Obituaries
Memorial Service For Sidney Abbott Announced
Abbott died in a fire at her Southold home on April 15.
The memorial service for Sidney Abbott, a well-known feminist and lesbian activist who died in a fire at her Southold home on April 15, was recently announced.
The service will take place at the Cutchogue Methodist Church located at 29685 Main Road in Cutchogue on Saturday, May 9, starting at 2 p.m.
Leading the service will be Don McKinney while Charlotte Day will provide the music, according to SoutholdLocal.
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All are welcome. Guests are asked to RSVP by Friday, May 1, to 631-734-5594, musicfield@optonline.net.
Abbot, 78, was a former member of the “Lavender Menace” and author of the book, “Sappho Was a Right-on Woman”.
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She graduated from the University of New Mexico and went to graduate school at Columbia University, studying urban planning, according to The Suffolk Times.
After graduating she worked in New York City government where she became the first community planning board member to be openly gay. Abbot also served on the Suffolk Town Democratic committee, according to The Suffolk Times.
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