Ann Trinchitella (nee Minehan), 71, of Port Washington, died on July, 1, 2003. Wife of Michael. Mother of Nancy, Lee, Susan, Michele and Patricia. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of four. Sister of Cornelia, Thomas and the late Mary. Arrangements were made by the Austin F. Knowles Funeral Home, Port Washington. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Peter of Alcantara RC Church. Interment Nassau Knolls Cemetery. Contributions can be made to Good Shepherd Hospice, 4747-20 Nesconset Hwy., Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776. Rosmari Felice Viscovi - loving wife of Kent; devoted mother to Sage. Cherished daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Felice, formerly of Sands Point; sister to Randy, Salina and Jon; nurturing aunt to Ali, Johnny, Nicola, Matthew, Anthony and Randy. Rosemari's untimely death on July 5, 2003 followed a five-year battle with cancer, throughout which she showed unwavering courage, dignity and spirit. Rosemari was admired by friends and family for her unique and creative talents as an artist, teacher and art therapist. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Donations are welcome to the following charity: Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Inc., 333 Mamaroneck Rd. #492, White Plains, NY 10605 (212-722-3132).

Helen Lesher Williams died in her home in Port Washington on July 9, 2003. She was 91 years old. Mrs. Williams had been a Port Washington resident since 1945, first in Sands Point, and, since 1973, in central Port Washington.

Mrs. Williams grew up in the midwest as part of a large family of seven children. She worked her way through college during the Depression, graduating from Ohio State University in 1934 with honors in English literature. She was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa and often wore her key proudly.

After working as a high school English teacher in Chicago for several years, she married Edwin W. Williams of NYC and moved there in 1937. The couple raised three children, Edwina, Stephen and Andrew in Sands Point; however, they divorced in 1953.

At the age of 10, Stephen contracted an infection which led to chronic nephritis, a kidney condition. Stephen's disease worsened in his early 20s. After long illness and treatment with dialysis, his mother donated one of her kidneys for a transplant. Though the transplant was at first successful, Stephen died six months later, in 1970.

Mrs. Williams loved wild nature and was an avid birdwatcher, keeping daily lists of birds seen on her property. She found the birds to be a great comfort throughout her life and particularly at this time of heartbreaking loss. She has written a moving memoir about Stephen and herself during the time of his long illness.

A life-long lover of the English language, Mrs. Williams was passionate about its correct use. She loved literature and poetry. She was a member of the longest-running Great Books group in the nation, to which she belonged from 1954 until the mid 1990s. In later years, the group was under the direction of Kathryn Forman of Sands Point. Mrs. Williams was familiar with virtually all of English literature, as well as much of world literature.

Since the early 1990s, Mrs. Williams was a victim of Alzheimer's disease. For the past six years, she received full time home care, through the loving attentions of Beverly Hall and Rosemarie Raymond.

Mrs. Williams is survived by her children, Edwina Williams and Andrew Williams; her brother Tom Lesher; and her grandson, Aaron Williams.

There will be a memorial on Aug. 16 at Mrs. Williams' home. For directions and information call 212-567-1356. If you wish to make a donation in her name, please contribute to the Alzheimer's Association of NYC, 360 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017.

Ruth Nedbor (nee Greenwold), a free-lance writer who had an article appear in Newsweek's July 14, 2003 issue in "My Turn," died at the age of 88 at Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC due to complications from open heart surgery. Born in Boston, MA, and having traveled to over 30 different countries, she was a longtime resident of Sands Point prior to living in Floral Park. Ruth was a founding member of the North Shore Science Museum, Plandome, in the 1960s and an active member of Hadassah for many years. In addition to her writing career, she sold real estate for the Ruth Leonard Agency in Port Washington, in the 1960s and 1970s.

She was married to Eugene Nedbor in 1936 until his death in 1998. She is survived by her son Jonathan of Alligerville, NY; her daughter Gail Nedbor-Gross of Glen Cove; and five grandchildren, Lyra, Hannah and Dante Nedbor and Tamara and Robert Nedbor-Gross. Arrangements were made by the Austin F. Knowles Funeral Home, Port Washington. Donations may be sent to the American Heart Association, SASS for Medical Research, New Brunswick, NJ, or the Association for IMMA, 210 E. 64th St., New York, NY 10021.

Eila Sheldon, a longtime resident of Port Washington, died peacefully at home on July 21, 2003. During her more than 50 years in Port Washington, Mrs. Sheldon was a real estate broker and an active member of the Manhasset Community Club, St. Francis Guild, Plandome Women's Club and several other charitable organizations. Mother of Don and Gail Sheldon. Grandmother of Donald Michael Sheldon. Aunt of Robert Merrill and Charlie and Valerie Merrill. Arrangements were made by the Austin F. Knowles Funeral Home, Port Washington. Services private. She was a strong and caring lady who will be missed.

Kenneth Robert Case, 96, a resident of Port Washington from 1953 to 1968, died on July 18, 2003 at a nursing home in Marshfield, MO, the town where he grew up. He is survived by a daughter, Susan Case of Tucson; a son, Richard Case of Los Angeles; two grandsons, Case deCallier of Tucson and Rhys deCallier of San Diego. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, and by four brothers, Homer, Herschel, Bernard and Paul Case, and one sister, Mildred Case Judge.

A son of John and Eva Case, Mr. Case graduated from Marshfield High School and, in 1929, from Drury College in Springfield, MS, where he was a member of the fraternity now called Lambda Chi Alpha. After college he worked briefly as a geologist in Kansas City and then began a flying career that spanned the great growth years of aviation. From 1930 to 1937 he served in the Army Air Corps, and then joined American Airlines, retiring from it as a captain in 1967. During WWII, he served with the Military Air Transport Command, flying hundreds of trips across the Atlantic and also flying gasoline and cargo from India to China, over the Himalayas ("the Hump"). Later, during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, he flew men and cargo in and out of those areas. All told, he had 29,000 hours in the air.

During the years that Mr. Case and his family lived in Port Washington, his home base was LaGuardia. In 1968, after his retirement, he moved to Springfield, MO, where for a time he was a part owner of and pilot for Flight Air. He moved into the Marshfield nursing home in 1998.

A graveside memorial service will be held at the Marshfield Cemetery on the morning of July 31.