Margaret Baier

Margaret “Peg” Baier of Greenport, formerly a longtime resident of East Hampton and Garden City, died Sept. 12 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport. She was 87. 

Ms. Baier was born Sept. 23, 1927, in New York to Agnes (Warren) and John Lynch and graduated from John Adams High School in Queens.

In 1956, she married Henry “Hank” Baier at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ozone Park.

Ms. Baier worked as a school secretary for 20 years at Fulton School in Hempstead.

Family members she was involved with her church.

Ms. Baier is survived by her daughters, Joan, of Goldsboro, N.C. and Midge (Mark) Kayfez of Austin, Texas; her son, John (Juliann) of East Hampton; her sister Agnes Napolitano of Garden City and her granddaughter, Amelia.

The family will receive visitors Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, at St. Agnes Church in Greenport, officiated by Father Richard Hoerning. Interment will take place at Calverton National Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Agnes Church.