Obituaries

Loretta Cullen

By The Suffolk Times | 05/21/2013 4:20 PM | Obituaries

Loretta “Laura” Cullen of Cutchogue, on Monday, May 13, 2013, surrounded by her children, quietly passed into her husband’s waiting spirit. Fifty-two years together created a bond that death could not break. We were blessed to have parents who cared for each other as much as they did their children,...

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Brian C. Evans

By The Suffolk Times | 05/21/2013 4:07 PM | Obituaries

Brian C. Evans of Cutchogue died May 15, 2013. He was 60. He was born in Queens to Leroy and Helen Catherine (Kaloski) Evans. Brian had been a first-class machinist and worked for Future Screw Machine Products in Southold, Posimech Inc. in Medford and, most recently, Elko Machine and Tool Company in...

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Philomena Soto

By The Suffolk Times | 05/21/2013 3:18 PM | Obituaries

Longtime Greenport resident Philomena “Mina” Soto died at her home May 16, 2013. She was 85. She was born Aug. 12, 1927, in Brooklyn to Anthony and Josephine (Cecora) Esposito. She married Angel Soto Jr. on March 31, 1951, in Brooklyn. She had been a histology technician at Eastern Long Island Hospital...

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Saul Kerwin Graeb

By The Suffolk Times | 05/21/2013 12:01 PM | Obituaries

Saul Kerwin Graeb died on the day of his birth, May 11, surrounded by family. Family members said his brief life touched many hearts. Saul is survived by his parents, former Cutchogue resident Michael Graeb and Diane Kerwin-Graeb; his paternal grandparents, John and Diane Graeb of Cutchogue; his maternal grandparents, Virginia...

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Ferdinand Lucka

By The Suffolk Times | 05/21/2013 9:36 AM | Obituaries

Ferdinand (Fred) Lucka of Mattituck died May 18. He was 91. Mr. Lucka was predeceased by his wife, Beatrice, on Sept. 2, 2006. Both had been active members of the Knights of Lithuania. Visiting hours will take place Wednesday, May 22, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck,...

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Carlisle E. Cochran

By The Suffolk Times | 05/15/2013 12:08 PM | Obituaries

Longtime Southold resident Carlisle Evans Cochran, known as “Pep,” died at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport on May 14. He was 84. Pep was born on Aug. 15, 1928, to Carlisle and Edith (Thornhill) Cochran at ELIH in Greenport and was christened at First Universalist Church in Southold, which was...

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Oleta Marie Melissari

By The Suffolk Times | 05/14/2013 5:58 PM | Obituaries

Oleta Marie Melissari of Laurel died at her home on May 5, 2013, after a long illness. She was 87. She was born March 19, 1926, in Willard, Mo. She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Placid Edward Melissari, in 1996. Marie previously resided in Flushing, where she was a...

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Laura D. Cullen

By The Suffolk Times | 05/14/2013 4:18 PM | Obituaries

Laura D. Cullen of Cutchogue died May 13 at Stony Brook University Medical Center. She was 74. The family will receive visitors Thursday and Friday, May 16 and 17, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Coster-Heppner Funeral Home in Cutchogue. A service will take place Saturday, May 18,...

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Dorothy C. Ulrich

By The Suffolk Times | 05/14/2013 3:59 PM | Obituaries

Dorothy C. Ulrich of Southold and Venice, Fla., went home to be with her Lord on May 5, 2013. She was 90. She was born March 11, 1923, in Jersey City, N.J., to Theodore W. and Helen (Demont) Crawbuck. After graduating from Snyder High School, she was employed as a secretarial...

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Helen Wright Prince

By The Suffolk Times | 05/14/2013 3:56 PM | Obituaries

Former Southold resident Helen Wright Prince passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Fairport, N.Y. She was 101. She was born in Columbus, N.J., to the late William Wright and Ione Hankins Wright on Oct. 21, 1911. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Frederic...

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Rodney Kenneth Wells

By The Suffolk Times | 05/14/2013 3:43 PM | Obituaries

Rodney Kenneth Wells of Greenport died at his home in the village on May 7, 2013, at the age of 104. He was a direct descendant of the original Wells family, one of Southold’s First Settlers. He was born July 18, 1908, in Peconic to Carrie L. Weller and John DeForest...

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Daniel Martin Dzenkowski

By The Suffolk Times | 05/14/2013 2:20 PM | Obituaries

Daniel Martin Dzenkowski of East Marion passed away peacefully at his home May 12 with his family by his side. He was 85. He was born Aug. 5, 1927, at the East Marion home of his parents, Andrew and Apolonia Dzenkowski. After graduating from Greenport High School in 1944, he enlisted...

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John ‘Ricky’ Ulp

By The Suffolk Times | 05/14/2013 12:59 PM | Obituaries

John “Ricky” Ulp of Southold died peacefully May 8 at Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport. He was 71. He was the son of John (a music teacher at Southold school) and Edith Ulp; brother to David and a member of a very loving family, all of whom predeceased him. However, Ricky...

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Oleta Marie Melissari

By The Suffolk Times | 05/07/2013 3:35 PM | Obituaries

Laurel resident Oleta Marie Melissari died May 5 at her home. She was 83. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, May 13, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Interment will follow at Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery in Flushing. Funeral arrangements were handled...

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Rodney Wells

By The Suffolk Times | 05/07/2013 3:16 PM | Obituaries

Rodney Wells of Greenport died May 7 at his home. He was 104. Funeral arrangements, incomplete at presstime, are being handled by DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold....

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William Joseph Breen

By The Suffolk Times | 05/07/2013 1:08 PM | Obituaries

William “Bill” Joseph Breen of Cutchogue and Sarasota, Fla., died May 4 at his home in Cutchogue after losing his fight with cancer. He was 83. Born August 26, 1929, in Mineola, he was the third child and oldest son of William and Elizabeth (Reilly) Breen. He was predeceased by his...

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Bertha J. Zimnoski

By The Suffolk Times | 05/06/2013 6:31 PM | Obituaries

Bertha J. Zimnoski of Laurel died May 3 at her home. She was 91 years old. She was born Nov. 24, 1921, to John and Amelia (Chituk) Simchick. Bert had been a homemaker, farmer and landscaper. She was a fan of the N.Y. Yankees and enjoyed watching soap operas and listening to...

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Allen R. Ovsianik

By The Suffolk Times | 05/06/2013 6:18 PM | Obituaries

Lifelong Cutchogue resident Allen R. Ovsianik died May 6 at the age of 84. He was born in Peconic, one of Monika and Vincent Ovsianik’s seven children. All his siblings predeceased him. Allen served four years in the U.S. Navy, then returned to work on the family farm. He was later employed...

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