Rita M. Kuhn Of Hampton Bays Dies January 30 - 27 East

Rita M. Kuhn Of Hampton Bays Dies January 30

author on Feb 4, 2016

Rita M. Kuhn of Hampton Bays died at her home on January 30. She was 93.

A resident of Hampton Bays for more than 46 years, she had lived in Levittown and was a registered nurse for many years. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Old Towne Lodge #908 of Southampton.

Ms. Kuhn is survived by her husband of 71 years, John “Jack” C. Kuhn Jr.; three children, John C. Kuhn III and wife Cheryl of Speonk, Susan McCabe and husband Thomas of Montauk, and Nancy Coughlin and husband David of Hawthorne; grandchildren, Joseph Vish, Jennifer Palmer, Corrine Vish, Kathryn Ballerini, Sarah Coughlin, Jaclyn Harding-Kuhn and Aimee Ré; and a sister, Rose Kuhn and husband Richard of Hampton Bays. She is also survived by 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the J. Ronald Scott Funeral Home in Hampton Bays. Pastor Rick Boyer of the First Presbyterian Church of Southampton officiated at a funeral service on February 2.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 75 Davids Drive, Hauppague, NY 11788.

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