Audrey L. BIRD

BIRD, Audrey L.

Audrey (Campbell) Bird formerly of Essex, CT passed away on Sunday, (June 23, 2013) at the age of 93 in Glen Cove, NY. She was born in Northern Maine on July 31, 1919. She is survived by her loving daughter Anne Bird Tinder, her three sons Christopher, Nathan and wife Karen and Matthew Jones and Karre, her husband Cecil Tinder, his son Clifford and wife Patti, granddaughter Camille and daughter Cecily and husband Bob and by her devoted son Charles Jackson Bird, his wife Tracy and daughter Kelly, and great-grandson Noah, great-granddaughters Lucy and Corrine and her sister Glenna Louridas, nephews, nieces and cousins. She and Jackson Bird were educators for most of their married life. She was a strong support for Jack who was the headmaster of Wyoming Seminary Day School (1947-1959) in Forty Fort, PA and the Buckley Country Day School (1959-1971) in North Hills , L.I., NY. She was a gracious and active volunteer throughout her life. Audrey was a member of the League of Women Voters, The Junior League of Wilkes Barre, PA and Long Island, NY, The Colonial Dames and The Order of the First Families of Maine. She was a member of the Essex Garden Club and won awards for her miniature flower arrangements. Mrs. Bird was a docent at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT. Audrey served on the Vestry and Altar Guild of St. John's Church and participated in staffing a thrift shop in Ivoryton, CT. She was a lover of poetry and an avid reader who enjoyed her book club. She supported the Essex Library by binding books. In 2011 she relocated to Long Island to be near her children and their families. She will be missed and was beloved by all who knew her.
A celebration of her life will be held on August 3, 2013 in Essex, CT at St. John's Episcopal Church at 10:30 a.m. She will be buried in a private ceremony in Essex next to her husband Jackson Bird who died in 1980.