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Louise M. Thiele McKerrell age 97 passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Port Jervis, NY. She was born on May 22, 1920 in Port Jervis the daughter of Henry and Anna Carr Thiele. Louise married William H. McKerrell, Sr. who pre-deceased her. She was a member of the Pond Eddy United Methodist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Lumberland Fire Dept.. Known affectionally as “The hat lady” she made everyone laugh when she wore one of her unusual and outrageous hats. Louise traveled extensively with her husband William McKerrell. She was particularly fond of Hawaii but there was no place to her like Glen Spey, N. Y. She loved her home in the country. Never grumpy or critical of others she gave with a kind and gracious spirit. Louise is survived by her daughter Delores Stavola and her husband James of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, her son William H. McKerrell, Jr. and his wife Linda of Glen Spey, her beloved grandchildren William J. McKerrell and his wife Tanja, Michael McKerrell and his wife Marie, Matthew McKerrell, Michele and Amy Persico, her beloved great grandchildren; William, Andrea, Molly Mason McKerrell and Christian Walby, several nieces and nephews and a host of close friends. Louise, second oldest of the Thiele siblings was pre-deceased by her sisters, Eleanor Roberty, Audrey Wheeler, Deline Norris, Marge Bachelder, and Florence Hunt, her brothers, Henry, Pete and Howard Thiele. Memorial services will be held 1 PM Sunday, December 17, at the Pond Eddy United Methodist Church, Pond Eddy, NY. Rev. Nancy Vonderhorst will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pond Eddy United Methodist Church, 122 Berm & Church Rd., Pond Eddy, NY 12770 or to the Lumberland Fire Dept., 5000 County Rt. 31, Glen Spey, NY 12737. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. For information, directions or to send a condolence note tot he family visit knight-auchmoody.com