Ethel Lubina 

Ethel Lubina died Dec. 25 in Elkhart, Ind., where she had lived for 40 years. She was 74.

Ms. Lubina was born May 26, 1944, in Port Jefferson to Mary (Pokorny) and Joseph R. Lubina.

She graduated from Port Jefferson High School and worked for Airborn Instruments in Melville before moving in the early 1980s to Elkhart, where she worked for the brokerage firm Stifel until retirement.

She loved gardening, yard work, traveling and summer sailing out of Greenport with her sister and brother-in-law, Joyce M. and Richard K. Kearns of Greenport.

Ms. Lubina was predeceased by her parents and Mr. Kearns.

She is survived by her sister; her life partner, Larry Fleischman of Elkhart; and cousins Ray Lubina of Stuart, Fla., Susan Herring of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Tommy Lubina of the Philippines.

A celebration of life service will take place at a later date.