Audrey M. (Edmunds) Rexford, 77, of Lyndonville, died peacefully Monday afternoon,
July 9, 2012, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., with her family
by her side. She was born Nov. 22, 1934, in Sheffield, the daughter of Alvah
and Avis (Phillips) Edmunds. Audrey graduated from Lyndon Institute
in 1952 where she was a member of the National
Honor Society and made the all-state girls basketball team her
junior and senior years. She was happy to attend her 60th class
reunion just one month ago.
On Dec. 24, 1953, she married Robert Rexford. Audrey worked
for the Lyndonville Savings Bank, then in the office of Purina
Feeds in St. Johnsbury, then for the Old Fox Fertilizer Co. in
Lyndonville for 30 years, then for St. Johnsbury Paper Co. for
several years and then in 2002 she went to work for the
Riverside School in Lyndon where she was honored to become
part of the Riverside School Family.
Audrey proud of her children, grandchildren and great-
grandchildren and enjoyed attending their school and sporting
events as well as just spending time with them. She was an
avid Red Sox and New England Patriots fan who also enjoyed
tending her gardens and traveling with her husband Bob. She
just completed the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in
St. Johnsbury where she walked the survivors lap with her
grandson Zachary, who is also a survivor.
Survivors include her three daughters: Debra Rexford and her
partner Ted Ismail of Wasilla, Alaska, Nancy Hartwell and
husband Bill of Lyndonville (P.O. Box 777, 05851), and Pamela
Scott and husband David Chase of East St. Johnsbury; 15
grandchildren: David Jr., Dana and Daniel Goodwin, Amber
Sylvester Spear, Cassi Sylvester Gallagher, Robert, Bill Jr.,
Zachary and Tyler Hartwell, Malinda Hartwell Howard, Karl and
Matthew Scott, Ched Chase, Kristen Heath Powers and Sarah
Powers; 16 great-grandchildren; her sister, Alice Nichols and
husband Kenneth of St. Johnsbury Center; two brothers, Allyn
Edmunds and wife Paula of Lyndon Center, and Ashley
Edmunds and wife Jennie of Lyndon Center; two sisters in-law,
Shirley Temple and husband Ralph of East Burke and Mary
Rexford of East Burke; many nieces and nephews, including
Jane (Little) Ruggles who was like a daughter to her Aunt
Audrey; her Riverside family and a dear friend, Carlene Brill.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband Robert "Bob" on Sept. 9, 2010;
her father and mother in-law, Clarence and Bernice Rexford;
and two infant brothers, Arthur and Austin Edmunds.
Funeral services will be held in Lyndonville on Tuesday, July 17
at 11 a.m. at the Guibord Funeral Home with the Rev. Ann
Hockridge officiating. Burial will follow in Woodmont Cemetery in East Burke.
Friends may call on the family Monday evening from 6-8 at the funeral home.
Donations made in her memory may be directed to the Audrey
Rexford Memorial Fund, c/o the Riverside School, Attention
Laurie Boswell, 30 Lily Pond Road, Lyndonville, VT 05851.
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