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Jeanette Marie Zeh of Riverhead Dies September 15

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Jeanette Marie Zeh

Jeanette Marie Zeh

authorStaff Writer on Sep 26, 2025

Jeanette Marie Zeh of Riverhead died peacefully in her home on September 15. She was 83.

She was born on May 23, 1942, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to John and Diana Faunce and was a graduate of Southampton High School.

From 1960-1980, she was married to James Edward Niggles Sr. In 1983, she wed Kenneth William Zeh and together they made their home in Southampton.

She managed the American Cancer Society’s Discovery Shop on Nugent Street in Southampton Village and was a member of the Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

She is survived by her husband Kenneth W. Zeh; children James Edward Niggles Jr. (Martha) of California and Jeannie Ann Wilkinson (Raymond) of California; a step-son Brian Christopher Zeh of New York; and grandchildren Kayla Ann Royal, Reyna Jeannette Niggles, Michelle Nicole Wixom, James Edward Niggles III and Kaila Rose Zeh-Gatti; and great-grandchildren Reagan Vlad Royal and Claire Jean Royal. She was predeceased by a son John E. “Jack” Niggles of Southampton.

The family received friends on September 18 at the O’Connell-Rothwell Funeral Home in Southampton, where a funeral service was conducted by Father Stephen H. Donnelly. Cremation was at Mount Pleasant Crematory on September 19.

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