Audrey
Audrey J. Flaxington
d. February 13, 2009
Audrey Jane Flaxington
Hornell
Audrey Jane Flaxington, 86, of
7584 Airport Rd,passed away Friday (February13, 2009) at McAuley Manor, where she had been a resident sinceDecember. She was born on August13, 1922 in Syracuseto Ward B and Cassandra ( Holland)Flaxington. She spent most of her growing up years inHornell, where her father was pastor of the former Westminster PresbyterianChurch on Washington Street.She attended Irving Elementary School and Hornell High School where was an active participantin the girls sports programs, graduating with the Class of 1941. She furtheredher education at SUNY Cortland where she earned her Bachelors degree in 1946 inPhysical Education. Audrey earned her Masters degree in the same discipline at New York University. She taught girls PhysicalEducation at Newark, NY, Goshen,NY and then in Oakland and San LeandroCAfor many years. Audrey returned to the roots in Hornell in 2005. Travel was oneof her greatest interests and she went to Europeand England several times, living for 2 years with a family in Sweden . An article in the HornellEvening Tribune told of her adventures, riding a motor bike all over theselands. Opera was also a great loved and she attended or listened to themwhenever possible. (The Metropolitan being her favorite)She was a lifelong Presbyterian and avid Republican. She waspredeceased by her parents and 3 sisters Jean King, Marilyn Myers, and Beverly Smerek. Surviving are nieces and nephews, her caregiverBarbara Makeley of Hornell, classmate and good friendEllen Hardy of Almond, and friend and helper Shirley Jackettof Hornell.
A graveside service will be held on (Tuesday) at 1:00pm atthe Hornell Hope Cemetery in the Presbyterian section next to her parents, with the Rev. Steve Dygertofficiating.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Robertson Funeral Homeof Hornell.
Hornell
Audrey Jane Flaxington, 86, of
7584 Airport Rd,passed away Friday (February13, 2009) at McAuley Manor, where she had been a resident sinceDecember. She was born on August13, 1922 in Syracuseto Ward B and Cassandra ( Holland)Flaxington. She spent most of her growing up years inHornell, where her father was pastor of the former Westminster PresbyterianChurch on Washington Street.She attended Irving Elementary School and Hornell High School where was an active participantin the girls sports programs, graduating with the Class of 1941. She furtheredher education at SUNY Cortland where she earned her Bachelors degree in 1946 inPhysical Education. Audrey earned her Masters degree in the same discipline at New York University. She taught girls PhysicalEducation at Newark, NY, Goshen,NY and then in Oakland and San LeandroCAfor many years. Audrey returned to the roots in Hornell in 2005. Travel was oneof her greatest interests and she went to Europeand England several times, living for 2 years with a family in Sweden . An article in the HornellEvening Tribune told of her adventures, riding a motor bike all over theselands. Opera was also a great loved and she attended or listened to themwhenever possible. (The Metropolitan being her favorite)She was a lifelong Presbyterian and avid Republican. She waspredeceased by her parents and 3 sisters Jean King, Marilyn Myers, and Beverly Smerek. Surviving are nieces and nephews, her caregiverBarbara Makeley of Hornell, classmate and good friendEllen Hardy of Almond, and friend and helper Shirley Jackettof Hornell.
A graveside service will be held on (Tuesday) at 1:00pm atthe Hornell Hope Cemetery in the Presbyterian section next to her parents, with the Rev. Steve Dygertofficiating.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Robertson Funeral Homeof Hornell.
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