Annette Kuhn, 67,whose combined career in government and the arts  ranged from helping produce the first Central Park “Happenings” in the Lindsay Administration to her appointment as Executive Director of the New York City Arts Commission under Mayor Edward Koch,  died of heart failure at home in her Tribeca loft on April 2.
Born in Heidelberg, Germany in [...]

Bob Lelle, aka The Alphabet Man, died in Paris, France after a brief illness. Previously a resident of Nantucket, Mass., he had resided in southampton for 12 years, having designed and built a studio there. His works are in collections in Naples, Florida, New York City, the Hamptons, Paris, and  corporate offices throughout the United [...]

Harold F. Robertson, Jr., a resident of Delray Beach, Fla. for 26 years, died at Emeritus Assisted Living in Florida on April 26, 2012. He was 79 years old.
Mr. Robertson was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on May 24, 1932 to Harold F. and Margaret M. (Christie) Robertson. A graduate of Andrew Jackson High School in [...]

Alice M. (Stanley) Eliason, 94, of Warwick, R.I., died Friday, January 13, 2012 in the Brentwood Nursing Home, Warwick, R.I.
She was the wife of Carl E. Eliason to whom she was married for 41 years. She was born in Toronto, Canada on September 30, 1917, a daughter of the late William B. and Minnie M. [...]

Michael J. Adam, a resident of 42 Howard Street for the past year, died at Southampton Hospital on April 21, 2012. He was 61 years old and had previously lived on Bayview Avenue in Sag Harbor for the last 20 years.
He was born at Southampton Hospital on November 13, 1950 to William F. Adam Jr. [...]

By Annette Hinkle
Hal McKusick, a prominent jazz musician and longtime Sag Harbor resident, died April 10, 2012. He was 87 years old.
McKusick, a saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist, began his musical career in the 1940s playing in the big bands of Les Brown, Woody Herman and Boyd Raeburn. He went on to play in the Johnny [...]

Thomas E. Gaines, 85, of Dayton Lane in East Hampton, died Saturday, April 14, 2012. His wife, the former Frances L. Carl, and three children were by his side.
He was the son of Thomas M. Gaines and Evelyn M. Ernest and was born in the family home in East Hampton on August 26, 1926.
Mr. Gaines [...]

Elinor Tibbets Van Ingen McDade, artist, gardener, gallery owner, yoga teacher and long time resident of Sag Harbor died April 11 at Stony Brook Hospital following a massive brain hemorrhage.
Born in Seattle, Wash. in 1922, Mrs. McDade grew up on the West Coast, moving to Southern California where she worked during World War II for [...]

John A. Frith, aged 62, died on Friday, April 6. No services are planned at this time. A full obituary will follow at a later date.

Thelma Bill McLane passed away peacefully on April 3, 2012. Born and raised in Sag Harbor, Mrs. McLane was one of five children of George T. and Francis Woodruff Bill.
Mrs. Mclane was skilled at many crafts, among them were knitting, crocheting and rug hooking.
She was predeceased by her husband William F. McLane and two sons, [...]