Nancy Knotoff Of East Quogue Dies on May 3

Nancy Knotoff died on May 3, 2019, at Peconic Bay Medical Center. She was 70.

Born on May 18, 1948, to Thomas P. Watson and Bridget Watson in Brooklyn, her family moved to East Quogue where she grew up. She was previously married to Leonard and they worked together harvesting scallops while raising two boys. She was very active in the community and the PTA. She was a recipient of a citizen of the year award. She eventually opened her own business, Permits in Progress, filing building permits with the town on behalf of her clients. She was also the office manager at Jackson’s Marina for 38 years, retiring in 2018. After closing her personal business, she became treasurer of the East Quogue Fire District for 25 years.

Survivors said she was a warm, loving mother and grandmother who never missed a chance to spend her time with her grandchildren, adding that she was a good and true friend. She was a voracious reader who spent her time reading the latest novels in her favorite reading spot: her porch.

She had many friends, some of whom she traveled with to places such as Ireland, Alaska, the Panama Canal, the Caribbean, Bermuda, as well as the New England coastline.

Ms. Knotoff is survived by two sons, Michael Knotoff and wife Karenann, and Joseph Knotoff and wife Laurie McManus; grandchildren, John Knotoff and Victoria Knotoff, Fallon McManus, Quinn McManus, Jillian McManus, and Sheena Dellapace and her son, Colton Dellapace.

Visitation was at Scott Rothwell Funeral Home in Hampton Bays. A funeral Mass was held at the Church of St. Rosalie on May 8. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery in East Quogue.