Amy was born to Martha Elizabeth (King) and Roy Lester Turner in Canastota, NY on Oct 17, 1927. She was raised on a cattle farm along with her brother, Harry ('Bud' – 1928 - 1998). After her mother died when Amy was 3, she and her brother were raised by their grandmother, Laura Elizabeth (Murray) Turner.

From childhood, Amy helped work the farm, collecting eggs, tending cows, even driving the hay truck with a brick on the gas pedal at age 6.

Amy's artistic talents began in childhood, making her own paper dolls. She began sewing her own clothes, which she continued throughout her life. In high school she designed and created sets for school plays. No stranger to hard work, Amy also volunteered as a nurse's aide in the local hospital giving basic care to patients.

She graduated from Canastota High School in 1945, as WWII ended, and went on to graduate from Syracuse University, majoring in Art and Education.

In 1949 she began teaching art in the Unadilla, NY school system. She would regularly 'run into' a handsome guy who just 'happened' to be at the local post office when she collected her daily mail. It didn't take long before William (Bill) and Amy were married in her home church in Canastota, NY on June 28, 1952. She made her own wedding dress, which a few years later she would cut up and make into matching dresses for her 3 daughters, Sandra, Lora and Debra.

Bill was in the Army band, so they moved frequently during their early marriage. They lived in Maryland, Florida, New Jersey and eventually back in Maryland where they finished raising their daughters.

Bill became a corporate pilot and was often out of town. Amy chauffeured her daughters to their piano lessons, ballet classes, and many extra-curricular activities. She continued sewing all of their clothing, made a point of cooking healthy meals from scratch, kept a clean house, all while pursuing her passion as an entrepreneur. She opened a fabric store and taught dress-making skills and the "Stretch and Sew" method of sewing knit clothing long before the chain-fabric stores existed. She made everything from men's suits to swimsuits, underwear, wedding dresses, and winter wool coats.

Amy was also a professional artist, creating many beautiful acrylic and oil paintings through the years. She merged her painting and sewing talents and created a unique art of free-hand embroidery and quilt-making on the sewing machine. Her creations were truly works of art, winning her many top awards in regional and national quilt shows. Her exquisite "Guardians of Liberty" quilt was purchased by a collector and hung in the Smithsonian Institute. It featured the Eagle Presidential Seal in the center, with palm-sized portraits of every American president through 1976, with the Statue of Liberty at the top (She did not want a quilt with "just only men on it".) The quilt was featured in a book published in 1999 by Quilter's Newsletter entitled, "100 Best Quilts of the 20th Century." Amy was recognized as a master artist, and featured in articles world-wide, even Russia. After Bill retired, they traveled the country on a teaching tour for many years, inspiring new artists to develop her 'thread art' technique.

Amy and Bill moved from Maryland to Plano, Texas in 1990 where they became active in their local senior center and with their daughter's family, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

After Bill passed in October 2014, Amy continued to live independently for several years. She spent long days on the Ancestry.com site researching ancestors as far back

as the 1500's. She amassed over 7,000 names on her tree. She was enthralled with history coming to life in a very personal way.

Her legacy as a strong, creative and determined woman, as well as her values to be kind and to "always follow the golden rule" has been passed on to her girls.

Preceded in death by her husband, William Edwin Chamberlin, Amy is survived by her daughters, Sandra (Gary) McKenzie, Lora Chamberlin, Debra (Robert) Chamberlin-Wynn; her grandchildren James McKenzie, Laura (Clay) McMurray, Cianna Wynn; and her great-grandchildren Ben and Henry McKenzie, Cooper and Lyla McMurray.

In lieu of flowers, Amy requested that memorial donations be given to a fund founded by 12-year-old Izzy Grace Martin, months before she succumbed to osteosarcoma. https://www.teamizzyfoundation.org/