Mary Joan Riehm

What a wonderful and amazing woman to be so remembered for her extraordinary talents which, although I have never met her, I'm sure are absolutely accurate.

With my deepest condolences

If anyone ever bloomed where they were planted, it was Joan. Her intellect and personality would have achieved success far from Louisville but she stayed and we'll be harvesting benefits for years to come.
My memories are from high school and later, when I returned from college and worked alongside her for several years. In high school Joan always had the best, and weirdest, show-and-tell assignments and together we staged the first presidential debates ever held at Sacred Heart.
Mel,...

The loss of multi-talented Joan Riehm, former deputy mayor of Louisville, stretches across the entire metro region, extending across the Ohio River to the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center in Clarksville, Indiana.

Joan was a member of the original Falls of the Ohio Foundation (formerly the Clarksville Riverfront Foundation), lending her enormous energy and expertise to the funding, planning and construction of the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center. Her...

To the family of Joan Riehm,
My parents and Joanie's were old friends. They were members of the old Richmond Boat Club and very good friends. We would visit them and sometimes Joanie would be there. She was always friendly and fun to be around. My family expresses our condolences to Mel and his family as well to all the Riehms. She will be greatly missed. Fred Pfeffer

One of the great pleasures of my tenure as CEO of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship was the chance to know and work closely with Joan Riehm, our Chair. Even as her discomfort persisted and increased she showed herself to be relentlessly positive, encouraging, generous and optimistic. She was a great gift to her community and to all who were touched by her presence.

Forceful, with a bright,
decisive mind, but caring,
with a warm and idealistic
nature, she was one of the
most impressive figures in our
public life. Kentucky has lost
a leading lady, and the lights
are dim in those important
spaces where she used to
shine.

Hard to understand why a person who bought so much happiness to all who knew her, would have to leave so soon. When I stopped by briefly after Christmas, she greeted me with that winning smile. A loss for us, but for her it was a relief from so many days of suffering. Never realized how mcuh she did over the years, doing so much to help the community. There will be an emptiness, but memories of the happiness she brought to those who knew her. We send our prayers and condolences. Marie

Joan was one of a kind. The years we worked together in Louisville government made me respect her as a leader and like her as a person. It is hard to imagine she is gone. She will be sorely missed.

To my Second Cousins, Weda, Johnny and Charlie,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and, of course, with Joanie. I will always remember her having your mom's smile and a sparkle in her eyes like your dad had. May she rest in eternal peace and may God bless all of the Riehms, those gone before us and those of us left who will always love and remember them.