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Audrey Beal Obituary

Audrey A. Beal

Spring Lake Heights

Audrey A. Beal, of Spring Lake Heights, passed away Thursday. Born in The Bronx, NY, Audrey was the wife of Colonel Harold Beal and traveled the world. They were stationed in Germany and Virginia and lived in The Bronx and resided at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY before moving to Spring Lake Heights 37 years ago.

Audrey was a graduate of Saints Peter & Paul High School in The Bronx. While in school, she worked in the mailroom of Coats & Clark Co. on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Audrey unselfishly served her community. In 1984, she became one of the first full-time volunteers to fight hunger at the Jersey Shore when she started working at the Boniface Center in Spring Lake, now The Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties. Years later, she volunteered her time organizing the weekly "Soup and Sociability" program designed to instill camaraderie among residents in Spring Lake Heights.

One of her greatest joys came from organizing and leading trips across the United States and around the world for retirees at the Jersey Shore which she did well into her late 70s. Her other passions included listening and dancing to big band music, attending Broadway shows, rooting on all New York sports teams, tracing her family's ancestry back hundreds of years and any topic related to The Bronx.

She was a parishioner of St. Catharine & St. Margaret Parish in Spring Lake.

Audrey was predeceased by a brother, Robert McCarthy, and a sister, Claire Poveromo.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Harold, seven children including Jeanne Weaver of Havre de Grace, MD, Harold Beal and his wife Patti of Milwaukee, WI, Catherine Cheney and her husband Joseph of Indio, CA, Jo Ann Speechly and her husband Stephen of St. Augustine, FL, Matthew Beal and his wife Collette of Brick, NJ, Mark Beal and his wife Michele of Toms River, NJ, Christopher Beal and his wife Holly of Scarsdale, NY, and 18 grandchildren and more than 20 great grandchildren.

A mass will be offered Tuesday 9:00 a.m. at St. Catharine's Church, Spring Lake. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Audrey's name to the Spring Lake First Aid Squad, PO Box 94, Spring Lake, NJ 07762.

Arrangements under the direction of O'Brien Funeral Home. For more info, visit www.OBrienFuneralHome.com.

Published by Asbury Park Press on May 20, 2017.
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She was a very sweet and kind lady, I enjoyed going to her house as one of her caregivers

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May 23, 2017
So sorry to hear about the passing of your mom. I'll always remember her infectious laugh and good cheer. The weekends we spend visiting at West Point and the football games is a cherished memory. Unfortunately, my employment situation prohibited me from traveling to NJ. I would have greatly enjoyed seeing every one (20 great grandchildren!).

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Love and best wishes,
your cousin, Gene Poveromo

Gene Poveromo

May 23, 2017

Harry and family,

So sorry for the loss of Audrey, our neighbor and friend. She was the first person to welcome us to the neighborhood seventeen years ago and introduce us to the senior trips where me met wonderful friends. We will miss seeing her on her porch, but will remember her and her family in our prayers.

Rosalind and Paul Brady

May 23, 2017

Thanks for the memories of wonderful senior trips and meeting you both and making new friends.

Helen Wilk

May 22, 2017

Dear Beals

So sorry to hear of Aunt Audrey's passing.

Please pass our condolences onto all.

End of an era.

Love to all.

Frank & Sheila

Frank Poveromo

May 22, 2017

Prayers for you, GG.

Tanya Saacks

May 22, 2017

Audrey, it was a pleasure to have met you and assist in taking care of you these past few weeks. To your family, may God watch over you all this sad time.

Terri

Terri

May 22, 2017

My prayers are with the family, very sorry for your loss.

regina gibbs

May 20, 2017

Please except my condolences for the loss of your loved one Audrey. May the God of comfort strengthen the Beal family and friends find peace in knowing that He understands your grief and He cares, during your time of distress......1PETER 5:6,7

May 20, 2017

Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Very sorry for your loss.

Sharon Adams

May 20, 2017

Very sorry for your loss. Our thought and prayers are with you and your family.

Sharon Adams

May 20, 2017

May GOD's peace be with you.

Kirsten Anke

May 19, 2017

Sorry for your loss, praying for the family.

Christy Drakes

May 19, 2017

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