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Southampton native Raymond W. Enstine of Hilton Head, South Carolina, died on May 23 at Preston Health Center at the Cypress on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. A submarine sonar man and instructor in Key West, Florida, he was 88.
Born July 24, 1920, he attended Southampton Public Schools, Clark School in New England and then Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. On June 24, 1943, he married Ruth Carolyn Pulver. He worked for Bethlehem Steel and enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Later, he worked at Pulver Gas in Bridgehampton and retired after 10 years as president of the company in 1976.
He was a past director of the New York State LP Gas Association and also served as a director of Bridgehampton National Bank. A member of the First Presbyterian Church of Southampton, he served as a deacon and elder. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge in Southampton, a member and past director at the Southampton Golf Club and an officer for both the Water Mill Community Club and the Cotillion Club. He was also a member of the Southampton Pedro card club and a past commodore at the Bullhead Yacht Club.
An avid golfer and an inveterate collector of antiques, he belonged to numerous antique car clubs and was a frequent attendee at, as well as host of, antique car meets on Long Island. He delighted in entering his antique cars in the annual Southampton Fourth of July Parade.
He is survived by a son, Raymond W. Enstine Jr. and his wife Gwendolyn Gehman Enstine of Southampton; a daughter, Cathy Enstine Lawrenz of Saratoga Springs; and a grandson, Scott Raymond Enstine of Shelter Island.
His wife Ruth Enstine, a brother, Milton Enstine, and a sister, Margery Conway predeceased him.
Visitation with Masonic services will be held on Tuesday, June 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., at Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 3, at 10 a.m., at Brockett’s in Southampton, followed by interment at Southampton Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Hospice of the Low Country, 110 Palmetto Way, P.O. Box 3827, Bluffton, South Carolina 29910 would be appreciated by the family.
on May 29, 2009