Amy LaValley

Mystic — Amy M. (Strickland) LaValley, 86, of Mystic, wife of the late John H. LaValley, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at Westerly Health Center.

Born in Mystic, at home, she is the daughter of the late William and Florence (Oakes) Strickland of Mystic. She attended the Groton School System and graduated from Robert E. Fitch High School in 1950. Amy worked for the Stonington School System for many years and during that time she also made draperies for Noyes Dry Goods while they were open.

Amy enjoyed knitting, crocheting and sewing. She was active in the Little League Auxiliary and was a den mother for the Boy Scouts. Amy has researched her genealogy and found that on her father’s side of the family she is related to Walter Avery Buddington and Samual Hill, who fought at the Battle of Groton Heights during the Revolutionary War.

She is survived by her sons, William of Mystic, Robert and his wife, Gina, of Ashaway, R.I. and David and his wife, Tina, of Pawcatuck; her seven grandchildren, Michael and his wife, Heather, of Eliot, Maine, Brenda Kinkade and her husband, Erick, of South Berwick, Maine, Tyler and Jessie of Ashaway, R.I., Jennifer, Gwendolyn and Owen of Pawcatuck; as well as three great-grandchildren, Kash of Eliot, Maine, and Samantha and James Storey of South Berwick, Maine. She is also survived by her brother, Joseph Strickland of South Carolina and his children and grandchildren.

Amy is predeceased by her sister, Gloria Ann Strickland; and her longtime companion, Larry Hale.

Her family will greet relatives and friends from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at the Dinoto Funeral Home, 17 Pearl St., Mystic, immediately followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Services will conclude with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic.