Obituaries

Catherine Tracy

Catherine Tracy of Cutchogue died Aug. 19 at Stony Brook University Medical Center. She was 84 years old.

She was born Nov. 20, 1928, to William D. and Mary (Crimmins) Tracy and had been an administrative assistant at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church in Riverhead. Family members said she enjoyed knitting and loved the New York Giants and New York Rangers.

Ms. Tracy is survived by her daughters, Kathy Gaffga and Patty Ward, both of Southold, Mary Mitchell of Riverhead and Jean Ryan of Lunenberg, Mass.; her sons, Al Cline of Warrenton, Va., and Kevin Cline of Colleyville, Texas; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral service will take place Thursday, Aug. 22, at 9:45 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church. Interment will be at Bright View Cemetery in Warrenton, Va.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association or the Alzheimer’s Association.