Audrey A. Hawthorne

Audrey A. Brown Hawthorne, age 81, of Millcreek Twp., died Thursday, October 13, 2001, after a brief illness at Millcreek Community Hospital.

She was born in Erie on December 6, 1929, the daughter of the late, Lee M. and Berniece Lunger Brown. She was employed at Lovell's Mfg. and Erie Foam Fabricators until a shop accident forced her retirement. She had many hobbies in her early years; and then grandchildren occupied her time. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry L. Hawthorne, five sisters, three brothers, and one grandson, Jeremy.

She is survived by five sons: Edward, William, Dennis, Harry, Jr., and Allen Hawthorne, three daughters: Cindy Kendziora (John), Denise Hickin (Dennis), and Lorie Hawthorne (Bill Beach), two sisters; Judy Logue (Fred) and Ethel Wager (Gordon), and one brother, Sam Brown. Also surviving are six granddaughters: Cathy Kendziora, Christine and Kelly Hickin, Maxine and Julie Hawthorne, and Kimberly Beach, seven grandsons: Jerry Hickin, Daniel, Joseph, Christopher, Nathan, David Baldwin Hawthorne, and Billy Beach.

Friends may call at the Dusckas-Martin Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 4216 Sterrettania Rd., on Sunday from 2:00 until time of sharing at 6:00 p.m. Private interment. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1128 State St., #301, Erie, PA 16501.

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