KRISTIN ALEXANDRE

ALEXANDRE--Kristin Colgan Kuhns. 73, of Bedminster, NJ, died peacefully on Sunday, September 12, 2021, surrounded by her family. She had been battling leukemia for a year. Kristin grew up in Oakwood, OH, a suburb of Dayton, where she graduated from high school and later was known as a regular news columnist for the Kettering Oakwood Times. Later, Kristin wrote a regular feature column for the Dayton Journal Herald. After graduating from Sweet Briar College, Kristin moved to New York City and worked for the Economic Development Administration of Puerto Rico; later as a news contributor to Channel 5 News and on air reporter for Public Broadcasting's show "The 51st State." Active as an environmentalist in the 1970's, Kristin was a founder of the first Earth Day, 1970. She was Speaker Coordinator for that event, in charge of inviting guests to speak on issues at Union Square. As an author, Kristin authored "Find a Great Guy" and "Gem City" a novel based in Dayton, featuring gypsies who were known for raising and training horses. As a Guild writer in Hollywood, Kristin co-wrote, produced and sold the feature film "Dead Reckoning," starring young stars, KJ Apa and India Eisley. Kristin was a state representative in New Jersey for The Humane Society of the US. and was passionate about stopping the slaughter of America's coyote and wolf populations. She leaves behind her loving husband, DeWitt; daughter Cynthia, and son Andrew; her loving step-children, Priscilla Dwyer and Tony Alexandre; and four step-grandchildren, Beatrice, Henry, Reed and Fisher. Kristin was integrally involved in the lives of her beloved niece, Christina Cochran, and her five children, and Emily and Alex Williams, and their three children. She also maintained close ties with her former step-children, Laura Woodside and David Gerrity.