Anne Christine Loux

Anne Christine Loux, age 81 years, of Knowlton Township, NJ, died suddenly but peacefully on Friday, April 8, 2022, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, PA.

Born on May 21, 1940, in Norristown, PA, daughter of the late William Daniel and Sara Louise Seltzer Furst, Anne Christine was raised in Norristown and had lived for many years in Toms River, NJ, and Maineville, OH, prior to moving to Knowlton Township in 2017 to be closer to family.

Graduating from Eisenhower-Norristown High School in 1958, Anne Christine would continue her education by attending Chestnut Hill Nursing School, graduating as a Registered Nurse in 1961. She would work for many years for private practice physicians specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and her tender, genuine approach was much appreciated by all the women she helped to care for during her career.

Growing up in the Episcopal church was important in Anne Christine’s life for two main reasons. First, it grounded her and instilled in her soul the core the values of compassion, love, and respect for all of God’s children and creatures. Secondly, it was in church where she would meet the love of her life when they were just teenagers, Wayne Loux.

Wayne, also a devout Episcopalian, would proverbially fall ‘head over heels’ for Anne Christine as the pair formed a relationship based on love, respect, and simply, friendship. They would join hands in holy matrimony on October 21, 1961, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Norristown, PA, where they first met seventy years ago.

Their union would bring them three children-Jennifer, Priscilla, and Derek-who each fondly recall their mother as being a woman ahead of her time who made certain her children had ‘a voice’ and that they would never be stifled by society as they fought for what was right and just in the world.

Having many talents, sewing was a large part of Anne Christine’s world, and she made the majority of her children’s clothes from birth right through to high school prom dresses!

Meals, and their preparation, was an important part of Anne Christine’s home, as she felt that mealtime was family time and family was the root of all goodness. She was known to cook everything from scratch, as much of the fun of mealtime was preparing it! Buying many cookbooks each year, she would glean out the best recipes from among hundreds on the same types of food and put her spin and magical touch to each product. Her baking and cooking skills could compete with a Michelin Star chef, and over the years her grandchildren were the lucky recipients of many ‘Grammy’ skills in the kitchen and know how to add a pinch of ‘this’ and a dab of ‘that’ to create and elevate an ordinary meal to something extraordinary.

Becoming a ‘Grammy’ was a turning point in Anne Christine’s world as she loved being a mother and after doing such an amazing job, her children had all left the ‘nest’. When they made her a grandmother, she was simply in heaven. Her nine grandchildren were the fuel of her days, and the stars of her night. She was involved in their lives in many ways, teaching them practical life skills like cooking and sewing, and more innate life lessons such as not judging anyone and remembering that all people are created in God’s image. Her humor and very direct personality made her a favorite among her children and grandchildren’s friends, and she was a ‘Grammy’ to them all.

With family and faith being such an important part of her world, Anne Christine loved to celebrate holidays and special events. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and promotions were all reasons to get together and celebrate. The two most important holidays for her though, were Thanksgiving and Christmas. The meals for each were planned no less than one year in advance, and there would never be a repeat of a menu item from the year before, no matter how good it was nor how much anyone begged to have it again. She loved to keep people guessing and looking forward to both preparing and eating the feast. She was also known to leave her multitude of Christmas Trees up well into late April, keeping the season going as much as possible.

Her time in Toms River made Anne Christine a ‘beach gal’ and the sound of the waves on the shore always provided her with a source of peace in her heart. She also greatly enjoyed reading fiction and non-fiction, with Jan Karon being her favorite author. Though her vision had become severely impaired in the past several years due to Macular Degeneration and Advanced Glaucoma, she never let that stop her from living life, and found audiobooks and other ways in which to keep up with her hobbies.

Most importantly, and especially in her later years, she would celebrate ‘cocktail hour’ daily, with a single Gin Martini, with either an olive or lemon, and of course, always on the rocks.

Though her time on Earth ended earlier than anyone expected, Anne Christine leaves a legacy that can best be summed up through the words of St. Francis of Assisi, whom she had a special affinity for and to whom she prayed daily: Lord make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console. To be understood, as to understand. To be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Anne Christine, throughout your life, you tried to bring peace to the world through your caring actions, you sowed love as best as you were able, you forgave freely, and you provided hope to all. Rest easy now in the arms of your savior, Jesus, and for the first time in a long time, see clearly with your eyes all the goodness your soul created.

In addition to her parents and husband Wayne who died in 2017, Anne Christine was preceded in death by her brother, Daniel William Furst.

Surviving are her three children and their spouses, Jennifer Breland and her husband, Bobby, Priscilla Fay and her husband, Frank, and Derek Loux and his wife, Alina; nine beautiful and adored grandchildren, Andrew, AnneChristine, Christian, Jonathon, Gregory, Courtney, Zachary, Sara, and Rebecca; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family members; and many dear friends. She will also be sorely missed by ‘Cooper’, her canine companion who stayed by her side faithfully every day until she passed.

Graveside services and burial with her beloved husband, Wayne, will be held privately at St. John’s Churchyard, Norristown, PA, under the care and direction of Wright & Ford Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 38 State Highway 31, Flemington, NJ.

You are encouraged to visit Anne Christine’s permanent life celebration site at www.wrightfamily.com to light a candle of hope, leave messages of condolence, share words of comfort and recollection, and post photographs of her life.

Memorial contributions in her memory and honor made be made to the Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation, via mail to 1945 CEI Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45242, or online by clicking HERE. CEI provided Anne Christine with many years of vision that she might not otherwise of had if not for their research and care.

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Wright & Ford, your local, family owned & operated “Life Celebration Home”

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