.