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Former East Islip resident John Sander dies at 82

Long Islanders searching for a taste of Germany often looked no further than John Sander's deli.

There, Sander would whip up potato salads, accompanied by bratwurst, liverwurst and head cheese - the pungent tastes of Sander's ancestral homeland.

Sander, a longtime resident of East Islip who owned a string of such delicatessens on Long Island, died Dec. 1. He was 82 and the cause was...

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