Antone Skrezec Sr.

Lifelong Riverhead resident Antone Skrezec Sr. died June 13 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. He was 91. 

The son of Michael and Kathleen Skrezec, he was born May 8, 1925, in Riverhead.

Mr. Skrezec served in the U.S. Army. For 40 years, he worked for New York Telephone Company in Riverhead.

He was a member of Riverhead Sportsmen’s Club, Riverhead Elks and Riverhead Loyal Order of the Moose.

Family members said Mr. Skrezec enjoyed golf, hunting, wildlife and gardening.

Predeceased by his wife, Anna, in 2005, Mr. Skrezec is survived by his sons Ronald, of Riverhead and Florida and Antone Jr., of Mount Sinai; his daughter, Mary Anne, of Flanders and two grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, June 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral Mass will take place at 9:30 a.m Friday, June 17, at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery.