Carol Loucks

Funeral information

Home: Albany, NY	Place of Birth: New York, NY
Date of Death: March 14, 2010	Birthdate: April 13, 1918
	Age: 91

Service information: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:00 AM Parish Of Mater Christi, Albany, NY

Interment: St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY

Biography

Albany- Carol Loucks, passed away March 14, 2010 at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany. She was the Daughter of the late E. Clifford and Ethel Tinney Loucks; sister of the late Ann Loucks. Friends and Family are welcome to attend the Mass of Christian Burial on 11 AM, Wednesday, March 17,2010 at the Parish of Mater Christi, Hurst Ave, Albany. Interment in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands. For those who wish to send donations to Carol's Memory, they may send them to the Landis Arboretum Endowment Fund, PO Box 186, Esperance, NY 12066 or the Parish of Mater Christi.

Nolan Marciniec March 22, 2010

Carol was a tireless volunteer at the Landis Arboretum. I interviewed her in 2005, and I thought her family and friends might appreciate what appeared in our newsletter: "Carol Loucks’ gardening roots run deep: her great-grandfather studied landscape gardening at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, England. She herself remembers learning to plant marigold seeds under her mother’s tutelage when she was three years old. "Carol was first introduced to the Landis Arboretum through the Albany Master Gardeners in 1985, when the group undertook to restore the Van Loveland perennial garden. Nearly every Wednesday morning since then, weather permitting, she’s been tending the beds. "The perennial garden, she says, should encourage gardeners to expand their palettes by demonstrating what plants look like and how they perform in the garden. Her dearest wish is for a core group of dedicated gardeners to volunteer to work in the perennial garden. Gardening, she observed, is by its very nature something to be shared, gardener to gardener, through experience. "She regards the Landis Arboretum a resource for the community, a place of learning for all, children as well as adults. "Carol has always found gardening to be beneficial to one’s mental health. “The best thing you can do for yourself is to work in a garden,” she noted from her “pausing place” in the Van Loveland garden. Most days, she says, just the view of the Schoharie Valley is enough to lift her spirits."

Amy Dunn May 29, 2010

I Just learned of Ms Lockes Passing and I am deeply saddened.She was a wonderful and amazing women and I cared for her very deeply.She will be dearly missed.