Jean Avis Van Hoesen-Salomon-Cuthbert of Quogue Dies January 29

Jean Avis Van Hoesen-Salomon-Cuthbert passed away peacefully on January 29, 2024.

She was born on September 7, 1944, to Irene and Griffith Van Hoesen, and grew up with her sister Holly and brothers Griffith and Gary in a modest home on Montauk Highway in Quogue. In separate instances, both her father and brother Griffith died tragically during her teenage years. Irene later met and married an airplane pilot named Richard Henry and had a son, Richard Jr., Jean’s half brother.

After graduating Westhampton Beach High School in 1962, she met a Frenchman named John Salomon at the Yardarm beach club. John owned the lumber mill in Speonk at the time. They lived in Remsenburg and Manhattan, spending time with John’s son John Jr. and daughter Denise. They also traveled the world together, then had a son, James, in 1973. That same year they built and opened the Hampton Tennis Academy on Route 104 in East Quogue (now Sporttime). She quickly became an Ace at the game.

When Jean and John’s marriage ended in the late 70’s, she subsequently had a decade long romance with Ralph Nathan, and had the best of times with family that was his son Kevin and daughter Suzanne. Parties galore.

In typical unconventional fashion, later in life Jean met her second husband, Colonel Peter Cuthbert, who was once her high school social studies teacher. They rekindled their connection 50 years later, and were married until his passing in 2021. The most valuable lesson he taught her was that it is never too late in life to find love. They were Wild at Heart for each other.

Jean had an enormous capacity for love and adventure, and that lives on through her son James, daughter-in-law Hala, and her grandchildren Matias and Matilda.

She will be celebrated at the Westhampton Presbyterian Church in Quiogue on Saturday, March 2, at 11am.

Weather permitting, friends and family will walk around the pond at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge in her honor.

All are welcome.