Former funeral home owner dies at 81
An active member and former business owner in the Bay Ridge community for many years, native Brooklynite Joanna Kasler died on Wednesday, April 1. She was 81.
The former owner of Fred Herbst Sons, Inc. Funeral Home and E.C. Waldeck Home for Funerals, Kasler devoted years to the funeral business, all while serving and volunteering for many civic and non-profit organizations.
Kasler served on the board of the United Hospital Fund of Greater New York and was its Brooklyn chairperson in the 1970s. She was also a board member and at one time president of the Bay Ridge Day Nursery Juniors and the Ladies Auxiliary of Lutheran Medical Center. She also volunteered at Lutheran Medical Center with her mother.