Joan Cypher: Born in Tarrytown

Joan M. Cypher, born Joan Covert in Tarrytown NY on April 24, 1944 to North Tarrytown Fire Chief Kenneth L. Covert and Ruth Mowatt Covert, passed in her sleep on July 18, 2015.

Joan graduated from Ossining High School in 1962, and in 1966 she became women’s editor for The Citizen Register. She left to join her mentor Mabel Hill Boyle at the Rockerfeller Family public relations office in White Plains. There she worked alongside Nina Jones Fink and Nancy McIntee Kissinger, among others.

Joan also held positions at Technicon Instruments Corp., several advertising agencies, including one she co-owned with her ex-husband, Robert M. Cypher, former Creative Services Director of Gannett.

Active in community affairs, Joan was a former member of the Croton-Harmon PTSA, served on the board of directors of the Westchester Community Services for the Hearing Impaired, and volunteered extensively for the Vietnam Veterans of America, Peekskill Paramount Theater and the Mental Health Association of Ulster County.

She is survived by her children John L. Cypher of Ulster Park NY and Nicole Dawson of Berkeley Heights NJ; her grandchildren Nia and Julian Dawson; and her brother, former Ossining Fire Chief James Covert.

Private services are planned for August 1, 2015. Arrangements by John G. Crawford Funeral Director. 914-747-2515.