Amelie Hicking

Amelie (Amy) Rosalind Masinda Russell Hicking passed away in New Orleans her beloved home, on August 4, 2021, at the age of 83. Born in Hartford, Connecticut to William and Johanna Hauschild Masinda. Miss Amy grew up in Willington, Connecticut, and spent her adult years in Manchester, Connecticut. She retired in the 90s from her position as a medical lab technician at the Department of Pathology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Moving to New Orleans at the age of 60 after vacationing there for years, she found her true home in the French Quarter. Friends and family gathered in New Orleans to pay tribute to Miss Amy at a jazz funeral. At her request, half of Miss Amy's ashes were scattered in the Mississippi and the rest of her ashes will be interred with her mother in Saint James Cemetery in Manchester, Connecticut. She was one-of-a-kind and unforgettable. All who knew and loved her will miss the bright light she shone on our lives. Amy was predeceased by her first husband, Richard Russell (whom she married twice), and her second husband, Ray Hicking.