Funeral services will be held next week in Peapack for Joan Scher of Bedminster, known for riding side-saddle with the Essex Foxhounds and her devotion to a variety of equestrian causes.
They included the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation and the Gladstone Equestrian Association. She also served as a District Commissioner of the Somerset Hills Pony Club. A director of Weber & Scher Manufacturing Co., she was active at St Bridgid’s church, where a funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. April 6.
Mrs. Scher, 86, died March 19. She is survived by her sons Douglas (Ann) and Greg (Lee) Scher, as well as six grandchidlren and two great-granchildren.
Donations in her memory may be made to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset.