Obituary of Audrey M Allen

WATERTOWN -- Audrey M. Allen, 97, Campus Drive, Watertown, formerly of Chaumont, died on Thursday, May 4, 2017 in Watertown. She was born on August 5, 1919 on Point Peninsula, the daughter of the late Kenneth and Mary Mepham Bongard She attended grade school at the Point Peninsula school house and graduated from Lyme Central School in Chaumont. She was the owner/operator of the SUNCO gas station in Chaumont and was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Chaumont and the Order of the Eastern Star. Audrey enjoyed knitting, baking, watching the New York Yankees, sewing, playing bingo and shuffle-board. She especially enjoyed snowmobiling and fishing with her husband Jim. She is survived by a son Roger (Nancy) Bourn, North Carolina; a daughter Charleen Bourn and her companion David Pooler, Watertown, her sister, Marylin Bourcy and her husband Paul of Three Mile Bay. Also surviving are several grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, along with many nieces and nephews. Audrey is predeceased by her first husband, Victor Bourn in 1960 and her second husband, James Allen in 1992. Also her daughter, JoAnne Bevens, a sister, Mildred Huck, a brother, George Bongard, a grand-daughter, Holly Walker and a niece, Sharon Rose. No calling hours will be held. Her burial will be held privately in the Dexter Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Lundy Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc., 500 State St. Carthage. Online condolences in her memory can be made to www.lundyfuneralhome.com. Memorial donations may be made to the Relay for Life Cancer Walk of the American Cancer Society. relay.acsevents.org