[1] Loving was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania,[2] the youngest of seven children of Alexander and Emma Stewart.
[6] After the Second World War began, Loving volunteered to work as an entertainer for the United Services Organizations in Chicopee.
[9] In 1988, Loving earned a bachelor's degree in Community Education and Media at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
[1] Loving died of a heart attack at age 100, while in rehabilitation at Wingate Nursing Home in Springfield following a broken hip.
[1] The Springfield Theological Society conferred Loving an Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree in recognition of her contributions to the city.
[7] In 2018, UMASS Amherst began a scholarship in Loving's name, which aims to help fund adult students returning to college later in life.