Amy R. Loungway, 97, died Monday, March 3, 2014 at Laurel Lake Center. Born on February 27, 1917 in Grafton, MA, she was the daughter of Alfred Riggs, Sr. and Winifred Leonard Riggs. Mrs. Loungway was a graduate of Grafton High School and of Children's Hospital School of Nursing in Boston, MA. She worked as a private duty Registered Nurse and was formerly employed by Austen Riggs, as well as hospitals in Clinton and Fall River, MA. Mrs. Loungway was a member of the Boston Browning Society. She also served as past president of Hannibal Hamblin RebublicanWomen's Club of Maine, the Service League of the First Congregational Church in Stockbridge and Casco Guild of Casco, ME. She was the former secretary of the Benevolent Society of Fall River Congregational Church in Fall River, MA and served as a summer volunteer at Grenfell Mission Hospital in St. Anthony, Newfoundland in 1939. Mrs. Loungway was an enthusiastic member of historical societies in Swansea, MA, Casco and Otisfield, ME. For the last 24 years, she was a devoted member of the First Congregational Church of Lee. She loved to entertain and have big family gatherings. She married her husband, Ferdinand J. Loungway in 1957. They celebrated 32 years of marriage until the time of his death in 1989. Mrs. Loungway is survived by two sons; Robert R. Farnum and his wife, Sue, and Alexander D. Farnum and his wife, Joan; one daughter; Anne F. Fix and her husband, Gary; a step-son; Duncan P. Loungway, and his wife, Nancy; a daughter-in-law, Lorna; and a son-in-law, Charles. She also leaves four grandchildren; Hilary and Stephen Farnum, Samuel Fix, and Sarah Eiseman, three great-grandchildren; Maple Farnum, Colin Fix and Hannah Eiseman, and a brother, Alfred D. Riggs, Jr. and his wife, Jeanie. In addition to her parents and Ferdinand, Mrs. Loungway is predeceased by her sisters; Doris and Maida, her step-son, John; two step-daughters, Margot and Susan, and her first husband, James Farnum, formerly of Stockbridge, to whom she was married from 1939 to 1957. Because of her devotion to the medical field and her passion for continuing education, Mrs. Loungway generously donated her body as an anatomical gift to the UMASS Medical School in Worcester, MA. A memorial service to celebrate her life is scheduled for Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM at The First Congregational Church in Lee, MA, with the Rev. Bill Neil, pastor, officiating. Friends wishing may make memorial donations in Mrs. Loungway's honor to Hospice Care in the Berkshires or to the First Congregational Church of Lee.

Service Details

Saturday, May 24th, 2014 11:00am, First Congregational Church of Lee