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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Iris
Osborn
Dec 6, 1934 — Apr 18, 2022
Obituary
Obituary
Iris S. Osborn of Wainscott, NY passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on the morning of
April 18th
2022 at the age of 87.
Iris grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, the only child of Felix and Dorothea (Dotty) Streit.
She attended Packard Junior College and Hunter College. She worked as a legal secretary as a
young adult, working at the US Trustee Company of Wall Street, at the Institute of International
Education which administers the Fulbright Program, and at the grievance board of the Bar
Association.
She married Lawrance Osborn in 1965, moved to Wainscott and stepped into the role of a
farmer's wife. While the children were young, she would spend hours in her backyard vegetable
garden and summer days at the beach just around the corner down Beach Lane. She was a troop
leader, (cookie chairman at one point) and den mother over the years. She started a farmstand
which was located on Montauk Highway in Sagaponack and later on Main Street in Wainscott
adjacent to the farm house.
When her children were older, Iris worked as a real estate agent, later attaining a broker's
license, she worked as a bank teller in East Hampton, and spent some time as a home health aide.
She was very social and seemed to know everyone. She had a remarkable memory and would
recall the names of people she met briefly as well as the names of their children and enumerable
facts about them.
Iris was very involved in the local community. She was a member of the Wainscott Advisory
Committee for many years (an honorary member right up until she passed). She served on the
School Board for the Wainscott Union Free School. (As she put it, her "husband's family has
been going to that school for 200 years") She was also a member of the Wainscott Sewing
Society. And she served on the East Hampton Town Planning Board. She volunteered at the
LVIS bookstore and would usher for the performances at Guild Hall in the early 1980's.
Iris was an avid bridge player, a member of two groups for a time, one in Wainscott and one in
East Hampton. She was a voracious reader, reading several books a month. She also really loved
to travel, planning family road trips in the US in the 70's and 80's with the help of a AAA
"triptik" and later travelling the world with her husband.
She is survived by her husband, Lawrance L. Osborn, her children Anna Osborn, Lori Osborn
and Elisha (Jocelyn) Osborn, her grandchildren Jani (William) Jensen, Carmen (Erich) Walker,
Brianna (Joshua) Shultz, Maximillian Osborn, Jack Kimmelmann, Gabriella Osborn and Evelyn
Osborn, and great grandchildren Magdalena, Lily and Annika.
There will be a viewing at the Yardley Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton from 5pm to 8pm on
Saturday April 30
th
. A graveside service at the Wainscott Cemetary is planned at 1pm at the
Wainscott Cemetery followed by a reception at the Wainscott Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wainscott Sewing Society, PO BOX 273,
Wainscott, NY 11975.
To plant a memorial tree in memory, please visit our tree store.
Funeral Services
Visitation
April
30
Saturday
94 Pantigo Rd., East Hampton
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Graveside Service
May
1
Sunday
Wainscott Cemetery
Starts at 1:00 pm
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