Bowlby, Audrey Virginia (Hiseler)
Nov 21, 1922 – Aug 31, 2017
After a long illness. Daughter of the late Archibald and Marion Hiseler. Loving wife of the late Arnold E. Bowlby. Resident of Saugus, Lynn, Peabody, MA and Weston, CT for many years. More recently, Mrs. Bowlby lived in Haverhill and Wilmington, MA. She leaves her brother, Kenneth Hiseler, Ft. Collins, CO; daughter, Darryll and husband John Firenze; son Randall and wife Cassandra; son Garth and wife Linda; 3 grandchildren, Andrea Martin, Saline, MI; Tiffany Jones, Omaha, NE; Alyssa Bowlby, NY, NY; 2 great-grandchildren, Blaise Martin, 4 and Augusta Martin, 9 mos; 2 nieces and 2 nephews. Audrey and Arnold raised three children on Western Ave. in Lynn. In 1959, Audrey went back to Salem State Teachers College as a sophomore and earned her teaching degree in June 1962. She taught grades 5-9 in Peabody until 1966 when the family moved to Weston, CT. She then taught in the Wilton, CT school system until she retired in 1987. She loved to share memories of her classroom experiences and spoke fondly of her many students. Audrey loved to travel and, over the course of many years, she and the family took summer road trips visiting every state in the lower 48 and all the Canadian provinces. In retirement, she traveled the world, visiting every continent save Antarctica. Audrey's paternal grandmother was a very strong, determined woman and had a very great influence on her. Audrey loved to reminisce of her days growing up in East Saugus in her grandmother's house where she, her parents and younger brother occupied the 2d floor. She still loved to drive by the old home in east Saugus, after which she would re-tell all the familiar stories of her childhood. Funeral service Fri., Sep 8, 2017, 10AM at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 74 S. Common St. Lynn, MA. Reception to follow. Memorial donations can be made to the Epilepsy Foundation in care of Goodrich Funeral Home, Lynn, MA.