Patricia Stinchi
Patricia Stinchi of Westhampton Beach died on Sunday, June 17, at her home surrounded by family. She was 73.
Ms. Stinchi was born in Southampton Hospital during the 1938 Hurricane to Theodore David Zamber and Evelyn Bucholz Zamber. As a child, she lived in Riverhead, Westford, East Quogue and Quogue before her family moved to Maple Street in Westhampton Beach in the 1950s. In 1962, she married Vincenzo Stinchi and, eight years later, they purchased a home on Humphrey Lane where she lived for the next 41 years. She divorced in 1976.
In 1957, Ms. Stinchi started her 48-year career in municipal employment by accepting a job with the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service in Riverhead. In February 1968, she started working for the Village of Westhampton Beach as an assistant village deputy clerk. She held that position until April 1979, when she was appointed deputy clerk-treasurer; she held that post until retiring in December 1996. She was named to the Westhampton Beach Village Zoning Board of Appeals in 1998, a position she held until her death. She also worked part-time for the last 15 years as a bookkeeper for her two sons, David and Marcus.
Ms. Stinchi had many hobbies, including building miniature dollhouses, organizing yard sales, reading, going to the beach and visiting her grandchildren. She was a member of the Eastern Long Island Miniature Artisans and National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts; she also enjoyed traveling around the country and attending different shows focusing on miniatures.
For more than 40 years she was an active member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Quiogue, and served on the church’s liturgy committee for many years. She served as a member of the Southampton Town Republican Committee for more than a decade. Survivors said Ms. Stinchi also enjoyed traveling and visited Bermuda, Florida, Las Vegas, Italy, France, Holland, Germany, Austria, Greece and Turkey; she also went on a family cruise aboard the Queen Mary.
Ms. Stinchi is survived by her two sons, David Stinchi of Michigan and East Hampton, and Marcus Stinchi of East Quogue and New York City; a sister, Robin Schunk of Flanders; two brothers, Michael Schunk of Shirley and Jeffery Schunk of South Carolina; and two grandchildren, Liya and Christine Stinchi.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her brother, Peter Schunk, of Flanders.
A funeral service will be held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 580 Main Road on Quiogue, on Friday, June 22, starting at 11 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations made to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978.
on Jun 19, 2012