AUDREY DAGMAR O’BRIEN OF ARROWWOOD, FORMERLY OF CALGARY, PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 14, 2001 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
AUDREY WAS BORN OCTOBER 29, 1925 AT GREEN FIELD PARK, QUEBEC TO MICHAEL AND IDA LEE, WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. AT AN EARLY AGE SHE MARRIED MR. CROTEAU, THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN AND IN THE EARLY 50’S, DIVORCED. IN 1954 HER LIFE CHANGED WHEN SHE MET AND MARRIED ARTHUR O’BRIEN IN VERDUN, QUEBEC. AUDREY WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT AND PAYROLL CLERK FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF NURSES FOR THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC DURING THE LATE 60’S AND EARLY 70’S. THEY DECIDED TO MOVE TO FLORIDA RETURNING TO CANADA IN 1978 AND MOVED TO CALGARY. AUDREY ATTENDED HENDERSON BUSINESS COLLEGE AND WAS GIVEN SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM OTTAWA FOR HER ABILITY IN SPELLING DIFFICULT WORDS. DURING HER TIME IN CALGARY, AUDREY HAS HEART SURGERY. WHILE RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL SHE HELPED A DOCTOR COMPLETE HER PhD. AND WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. AUDREY WAS ALSO VERY QUICK TO FIGURE NUMBERS, ADDING GROCERY LISTS IN HER HEAD, KEEPING THE CLERKS CASH REGISTERS ACCURATE. SHE MOVED TO GLECHIEN IN 1989 FINALLY MOVING TO ARROWWOOD IN 1998 TO BE CLOSER TO ART. AUDREY WAS ONLY IN ARROWWOOD A FEW MONTHS WHEN SHE SUFFERED HEART AND KIDNEY FAILURE.
AUDREY ENJOYED ARTHUR’S COMPANY AS WELL AS BEING ALONE. SHE WAS A KIND, GIVING, HARD WORKING, ATTRACTIVE, INTELLIGENT LADY. IN THE EARLY YEARS SHE ENJOYED SKATING, DANCING AND LATER YEARS READING. TOGETHER THEY TRAVELLED TO HAWAII AND MEXICO, TAKING HOME MANY LIFE LONG MEMORIES.
BELOVED WIFE OF FORTY-SEVEN YEARS OF ARTHUR OF ARROWWOOD, MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER CAROLYN (MICHEL) DAOUST OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, SON LEE CROTEAU OF MONTREAL, SIX GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN,TWO BROTHERS HAROLD LEE OF MONTREAL AND EARL (JEAN) LEE, A SISTER THELMA (KENNEY) BIGGS ALL OF VERDUN, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
AUDREY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, A DAUGHTER JANICE COLE, A GRANDDAUGHTER.
MEMORIAL SERVICE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2001 AT ARROWWOOD GOSPEL CHURCH AT 1:30 P.M. WITH REV. VAUGHN MANSON OFFICIATING.
INUREMENT ARROWWOOD CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN AUDREY’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO ARROWWOOD GOSPEL CHURCH BOX 7 ARROWWOOD TOL OBO.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633. E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcanfuneralhome@hotmail.com.