Lucy Forkner Greene, a longtime resident of Greenwich, CT, died August 7 at her assisted living facility in Darien, CT. She was 86. She died of natural causes in her sleep the family said.
Born December 7, 1934, in Beijing, China, she was the daughter of Dr. Claude E. Forkner and Marion Dubois Forkner. At the time of her birth her father was professor of medicine at Peking Union Medical Center. The family lived in Beijing from 1932-1937.
Her grandparents, Helen Sturges DuBois and Arthur DuBois had built a house on Mead Point in Greenwich in 1903, where they, their children and grandchildren summered for over fifty years. After her grandparents passed, Mrs. Greene built her own house on a portion of the Mead Point property.
She grew up in New York City and attended the Nightingale-Bamford School and Miss Hewitt’s. She graduated from Dana Hall School in 1953 and Rhode Island School of Design in 1957. She taught art at the The Shady Hill School, Cambridge, Massachusetts and at The Greenwich Country Day School.
A resident of Greenwich, CT for over 55 years, Mrs. Greene was an accomplished artist. Her paintings were exhibited at Greenwich Library, Bruce Museum, Gallery 3, the Greenwich Cinema and other local venues. Lucy had multiple interests including tennis (she had an admirable serve), playing golf with her husband Tom, studying nutrition, international cooking and travel. She enjoyed abstract painting, dancing and gardening. Lucy devoted time to her family and drew pleasure from bringing extended family together.
She is survived by her four children, Abigail Kamen, Hillary McAtee, and Peter Spizzirri, all of Greenwich and Andy Spizzirri of Fairfield; three stepchildren, Elizabeth Nowakowski of Seattle, Washington, Thomas A. Greene, Jr. of Fairfield, Connecticut and Virginia Greene of Carpinteria, California, and nine grandchildren, Haley McAtee, Jackson McAtee, Melody McAtee, Alexander Kamen, Liza Kamen, Nicholas Spizzirri, Eliot Spizzirri, and Alexandra Spizzirri all of Greenwich and Lucas Spizzirri of Fairfield.
She was predeceased by her husband of 42 years, Thomas A. Greene, her brother, Claude E. Forkner Jr. and her sister Helen Haskell.
A memorial service is being planned.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Food for the Hungry.
