Fotini Nicholopoulos, of Garden City, died on July 9, 1999. Wife of the late Spiro. Mother of Garfalia Sarmandopoulos, Louis, Elizabeth Speres, George and Peter. Yia yia of 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Sister of Demetrios, Pat and the late Dinos, Taki and Nick. Arrangements were made by the Fairchild Chapel, Garden City. Religious service at St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church. Interment Greenfield Cemetery. Eleanor A. McCaffrey, of Garden City, died on July 16, 1999. Wife of the late Michael J. Mother of Helen M. Flanagan and Ann M. O'Dwyer. Mother-in-law of Terry F. O'Dwyer. and the late Edward J. Flanagan. Grandmother of the late Deirdre, Kevin M. and Ellen A. Flanagan. Arrangements were made by the Fairchild Chapel, Garden City. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph's RC Church. Interment Holy Rood Cemetery.

The Very Rev. Robert Vidal Wilshire, retired dean of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, died peacefully July 22, 1999 at his home in Wilmington, NC, after a brief battle with cancer. He was born in 1937 in New Castle, NSW, Australia, the son of Alan Gilbert Wilshire and Hilary Mary Havelock. Priest, pastor, preacher and teacher, Dean Wilshire served as dean of the Cathedral for 20 years until his retirement in 1999. He previously had served nine years as rector of St. Ann's, Sayville.

Before emigrating to the US for graduate studies in 1967, he served in Australia at several parishes and at the Southport School as its chaplain. An honors graduate of St. Francis Theological College, Brisbane, he received a Master of Divinity in 1967 and a Master of Sacred Theology in 1968 from The General Theological Seminary, NY.

In addition to his pastoral duties as the Cathedral's dean, he served for over 20 years as registrar and professor of theology of George Mercer Jr. Memorial School of Theology in Garden City. The dean was a member of the board of directors of Episcopal Health Services, Inc., the health care arm of the Diocese of LI, from 1979 to 1999. He also served the Episcopal Church as a deputy to three General Conventions and the Diocese of LI on numerous commissions and committees.

He is survived by his brother, Frederick Wilshire, and sisters, Jane Rowell and Alison Hurdtich, a nephew and three nieces, all in Australia; by a nephew, Andrew F. Wilshire of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn; and by all the countless parishioners, friends and colleagues, who have been nourished and enriched by him.

A Eucharist and Burial Office celebrating his devoted and caring ministry was held at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on July 28 with interment following at St. Ann's Cemetery, Sayville. Dean Wilshire had requested that any remembrances be made to the memorial and endowment fund of the Cathedral of the Incarnation.