Obituaries

Genevieve T. Saltinas

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/21/2013 3:27 PM | Obituaries

Riverhead resident Genevieve T. Saltinas died May 20 at Peconic Bay Medical Center. She was 85. She was born Sept. 1, 1927, to Louis and Susan Postel in East Newark, N.J., and worked as an assembler for Chatham Controls in Chatham, N.J. Family members said she loved crocheting and reading, was a...

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Maks memorial set

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/21/2013 2:20 PM | Obituaries

A memorial for Frances Maks of Riverhead, who died April 24, will take place Saturday, May 25, in Riverhead. Visiting hours will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home, followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:15 a.m. at St. Isidore R.C. Church and interment at the...

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Christine Marie Vega

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/21/2013 1:52 PM | Obituaries

Christine Marie Vega of Riverhead died May 13 at her home. She was 29. She was born April 22, 1984, in Plainview to George and Kathleen Moretti and graduated from Riverhead High School in 2002. Most recently, she was employed as an office manager at Dayton and Sydney Wealth Strategies Group. On...

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Brenda A. Grodski

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/21/2013 12:29 PM | Obituaries

Brenda A. Grodski of Riverhead died May 18, 2013, at New York Presbyterian Hospital after a long illness. She was 62. She was born Sept. 11, 1950, in Southampton, to William and Florence Talmage and graduated from East Hampton High School. Family members said she received a bachelor’s degree and later...

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Christine Vega

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/15/2013 8:18 AM | Obituaries

Christine (Moretti) Vega of Riverhead died May 13. She was 29. The family will receive visitors Thursday, May 16, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9, at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A service will take place Friday, May 17, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will...

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Oleta Marie Melissari

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 5:56 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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Charles H. Bartlett Jr.

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 4:12 PM | Obituaries

Charles H. Bartlett Jr. of Riverhead, known as “Snooks,” died May 7. He was 85. He was born in Riverhead June 3, 1927, to Charles and Mattie Bartlett and attended Riverhead schools. He was employed at Long Island Produce, Riverhead Duck Processing Company and local farms, and his family described him as...

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Helen Wright Prince

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 3:57 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 Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 3:44 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 H. Fricke

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 3:33 PM | Obituaries

Daniel H. Fricke of Baiting Hollow died May 7 at the age of 82. He was born June 22, 1930, in New York City and grew up on farms in East Northport and Middletown, N.Y. He attended Cornell University and graduated from its College of Agriculture in 1952. He served in...

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Norman F. Stakey

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 2:54 PM | Obituaries

Norman F. Stakey of Aquebogue died May 10 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. He was 74. He was born Jan. 12, 1939, in Riverhead to Carl and Angeline (Conklin) Stakey. He attended school through 10th grade and was later employed as a construction worker at Roy Stakey Construction in...

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John “Ricky” Ulp

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 12:57 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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Whitney A. Graff

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 12:39 PM | Obituaries

Former Riverhead resident Whitney A. Graff died April 23 in Georgia. He was 78. He was born July 6, 1934, in Southampton to Leroy and Andela Graff. He served in the Air Force, and later was a barber on Griffing Avenue in Riverhead. Family members said he loved model cars. Mr. Graff...

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Frank J. Kozak

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/07/2013 4:06 PM | Obituaries

Lifelong Riverhead resident Frank J. Kozak died at home May 2 after a long illness. He was 95. He was born Feb. 16, 1918, to Stanley and Amelia (Gref) Kozakiewicz and attended Riverhead schools through eighth grade, when he began working for his family’s Kozak Farms. He was a member of the...

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Kathleen Skiba

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/07/2013 3:50 PM | Obituaries

Lifelong Riverhead resident Kathleen Conklin Skiba died May 3. She was 64. Born July 6, 1948, she attended Riverhead schools and later worked for the school district for 25 years as a secretary at the high school and middle school. Family members said she loved spending time in her garden. Ms. Skiba...

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Oleta Marie Melissari

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/07/2013 3:37 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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Cedric L. Brown

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/07/2013 2:47 PM | Obituaries

Cedric L. Brown of Conyers, Ga., died suddenly April 30 in Atlanta, Ga. He was 31. A former Riverside resident, he was born in Southampton March 29, 1982, to Roger Brown and Dawne Gilliam. He graduated from Riverhead High School in 2000 and served in the Marine Corps from 2002 to...

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Bertha J. Zimnoski

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/06/2013 6:29 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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