Community Mourns Man Who Died Tragically While Shoveling

CUTCHOGUE, NY — The North Fork community is mourning a man who died tragically in Cutchogue while shoveling snow during Saturday's storm.

According to Southold Town Police, Robert M. Doroski, 77, fell into a swimming pool and drowned while he was out shoveling during the heavy winds and snowfall.

The family will receive friends on Friday, February 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck, where firematic services will be rendered at 7 p.m.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, February 5 at 11 a.m.. at Our Lady of Ostrabrama Roman Catholic Church in Cutchogue.

The rite of committal will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Cutchogue Fire Department would be appreciated. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

The Cutchogue Fire Department mourned a man who leaves a long legacy of service in the community.

"It is with great sadness that the Chiefs announce that 59-ear member and ex-Commissioner Robert Doroski has answered his last alarm," the Cutchogue Fire Department wrote.

Doroski joined the CFD in March of 1963 as the department's 268th member, the CFD said.

He served as a Fire Commissioner of the Cutchogue Fire District from 1986 to 1996 and continued to remain active on the CFD Fire Police Squad.

"Throughout the years, he held several positions and was the chairman of the CFD Chicken Barbecue in 1973. He worked the event each year on the pit committee helping to cook the chicken for our 3000 guests," the CFD said.

"The Chiefs, Officers and Members of the Cutchogue Fire Department wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife Marie, the entire Doroski family, all of his friends and fellow responders here at CFD. Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time. May he rest in peace," the CFD said.