Audrey Dorothy (Foix) Shaffer-Taft, a longtime resident of Tucson, died at age 94 on Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Audrey was born October 9, 1917, in Devon, Montana, to Cassie Goserude and Anthony Foix.
Audrey led an exciting and adventurous life. She grew up on a wheat farm in Montana before the availability of modern conveniences. She witnessed the practical application of electricity to farm life; the introduction of the telephone, the automobile, television, and the growth of aviation.
In 1952, with Camille and Joey in tow, she flew half way around the world to spend eight years with Joe in the jungle of Sumatra in Indonesia. During those eight years she experienced the adventure and excitement of Asia and Europe.
Returning to the USA in 1958, she and Joe settled in Roswell, NM. They established the Shaffer Company, an office supply store, where Audrey was the accountant. After the business was sold, she became an accountant at the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell until the family moved to Billings, MT.
In 1967, Joe passed away and Audrey headed to New Mexico and then Tucson to be near Camille. She developed breast cancer; but was proud that she was able to become a breast cancer survivor. In 1970, answering an ad in the newspaper for an accountant, she joined a new startup company called AlphaGraphic. She remained with AlphaGraphic as their accountant and bookkeeper until she retired at age 77.
After retirement she continued to seek new life experiences. She traveled to Berlin and witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall; she traveled to her father's birthplace, Foix, France; and visited all the Central European countries freed with the fall of the Iron Curtain.
In addition to traveling, her interests included Bridge and all card games. She was always a top finisher in the family's annual Hearts tournament. She was an excellent seamstress, making a lot of her own clothes, including clothes for Camille and Joey. She enjoyed numerous productions at the Tucson Theater; was an avid Wildcat basketball fan.
Audrey was the matriarch of the family. She played an important mentoring and developing role in her grand and great grandchildren's lives. She was caring, compassionate, giving and held the family to high moral and ethical standards.
On October 9, 2011, Audrey celebrated her 94th birthday, her life and her accomplishments. Audrey lived a beautiful life; we are all thankful we were chosen to share our lives with her.
She was predeceased by her husbands: Joseph K. Shaffer (1967) and Russell Taft (1983).
Audrey is survived by: her daughter, Camille (John) Braswell, and son, Joseph (Maria) Shaffer, both of Tucson; five grandchildren: Dan (Holly) Wilmot and Jim Wilmot, both of Washington, DC; Laurel Shaffer, of Santa Fe, NM; Linda (Nick) Oatley, of Washington, DC; and Sarahlynn (Brad) Kile, of Albuquerque, NM; and five great-grandchildren: Taylor and Chloe Wilmot, of Washington, DC; Sascha Hoker, of Santa Fe; and Jackson and Grayson Kile, of Albuquerque.
Audrey's ashes will be interred next to her husband, Joe Shaffer, at the South Park Cemetery in Roswell, NM.
Audrey led an exciting and adventurous life. She grew up on a wheat farm in Montana before the availability of modern conveniences. She witnessed the practical application of electricity to farm life; the introduction of the telephone, the automobile, television, and the growth of aviation.
In 1952, with Camille and Joey in tow, she flew half way around the world to spend eight years with Joe in the jungle of Sumatra in Indonesia. During those eight years she experienced the adventure and excitement of Asia and Europe.
Returning to the USA in 1958, she and Joe settled in Roswell, NM. They established the Shaffer Company, an office supply store, where Audrey was the accountant. After the business was sold, she became an accountant at the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell until the family moved to Billings, MT.
In 1967, Joe passed away and Audrey headed to New Mexico and then Tucson to be near Camille. She developed breast cancer; but was proud that she was able to become a breast cancer survivor. In 1970, answering an ad in the newspaper for an accountant, she joined a new startup company called AlphaGraphic. She remained with AlphaGraphic as their accountant and bookkeeper until she retired at age 77.
After retirement she continued to seek new life experiences. She traveled to Berlin and witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall; she traveled to her father's birthplace, Foix, France; and visited all the Central European countries freed with the fall of the Iron Curtain.
In addition to traveling, her interests included Bridge and all card games. She was always a top finisher in the family's annual Hearts tournament. She was an excellent seamstress, making a lot of her own clothes, including clothes for Camille and Joey. She enjoyed numerous productions at the Tucson Theater; was an avid Wildcat basketball fan.
Audrey was the matriarch of the family. She played an important mentoring and developing role in her grand and great grandchildren's lives. She was caring, compassionate, giving and held the family to high moral and ethical standards.
On October 9, 2011, Audrey celebrated her 94th birthday, her life and her accomplishments. Audrey lived a beautiful life; we are all thankful we were chosen to share our lives with her.
She was predeceased by her husbands: Joseph K. Shaffer (1967) and Russell Taft (1983).
Audrey is survived by: her daughter, Camille (John) Braswell, and son, Joseph (Maria) Shaffer, both of Tucson; five grandchildren: Dan (Holly) Wilmot and Jim Wilmot, both of Washington, DC; Laurel Shaffer, of Santa Fe, NM; Linda (Nick) Oatley, of Washington, DC; and Sarahlynn (Brad) Kile, of Albuquerque, NM; and five great-grandchildren: Taylor and Chloe Wilmot, of Washington, DC; Sascha Hoker, of Santa Fe; and Jackson and Grayson Kile, of Albuquerque.
Audrey's ashes will be interred next to her husband, Joe Shaffer, at the South Park Cemetery in Roswell, NM.
Audrey Dorothy (Foix) Shaffer-Taft, a longtime resident of Tucson, died at age 94 on Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Audrey was born October 9, 1917, in Devon, Montana, to Cassie Goserude and Anthony Foix.
Audrey led an exciting and adventurous life. She grew up on a wheat farm in Montana before the availability of modern conveniences. She witnessed the practical application of electricity to farm life; the introduction of the telephone, the automobile, television, and the growth of aviation.
In 1952, with Camille and Joey in tow, she flew half way around the world to spend eight years with Joe in the jungle of Sumatra in Indonesia. During those eight years she experienced the adventure and excitement of Asia and Europe.
Returning to the USA in 1958, she and Joe settled in Roswell, NM. They established the Shaffer Company, an office supply store, where Audrey was the accountant. After the business was sold, she became an accountant at the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell until the family moved to Billings, MT.
In 1967, Joe passed away and Audrey headed to New Mexico and then Tucson to be near Camille. She developed breast cancer; but was proud that she was able to become a breast cancer survivor. In 1970, answering an ad in the newspaper for an accountant, she joined a new startup company called AlphaGraphic. She remained with AlphaGraphic as their accountant and bookkeeper until she retired at age 77.
After retirement she continued to seek new life experiences. She traveled to Berlin and witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall; she traveled to her father's birthplace, Foix, France; and visited all the Central European countries freed with the fall of the Iron Curtain.
In addition to traveling, her interests included Bridge and all card games. She was always a top finisher in the family's annual Hearts tournament. She was an excellent seamstress, making a lot of her own clothes, including clothes for Camille and Joey. She enjoyed numerous productions at the Tucson Theater; was an avid Wildcat basketball fan.
Audrey was the matriarch of the family. She played an important mentoring and developing role in her grand and great grandchildren's lives. She was caring, compassionate, giving and held the family to high moral and ethical standards.
On October 9, 2011, Audrey celebrated her 94th birthday, her life and her accomplishments. Audrey lived a beautiful life; we are all thankful we were chosen to share our lives with her.
She was predeceased by her husbands: Joseph K. Shaffer (1967) and Russell Taft (1983).
Audrey is survived by: her daughter, Camille (John) Braswell, and son, Joseph (Maria) Shaffer, both of Tucson; five grandchildren: Dan (Holly) Wilmot and Jim Wilmot, both of Washington, DC; Laurel Shaffer, of Santa Fe, NM; Linda (Nick) Oatley, of Washington, DC; and Sarahlynn (Brad) Kile, of Albuquerque, NM; and five great-grandchildren: Taylor and Chloe Wilmot, of Washington, DC; Sascha Hoker, of Santa Fe; and Jackson and Grayson Kile, of Albuquerque.
Audrey's ashes will be interred next to her husband, Joe Shaffer, at the South Park Cemetery in Roswell, NM.
Audrey led an exciting and adventurous life. She grew up on a wheat farm in Montana before the availability of modern conveniences. She witnessed the practical application of electricity to farm life; the introduction of the telephone, the automobile, television, and the growth of aviation.
In 1952, with Camille and Joey in tow, she flew half way around the world to spend eight years with Joe in the jungle of Sumatra in Indonesia. During those eight years she experienced the adventure and excitement of Asia and Europe.
Returning to the USA in 1958, she and Joe settled in Roswell, NM. They established the Shaffer Company, an office supply store, where Audrey was the accountant. After the business was sold, she became an accountant at the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell until the family moved to Billings, MT.
In 1967, Joe passed away and Audrey headed to New Mexico and then Tucson to be near Camille. She developed breast cancer; but was proud that she was able to become a breast cancer survivor. In 1970, answering an ad in the newspaper for an accountant, she joined a new startup company called AlphaGraphic. She remained with AlphaGraphic as their accountant and bookkeeper until she retired at age 77.
After retirement she continued to seek new life experiences. She traveled to Berlin and witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall; she traveled to her father's birthplace, Foix, France; and visited all the Central European countries freed with the fall of the Iron Curtain.
In addition to traveling, her interests included Bridge and all card games. She was always a top finisher in the family's annual Hearts tournament. She was an excellent seamstress, making a lot of her own clothes, including clothes for Camille and Joey. She enjoyed numerous productions at the Tucson Theater; was an avid Wildcat basketball fan.
Audrey was the matriarch of the family. She played an important mentoring and developing role in her grand and great grandchildren's lives. She was caring, compassionate, giving and held the family to high moral and ethical standards.
On October 9, 2011, Audrey celebrated her 94th birthday, her life and her accomplishments. Audrey lived a beautiful life; we are all thankful we were chosen to share our lives with her.
She was predeceased by her husbands: Joseph K. Shaffer (1967) and Russell Taft (1983).
Audrey is survived by: her daughter, Camille (John) Braswell, and son, Joseph (Maria) Shaffer, both of Tucson; five grandchildren: Dan (Holly) Wilmot and Jim Wilmot, both of Washington, DC; Laurel Shaffer, of Santa Fe, NM; Linda (Nick) Oatley, of Washington, DC; and Sarahlynn (Brad) Kile, of Albuquerque, NM; and five great-grandchildren: Taylor and Chloe Wilmot, of Washington, DC; Sascha Hoker, of Santa Fe; and Jackson and Grayson Kile, of Albuquerque.
Audrey's ashes will be interred next to her husband, Joe Shaffer, at the South Park Cemetery in Roswell, NM.
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