Alice Elizabeth Looney of Westhampton died at home on December 3, 2016, surrounded by family and friends. She was 57.
Mrs. Looney was born on April 18, 1959, and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. She attended Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart and Princeton Day School, before matriculating at the University of Delaware, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a concentration in social work.
She met John “Patrick” Looney at the University of Delaware, and they were married on July 7, 1984. She was the first girl Patrick met at the University of Delaware. They settled outside of Washington, D.C., and raised their two children, Elizabeth and Patrick “Sid” Looney, there, before moving to Westhampton in 2005.
Mrs. Looney was the membership liaison at the Westhampton Country Club, a job that suited her perfectly. She loved living in Westhampton and being part of the community and found friends everywhere she went.
In April 2012, she was diagnosed with appendiceal cancer and began treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. Survivors said she continued to personify beauty, grace, and dignity in all that she did in the years preceding her death. She worked, traveled, went to yoga classes, and was grateful to see her children grow into adulthood. Through it all, she remained strong and courageous.
In the final weeks of her life, she returned home from the hospital and was cared for by her friends and family and by East End Hospice.
She is survived by her husband, John “Patrick” Looney of Westhampton; two children, Elizabeth Looney of Manhattan and Patrick “Sid” Looney of Westhampton; her parents, Eleanor and William Graff of New Jersey; and a brother, William Graff of New Jersey.
A memorial service will be held at St. Mark’s Church in Westhampton Beach on Saturday, December 10, at 11 a.m. A memorial service and interment of ashes will be held on January 14 at Christ Church in Greenville, Delaware, where she and her husband were married.
Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, eeh.org; or Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, mskcc.org.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Follett & Werner Funeral Home in Westhampton Beach.
on Dec 5, 2016