Joshua Richard Castantine Of Sag Harbor Dies June 29

Joshua Richard Castantine died on June 29th, 2022. He was 43. Josh was born in Southampton Hospital to Richard F. Castantine and Barbara Burns Castantine on May 14th 1979. He grew up on Bayview Avenue in Sag Harbor at his paternal grandfather’s house. His education started in local parochial schools and after graduating from St. Andrews he continued at Sag Harbor High School so he could play baseball and hopefully someday become a professional baseball player.

Due to a sport injury his dreams were no longer possible so he decided to persue his passion for cooking and started trainig at a culinary school in Brooklyn. He enjoyed the city but missed the East End with its ocean, bays, beaches, open spaces, and his friends and family. He returned to Sag Harbor and started in the pool servicing with the employer he had while still 
in high school. Later on, he had his own successful pool servicing business and at times worked for other companies doing similar work.

Josh loved trucks and power cars and in the winter he would go skiing and snow mobiling in Vermont and Maine. During the baseball season he would go to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets with his friends but also with his grandfather, Lawrence Burns, whom he adored. He enjoyed fishing and searching for clams, scallops, and oysters. He would prepare his catch for his family and friends at his great aunt Marie’s house on Hampton Road in Sag Harbor. He was an excellent cook. He knew everybody in his home town and one day hoped to write a book showing how everybody was related to each other in one way or another.

His happiest moments were when he would spend time with his daughter, Grace. Together they would cook, watch cooking shows, TV cartoons, and favorite DVDs. They would spend time outdoors whether taking a ride or going for ice cream or Chinese take out food. They would also play with his dogs first with Buster, and later with Toby, both English bulldogs.

Josh is survived by his daughter Grace Castantine, mother Barbara Castantine and her husband Chip Rana, sister Kaley Castantine, grandmother Cynthia Burns (sad to say, his grandmother had been ill and died on 8/25/2022, obituary to follow), uncles Larry and James Burns, uncle Tim Castantine, many cousins, and a lot of friends.

Services were held at the Yardley Funeral Home in Sag Harbor on July 5th, 2022. The burial was the next day at the St. Andrews Catholic Cemetery. We shall miss him. Donations can be made in his name to the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps.