Agnes C. Lovelidge

Agnes Catherine Schiller Lovelidge, age 97, was born April 16, 1923- died December 6, 2020. She was born in Brooklyn, NY to Agnes Kaiser Schiller and William Schiller. She graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in Masbeth, NY. She began her career working at the Equitable Life Insurance Company, using a Varityper. She was so skilled at operating that machine that she was recruited to work at Varityper, and accompanied the salesman on their sales calls to demonstrate the machine. She married her loving husband, Thomas J. Lovelidge, Sr. on January 6, 1946, and they spent 62 years together and had seven sons. They lived in Masbeth, Queens, prior to moving to Freeport, NY, where they lived for most of their married life. While raising her family, Agnes was a very active parishioner at Our Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Freeport, and in The Catholic Daughters of America, serving as Grand Regent for several years. She was also an active member of the Athena Club, the PTA and the Outreach at Our Holy Redeemer Church. She was also very active in local politics as the wife of a Trustee of Freeport. Once her youngest son was in high school, she returned to the business world, working for the local newspaper, The Leader, for a short time, and then at the Freeport Memorial Library, where she worked for over 17 years, retiring only due to the need to get treatment for cancer. Agnes was predeceased by her parents, her brother Robert Schiller, her husband, her sons Gregory and Christopher Lovelidge, and her great grandson Joseph Dean Tomaro. She is survived by her sister Dorothy Dippi, her brother William Schiller Jr., her sons Thomas Jr. (Maryann), Stephen, Peter (Carol), Robert (Mary), and Jeffery (Rosemarie); 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; nieces, nephews and friends. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Agnes' name to the American Cancer Society or the charity of your choice. Family will receive friends on Thursday December 10th from 5:00 - 8:00PM. During this unprecedented time, and in compliance with guidelines stipulated by the Centers for Disease Control and the NYS Department of Health, we are forced to limit attendance at visitations, memorials, and funeral services to 50 people or less. Our staff may ask mourners to wait outside the chapel, outside the funeral home, or to keep their visit brief so as to allow others an opportunity to mourn. While in the funeral home, we are requesting all visitors to wear a mask and to limit physical contact such has hugging, handshaking, or contact with the face. There is also hand sanitizer readily available. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. Funeral Mass Friday December 11th at 9:30AM at Our Holy Redeemer RC Church. Interment Calverton National Cemetery