Audrey Kathryn LYNN
 General Notes:
Noted events in her life were:
- Audrey (my mom) told me that when she was about 3 years old (c. 1929) her family moved from Kingston, Pennsylvania to Detroit, Michigan, where her father could get work. Her mother's sisters, Regina (Jean) McCabe Standley and Mary (Mame) McCabe Birbeck, had already moved there.
- Audrey graduated from Marygrove College, Detroit, MI, in 1948, with a degree in Journalism. Before meeting Lou, she coached a year of basketball, the girls team at St. Agnes High School, Detroit, where she had played a year herself. After coaching for a season she refereed a few games the next season.
Audrey married Louis John Schneider, son of Judge Louis James Schneider and Evelyn Affeld, on 19 Jun 1948 in Detroit, MI. Louis John Schneider was born on 21 Feb 1924 in Detroit, MI, died on 4 Mar 2006 in South Lyon, Michigan and was buried in Mar 2006 in South Lyon Cemetery, South Lyon, Michigan. Audrey died 26 Feb 2015, at Clausen Manor Memory Center, Waterford Twp., Oakland County, Michigan at the age of 88, a month shy of her 89th birthday.
Audrey and Lou announced their wedding plans published in the Detroit Free Press on February 29, 1948 while Audrey was a senior at Marygrove College, Detroit, MI.
Audrey and Lou Schneider had 8 children. All were born in Providence Hospital, Detroit located at 2500 West Grand Blvd. in Detroit, Michigan.
Audrey was extremely proud of her Irish heritage, being a full-blooded Irish girl. She and Lou finally visited the homeland.
Here is the way Audrey's obituary summarized her life:
"In 1948, Audrey was a proud graduate of Marygrove College, receiving her Bachelors of Arts degree. She will always be remembered as a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
"She is survived by her children: Lynn (Woody) Stevens, James (Sabrina), John (Melissa), William, Gregory (Frinee), Michael (Gus), Mark, and Marylou (Ron) Janssen. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Audrey was preceded in death by her husband, Louis in 2006 and her brothers, Paul [1944] and James [1912].
"A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 11:00AM, in State at 10:00AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 830 S. Lafayette, South Lyon. She will be laid to rest beside her husband in South Lyon Cemetery."
Lynn Family Places of Residence:
1900 Census - 522 Luzerne Ave, West-Pittston, PA - Wm N Lynn age 11, son of Wm 33 & Margaret 32, Raymond P 9, Blanche 6, Margaret 2, Edward 8/12
1920 Census - 21 Yeager Ave, Forty Fort, PA - Wm N Lynn age 31, Catherine (sp.) (wife), Paul 4-6/12
1930 Census - 7458 Twelfth Street, Detroit, MI - Wm N Lynn age 40, Cath. 39, Paul 14, Audrey 4
1940 Census - 2912 Hogarth, Detroit, MI - Wm N Lynn age 50, Cath. 49, Paul 24, Audrey 14, James 9
1950 Census - 1923 Glynn Court, Detroit, MI - LJS, age 51 father, Evelyn mother 50, Eve Ann 19, Mary Sue 16, Lou 26, Audrey 24
1951 new home - 1387 Colonial Dr, Inkster, MI - Louis J Schneider age 27, Audrey 25, Lynn M 2, James P 1
1988 retirement - 25748-6 Lexington Dr, South Lyon, MI - Louis and Audrey Schneider
Noted events in her life were:
• College Graduation: College Graduation, 1948, Detroit, MI. Graduated with a degree in Journalism.
Audrey married Louis John SCHNEIDER, son of Louis James SCHNEIDER and Evelyn AFFELD, on 19 Jun 1948 in Detroit, MI. (Louis John SCHNEIDER was born on 21 Feb 1924 in Detroit, MI, died on 4 Mar 2006 in South Lyon, Michigan and was buried in Mar 2006 in South Lyon, Michigan.)
More of Audrey's photo collection here
Audrey Lynn, born 19 March 1926, from newspaper Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Fri, Mar 26, 1926 ·Page 34
Wedding Announcement 1948, Audrey Lynn, from newspaper Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, Feb 29, 1948
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