Carolann Lopez Of Hampton Bays Dies June 16

Carolann Lopez of Hampton Bays died on June 16. She was 75.

She was born in Southampton hospital on August 4, 1946. She grew up in Hampton Bays and spent her summers helping run a snack stand and lifeguard stand with her parents Edward and Charlotte Lopez, and her sister Joan.

After graduating from Mercy High School in 1965, she completed her undergraduate work at Notre Dame college in Manchester, New Hampshire. While attending, she was elected state president of the Student New Hampshire Education Association during her junior and senior year. She represented the association at the SNEA national conferences in Minnesota, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

In June 1975, she received her Master of Arts in liberal studies from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. She also held post graduate credits in archaeology, biology, marine biology, children’s literature, history and natural resources.

After finishing her education, she taught second grade for one year in Westhampton Beach until the U.S. Air Force base closed. After that, she taught for 35 years in Bellport as a sixth-grade science and social studies teacher. She married in 1980 and had a son in 1984. In 1988, she was nominated and elected into the Beta Xi chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society international. She retired in 2005 to take care of her mom.

In her retirement years, she enjoyed her old 4-H loves of sewing, quilting, weaving, knitting, and cooking. She also frequently visited the Hallockville Farm in Riverhead for square-dancing, farming and to volunteer caring for the animals.

After a battle with cancer, she died in her sleep at home at the age of 75. She was survived by her son and grandsons.

Arrangements were entrusted to the R. J. O’Shea Funeral Home in Hampton Bays. A Mass of Resurrection was held on June 20 at The Church of St. Rosalie in Hampton Bays. A burial in Good Ground Cemetery followed the Mass.

Donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital (stjude.org) or the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (southamptonanimalshelter.com) would be appreciated.