Dorothy Ingersoll Zaykowski - A True Sag Harbor Treasure

It is great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Dorothy Ingersoll Zaykowski. Dorothy was an incredible benefactress to the museum for many, many years, working tirelessly to help the museum in its efforts to preserve and share Sag Harbor's history.

Dorothy has been described as "a town native whose own life embodies so much of the spirit of determination and hard work." She was a fourth generation Sag Harborite, the daughter of a teacher, the librarian in the history room in the John Jermain Memorial Libary in Sag Harbor, a wife, and a mother of three children.

Sparked by her column in the local weekly newspaper, her research evolved over a ten-year period into an account of life in a small town ... how its people join forces to confront adversity and rebuild time and again. This became Dorothy's first book Sag Harbor The Story of an American Beauty Dorothy also, along with the members of the Committee for the Old Burying Ground, compiled all of the material that created the book The Old Burying Ground at Sag Harbor Long Island New York.

Dorothy's loss is a loss for us all, and we send our deepest condolences to her family.