Joan Kuehl of Riverhead died on June 19, 2015. She was 75 years old.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 7, 1940 to Virginia (nee VanDenHeuval and Frank Tyrell.
In 1960, she married Hans J. Kuehl and together they made their home in Flushing and later West Hempstead and Lindenhurst. Upon retirement, they moved to North Carolina and Florida. Eventually they returned to Long Island and settled in Jamesport and more recently Riverhead.
For many years, she worked as a secretary for W.A. Baum, Co., in Copiague; the manufacturers of blood pressure apparatus.
Joan will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother and friends. She enjoyed traveling and crocheting.
Predeceased by her husband Hans J. Kuehl on January 25, 2012, she is survived by four sons, John, Joseph and Paul all of Lindenhurst and James of Arizona and two grandchildren.
The family received friends on June 25 at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. Funeral services were held on January 26 at DeFriest-Grattan by the Rev. George Summers. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery.
Memorials to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated.
Editor’s note: Updated June 28.