Trudy Florence Wold of Mattituck died on March 2, 2023 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. She was 64 years old.
She was born on Oct. 19, 1958 in Greenport to Harry and Dorothy Wold. She graduated from Riverhead High School in 1978. She began working in a local coffee shop. She then worked at the A & P grocery store — later Waldbaum’s and Mattituck Marketplace — where she worked in the deli for most of 40 years.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Riverhead. She was also a long time member of the Riverhead Fire Department Ladies’ Auxiliary and the Suffolk District Order of the Eastern Star in Riverhead. She was involved in many of the fundraisers and programs the organizations sponsored. She volunteered in the Good News Thrift Shop at Mattituck Presbyterian Church. Her hobbies included working in her flower gardens, completing puzzles, doing needlepoint and other sewing projects, Sunday dinners with friends and visiting with neighbors as she walked her dog.
She was predeceased by her parents. She is survived by her brother Harry Wold III of Terrell, Texas and sister Laurie (Steve) Giese of Tipton, Missouri.
The family will receive visitors on Friday, March 10 at 9 a.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. A funeral service will be held afterwards at the funeral home at 11 a.m. with interment following at Riverhead Cemetery.
