Amy Abramowitz

1975 - 2017

Amy Elizabeth Augspurger Abramowitz

Fishkill - Amy Elizabeth Augspurger Abramowitz, 41, died peacefully in her sleep at the Kaplan Family Hospice Residence in Newburgh, New York on June 6, 2017. She celebrated her husband's birthday the evening before at a favorite restaurant with him and his family.

She was the beloved daughter of her parents Lynn and Judy and a delight to her sister Anne, her brothers John and Tom, and her aunt Carol Augspurger. She was especially devoted to Ron, her husband of 18 years. She was preceded in death by her father Lynn, brother John, uncle Robert Augspurger, and the Peery and Augspurger grandparents. Her family and many friends will miss her dearly.

Amy was born at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. She attended Birmingham Public Schools and graduated from John Jay High School in Hopewell Junction, New York. She also attended Dutchess Community College.

As a child, Amy enjoyed attending Bloomfield Hills SCAMP. She learned to swim there and joined her friends in the many activities it offered. The fortitude she forged during that time sustained her and inspired many around her throughout her life. She continued to love swimming, first as a member of the high school team and later in the many summers to come with her husband and family.

Amy and Ron lived in Fishkill, New York. She worked for over a decade as a sales associate at Target in Poughkeepsie. She shared her life with the friends she met there, appreciated the comradery of her colleagues, and was an example to the community of how to live each day to its fullest. She also liked her volunteer work at the American Red Cross and was proud that she could donate a rare blood type to help others.

The Augspurger and Abramowitz families appreciate the dedicated doctors, nurses and caregivers who enabled Amy to live courageously with optimism and love in her heart for almost 42 years.

Calling hours will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 8 the McHoul Funeral Home of Fishkill, Inc., 1089 Main Street, Fishkill, NY.

In the coming days, Amy will be laid to rest amongst her ancestors at the Mennonite Cemetery in Trenton, Ohio. Amy and Ron attended the Hopewell Reformed Church; her family members invite the community to join them in a celebration of her life at a memorial service at the Church to be set at a future date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Kaplan Family Hospice Residence, c/o Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550; www.hospiceoforange.com

For directions and online tributes, please visit Amy's page at www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.