This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marysday Surnames: Anderson, Nicholas, Scholle, Hendricks, Nagle, Gross, Baker, Schroeder, Glenn, Kitchener, Stott, Martin, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lincoln/6324/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The News Guard Lincoln City, OR 97367 November 20, 2012 Audrey M. Anderson Audrey M. Anderson passed away peacefully on October 22, 2012 at Adventist Medical Center in Portland, Ore., at the age of 77 after a short battle with lung cancer. She is survived by her five children, Marcy Nicholas, Rodger Scholle, Bob Hendricks, Kim Nagle, and Heidi Gross; her grandchildren, Sondra Baker, Kevin Schroeder, Michael Nicholas, Jessica Nicholas, Amanda Nicholas, Nicole Nicholas, and Justine Glenn; and her great-grandchildren, Mason Baker and Chase Baker. She was preceded in death by her father, Walter Kitchener; mother Doris Stott; brother Walter Kitchener; sister Dorothy Martin; and her beloved pets Spooks and Max. She was born in Joliet, Illinois, and grew up in Southern California on a farm with over 100,000 chickens. She attended Villa Cabrini Academy. She raised her family of five children in Pennsylvania where she worked as Bar Manager for Holiday Inn. After her children were grown she resettled in Lincoln City at the Oregon Coast and quickly fell in love with the region. She was known for her joviality, her feistiness, her voracious reading, her love for animals, her appreciation of the simple yet important things in life, and most of all her love for and commitment to her family. And man, did she like weddings! Audrey dedicated her life to making life the best she could for her family - in the face of some very challenging conditions. Not satisfied with that, she followed her passion for animals and in her later years was a pet-sitter who was beloved by her clientele. Audrey was Mom in the very best sense of the word. Before she died, she penned a personal, simply elegant love letter to each of her children to be opened upon her passing. Her legacy lives on in the close-knit family that she stitched together and nurtured for her lifetime. In accordance with her wishes, no services will be held. Memorial donations can be made in her name to the Central Coast Humane Society, PO Box 71, Newport, OR 97341. THANK-YOU MOM! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.