We created a GatheringUs memorial to celebrate the life of Cheryl Lynne Kuchta. Collecting your stories and memories here will offer us great comfort. Click on the heart to let us know you were here and to receive email updates. Thank you for contributing to this lasting memorial.
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"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau
Please share photos of Cheryl prior to the memorial for us to include in the event. Please also let us know if you would like to speak during the memorial so we can add you to the program.
With great sadness I just learned of Cheryl's passing which happened much earlier this year. Cheryl was a long standing, devoted viola partner in our orchestra, the West Coast Symphony, as had been her husband, Ted. Cheryl took part in the orchestra's... moreWith great sadness I just learned of Cheryl's passing which happened much earlier this year. Cheryl was a long standing, devoted viola partner in our orchestra, the West Coast Symphony, as had been her husband, Ted. Cheryl took part in the orchestra's concert tour to the Balkans in 2012. She also played viola in our last mega production before Covid-19 shut us down: on Feb. 23, 2020 she played viola in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at the Orpheum Theatre in front of a large audience.
Our orchestra is just publishing a volume on its history entitled "For the Joy of it" in which we also remember Ted and see him as well as Cheryl on some of the photos. I am so sorry we were not aware of Cheryl's untimely passing, we would have fondly remembered her. She was a much appreciated member of our orchestra and you could tell this activity meant a lot to her. We will miss her.
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Sending lots of love to everyone. Cherry was an amazing lady and Im so happy I was able to spend some time with her during her visits to NY. She always made an effort to visit me and that really meant so much to me!! My dad loved Cherry very much and I... moreSending lots of love to everyone. Cherry was an amazing lady and Im so happy I was able to spend some time with her during her visits to NY. She always made an effort to visit me and that really meant so much to me!! My dad loved Cherry very much and I also admired Cherry very much!
These are some pictures of Cherry during her childhood with her brothers (Larry & Ronny) and dad (Sonny), John Reepmeyer, my dad (cousins) and my grandparents (who are Cherrys Aunt Helen and Uncle Don) in 1957. I’ll always remember the time less
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(pics 1 & 5) April/May 2017 : The year we visited a bunch of different local parks to fill in our "park passports"
February 23, 2021
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(pic 2) Blackberry picking on the side of the highway near our house.
February 23, 2021
H W(pics 3 & 4) August/September 2016 : At the cabin. Long walks on abandoned gravel roads going nowhere. Mom loved to explore the backcountry this way. The blue picnic table she painted all by herself. She always had to be doing something "constructive"... more(pics 3 & 4) August/September 2016 : At the cabin. Long walks on abandoned gravel roads going nowhere. Mom loved to explore the backcountry this way. The blue picnic table she painted all by herself. She always had to be doing something "constructive" (one of her favorite words).