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Audrey Savell

1919 - 2014

Audrey Savell obituary, 1919-2014, San Diego, CA

Audrey Savell Obituary

Savell, Audrey 06/24/1919 ~ 10/05/2014 PACIFIC BEACH -- Audrey Savell of Pacific Beach died October 5, 2014, where she had lived since 1948. She was born Audrey Margaret Davis in Washington DC, June 24, 1919. She graduated from Cornell University and Columbia University School of Library Science. She married Kelvin Savell in 1944 and they settled in San Diego in 1946. She was the Senior Librarian at the Naval Training Center, San Diego, for 17 years. She cruised the world, and was an avid bridge player and theater goer. She is survived by her daughters, Robin Carlson of Minnesota and Judy Savell of Long Beach; son, David Savell of Pacific Beach; three grandchildren, Boone Carlson, Aspen Burns, and Haley Fox (all Minnesota); and three grandchildren, Kaylynn, Turner and Henry (all Minnesota). Audrey lived her life out loud. She was greatly loved and is dearly missed.

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Published by San Diego Union-Tribune on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Gloria Walton

November 21, 2014

My name is Gloria Hickey Walton and I worked at the old Main Carnegie Library on E St. in downtown San Diego during WWII when Audrey also worked there. She had come to SD because her husband, Kelvin, was in the military service. I was a high school teenager and Audrey was a beautiful and glamorous young woman. My mother, Emilie Hickey, also worked at the Main Library and she and Audrey were very good friends, often sharing a good laugh over the day's events or some secret joke. After the war she was at NTC Library and we contacted one another occasionally. One mutual friend was another librarian, Barbara Tuthill, who now lives in New England. Audrey always wore lovely clothes and exuded charm and sophistication. I'm glad she had such a long active life.

Donna Root-Newbold

November 18, 2014

Robin and family, Your mom was always a 'hoot', and I will miss her vibrant spirit! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire precious family. God bless

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