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Trudy Miehl (née Sümeg)
In Reinersdorf, Austria, Franz and Stefanie (Gerbavsits) Sümeg welcomed their
only daughter Gertrude into the world in 1948. Emigrating from Austria in
1960 along with her brother Frank, the family settled in Yorkville,
Manhattan. Now going by Trudy, for she strongly disliked the American
pronunciation of her given name, she completed her schooling at St. Joseph's
grammar school and Holy Cross Academy.
The family eventually landed in Glendale, Queens. Still, Manhattan continued
to draw Trudy as she studied at LaGuardia Community College and embarked on
a career in television and advertising at Metromedia. Trudy met and married
Fred Miehl, a fellow Austrian who had also immigrated to New York and was
living in Astoria. They spent countless nights dancing with friends into the
early morning hours at Martin's, a club in Ridgewood Queens, and Castle
Harbor Casino in the Bronx. Trudy and Fred married at Sacred Heart Church in
1971. Their reception was – naturally – at Castle Harbor.
Trudy gave up her successful career so she and Fred could raise their two
children, Nicole and Christopher at Sacred Heart. She was always put
together and elegantly dressed (she never wore sneakers). Keeping close to
her Austrian heritage Trudy was a fixture at Burgenländer society events. An
excellent dancer, she and Fred danced as long as the band played at those
events. As a beloved member of the Burgenländer societies, she could never
leave an event without at least an hour of saying goodbye to her many
friends and family in attendance. Following a return to the workforce for
nearly a decade at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Heffernan Investments,
Trudy and Fred moved to Cortland Manor. Trudy and Fred found a home with a
pool to ensure that their grandchildren could fill the house with noise,
love, and laughter. Filling the house with noise was a mission the
grandchildren and their many friends were only too happy to accomplish. An
excellent cook and baker, Trudy would repay her grandchildren's love in many
ways, but often it was via the dinner table where the love and laughter were
muted by the children's enjoyment of her culinary excellence.
Trudy is survived by her husband of fifty-one years Fred, daughter Nicole
with son-in-law Nate, son Chris and daughter-in-law Caitlin, her six beloved
grandchildren Stefi, Klaus, Lorelei, Andreas, Johannes and Elise, beloved
aunt Mitzi Gebavsits, brother Frank Sumeg with sister-in-law Britta,
brother-in-law Frank Miehl with his wife Marcia, cousins, nieces, nephews,
and countless friends.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2022, from 2:00 pm to 4:00
pm and 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Joseph F. Nardone Funeral Home, 414 Washington
Street, Peekskill, NY. Funeral Mass will be offered on Friday, December 9,
2022, at 12:00 pm at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, 381 N. Highland
Avenue, Ossining, NY. In Lieu of flowers, donations in Trudy's memory can be
made.
Published by Joseph F Nardone Funeral Home - Peekskill on Dec. 6, 2022
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