Joan Carolyn Rigney Hornsby

Joan Carolyn Rigney Hornsby, 74, of Fall River, MA, died on August 14, 2014. Born in Waterbury, CT, she was a graduate of Newburyport High School and Radcliffe College (1962), and she earned an MS from Columbia and an MA and PhD from Boston University. She worked for mental health agencies and then as a clinical psychologist in private practice until illness caused her to retire in February. She leaves behind her husband of 50 years, the Rev. James H. Hornsby, rector emeritus of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fall River. Survivors also include three daughters and sons-in-law, Alison and Thano Chaltas (Stamford, CT), Elizabeth Hornsby-Graham and John Graham (Fairfax, VA), Jennifer Hornsby and Seth Sadofsky (Eugene, OR); a brother and his wife, David and Ann Rigney (Columbus, OH); and five grandchildren, Sarah and Nathan Graham, William and Katherine Chaltas, and Joel Sadofsky. She enjoyed playing cello in the Fall River Symphony and Providence Adult String Ensemble and served on the St. Anne's Hospital ethics board. She loved hiking with her husband and friends, especially in the SE Massachusetts Bioreserve. Memorial gifts may be made to Crossroads Springs School for AIDS orphans in Hamisi, Kenya (Crossroads Springs Africa, P.O. Box 242, East Aurora, NY 14052); Episcopal Relief & Development (P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116); and Latika Roy Foundation, serving Indian people with disabilities: latikaroy.org. A memorial service will be held Friday, August 22, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Luke's Church, 315 Warren St., Fall River. Callers are welcome at the church from 10:00 to greet the family.