November 28, 2010
Olive (Lewis) Kuehne, 85, wife of Richard E. Kuehne, of Rockport, MA., died Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at Mass General Hospital in Boston.
Born in Kingston, New York on December 6, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Howard Augustus and Margaret Crawford Lewis.
Olive was a graduate of Bennett College and Wells College both located in New York.
She loved the arts and enjoyed painting in both water color and oils. In New York, she was a member of an artist co-op and gallery and in Massachusetts she was a long time member of the Rockport Art Association.
Following in her father’s philanthropic footsteps, Olive supported multiple charities and church. She was also a member of the Junior League, the Garden Club of America and served on the school board of Washingtonville Central School in NY.
She lived with her family in Saginaw, MI, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY and Rockport, MA.
In addition to her husband Richard, she is survived by her three children, Helene “Lenny” Turnquist and husband Paul of Boxford, MA, Howard “Hal” Kuehne and wife Mary Anne of Virginia Beach, VA., Margaret “Meg” Lustig of Jackson, N.H.; grandchildren, Max and Paul Jr. “P.J.” Turnquist, Ian and Meghan Kuehne and her sister Clara “Scrappy” Yallum of Kingston, N.Y.
Olive was predeceased by her older sister Margaret Beal of Kingston, N.Y.
Funeral services will be held privately at a later date.
Memorial gifts may be made in Olive’s name to the Rockport Art Association, 12 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966.
Funeral arrangements are by the Burgess & Mackey Funeral Home, 201 Main Street, Rockport.
For online condolences, please visit greelyfuneralhome.com.
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