LAKEVILLE – Crowds gathered at Angers Conway Farm on Saturday, Oct. 5 to support a farming family’s legacy and to honor the memory of lifelong Lakeville resident and respected mechanic Arthur Conway. 

The second annual Angers Conway Fall Festival and Car Show had special significance this year, as the car show memorialized Conway, who passed away last February after a long battle with cancer. 

Sunny weather and warm temperatures made for a day filled with remembrance and “positive energy,” according to Conway’s grandson Liam Conway, who helps maintain the farm. Arthur Conway’s brother George Conway runs the farm, where Arthur operated his trucking business. 

Conway said the objective of the event is to help cover costs to keep the farm operating while also opening it up to the public. 

“We want to be able to share the property with the community,” he said. 

He views agritourism as a way to preserve his family legacy. “I want the farm to stay a farm forever,” he noted.

The day served as a perfect opportunity for tractor aficionados like two-year-old Beau DeMoranville to see machines up close. 

Beau’s mother Abby Aranjo said she and her husband Josh decided to bring their son to the fair because it was a fun fall activity. 

The day was an “emotional” one for Arthur Conway’s wife Jean Kingsbury-Conway. The fall festival also featured a Memorial Car Show with a “rev to remember” ride in honor of Conway.

“He was my best friend,” said Kingsbury-Conway, who described her late husband as a humble man and a “brilliant” mechanic with “so many good friends.”

Kingsbury-Conway said she and her late husband were only married 50 days by the time he passed, but had been together for over a decade before then. 

Conway worked as a mechanic for 50 years and operated a trucking repair business out of the family farm, she said. 

His passion, she noted, was fixing up “old-school gassers.” Two of the cars he rebuilt, including Conway’s prized 1956 Chevrolet outfitted with a 409 horsepower engine, were on display at the fair. 

The car show gave car fanatics like Ralph Freeman a chance to see other antiques that caught his eye. Freeman brought his 1966 Chevy Malibu out for the occasion. He said he has loved cars his whole life, something he shared with Conway.