Gilbert Orville Yerden of Westhampton died on April 6. He was 92.
Mr. Yerden was born in Alexandria Bay, New York, on April 15, 1922, to Alexander and Frida (Zendlinger) Yerden.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Yerden; four children, Susan Sullivan and husband Roger, Nancy Moore and husband Michael, Betty Cullen and husband Thomas, and Carol Chellman; six stepchildren, Mary Waters and husband Robert Stevenson, Ann McCue, Vincent Waters, Grace Mueller and husband Steve, Elizabeth Waters and husband Daniel Johnson, and John Waters and wife Jennifer. He is also survived by a brother, Raymond Yerden; 17 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Monday, April 20, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Follett and Werner Funeral Home in Westhampton Beach. A funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, April 21, at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Quiogue. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978-7048.