Amy Elizabeth Gardner died in April at her home in Somerville, Massachusetts. She was 58.
Born in Long Beach, California, she spent her formative years in Winchester, Massachusetts, and spent all her summers in Quogue, until moving to Idaho in 1976.
Her roots in Quogue went back to the 1890s, when her great-great-grandparents summered at the Quogue House Hotel. Her great-grandparents later built a house on Ocean Avenue, which was occupied, in turn, by her grandparents, parents and siblings, as well as aunts, uncles and cousins.
In her career, she moved more than 10 times and lived in Idaho, California, Alabama, Maine, Virginia, Connecticut and New York, among other places until she settled back in the Boston area. She took a round-the-world trip by herself, going to Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
She worked as a technical logistic specialist at the Nixdorf Computer Company, Akamai Technologies, and the Stone & Webster and Parsons Engineering Companies. She participated in construction at the Millstone, Nine Mile Point, and Brown’s Ferry nuclear power plants.
She spent many volunteer hours with Horizons for the Homeless, Warm Hands Warm Hearts, and the USO.
Ms. Gardner is survived by her father, Richmond Gardner of Quogue; a sister, Cindi Gardner Willis of Pennsylvania; and brothers, Richmond L. Gardner of Pennsylvania and Dave F. Gardner of New York City; and a goddaughter and niece, Mandie J. Willis of Pennsylvania. She was predeceased by her mother, Helen “Lyn” Lovejoy Gardner.
A memorial service will be held in the summer.
on May 12, 2016