Moving from Portland to Oregon Coast’s Neahkahnie Mountain in 1969 with daughter Laura and then husband Fred Kline, Amy and Fred built their own home by hand with no electricity. Amy opened the Rainbow Gallery, a fine art gallery in Cannon Beach, Oregon, until the death of Fred in 1978. Fred and Amy had daughter Grace in 1975 at home, and after Fred’s death, Amy had daughter Suzannah de Moll at home with spouse Kip de Moll. Amy moved with daughter Grace and Suzannah in 1986 to Mill Valley , California where she married her childhood sweetheart John Gage.
Amy was a Certified Yoga Therapist; a teacher of yoga classes at Tillamook Community College, in Cannon Beach and Astoria. Amy taught yoga students at the Rhinehart Clinic and Hospital; set up the program and taught yoga for Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS (hospice) and orthopedic and cancer patients at the University of California, San Francisco Dental School. She taught Yoga for Percussionists, Yoga in Christian Prayer at Grace Cathedral, Yoga for Children, Yoga for People over 53, Yoga in Christian Worship and Yoga for Incarcerated Women. Amy founded the North Coast Hospice in 19__; Amy was involved with Midwifery and delivered over 30 babies in the North Coast. Amy started the International College of the Cayman Islands in 1970 and was a member of its board for over 55 years; lifelong Episcopalian, she regularly attended services at St. Catherine’s By the Sea from her home in Oregon when they were originally held in a room behind the grocery store. She was thrilled that the parish eventually could build its own church.
Amy’s favorite events in life were those involving her husband, children, grandchildren and extended family and friends. She was a great mom. She loved shared dinner table conversations, talks of upcoming events or simple descriptions about the events of your day. She always gave thoughtful individualized gifts; she had such optimism about young people and their futures, and she had tongue-in-cheek nicknames for her towns on the Oregon Coast that always made us laugh. She remembered personal details and could greet you after a lengthy absence and carry on as if the distance and time never existed. Amy had a way of making you feel that you were the most important person in her world; she had a gift for including you in any activity and she made you feel at ease and a part of her family. Her legacy is the great energy she devoted to her family and friends and great success she had in introducing people to new concepts and inspiring them get involved and become active participants. Amy was a mentor to many.
A Celebration of Life Gathering of the Life of Amy will be held at Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, Oregon from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. In lieu of flowers, please bring a story to share of Amy’s impact in your life. An open microphone will be available as well as cards for your stories or notes. If you want to share a longer story or communicate with John, Laura, Grace and Zannah, please send it to AmyCelebrationofLifeStories@gmail.com.
