HYDE PARK - Barbara Anne Kaehler, 56, of Hyde Park, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2004 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie.
The owner of Hearthstone Ceramics, she specialized in teaching classes and showing mother-of-pearl holiday ceramics at many area craft shows.
A licensed cosmetologist in Connecticut, she graduated from the A.I. Prince Regional Technical School in Hartford, Conn. in 1965.
A longtime area resident, she was a member of the First Congregational Church in Poughkeepsie.
Born on Sept. 7, 1947 in Hartford, Conn., she was the daughter of Robert A. Brown of New Britain, Conn. and the late Mabel Adams Brown.
On Jan. 17, 1969, she married Allan Richard Kaehler in Avon, Conn.
Her husband survives at home. In addition to her husband and father, she is survived by a daughter, Jennifer Kaehler of Hopewell Junction; a sister and brother-in-law, Donna and John Nowakowski of New Britain, Conn.; one niece; two nephews; and several aunts and uncles.
There are no calling hours.
Cremation has already taken place. Interment will be at the Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge, N.H.
Donations in Barbaras name may be made to the Roosevelt Fire Department Rescue Squad, Bill Reynolds Boulevard, Hyde Park, NY 12538.
The family wishes to thank members of the Roosevelt and Fairview Fire Departments and the Dutchess County Emergency 911 Center for their dedicated and caring support.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sweets Funeral Home, Route 9, Hyde Park.
To send her family a condolence, please visit our website at www.sweetsfuneralhome.com.