Audrey J. Viazanko, 82, passed away Sept 14, 2020 at Heath Village in Hackettstown, NJ.
Prior to moving to the Orchard at Heath Village, Audrey resided in Edison NJ for 40 years, St Croix, US
Virgin Islands, and Baltimore Md with her husband of 52 years Frank.
She attended Wittenburg College and Katherine Gibbs School of Secretarial and Executive Training. She
worked as an Executive Secretary for Merck before starting her family. She focused on raising her
children for many years before she started working and volunteering at the elementary school library,
then becoming the Church Secretary for the Centenary United Methodist Church of Metuchen. She
continued her work as a secretary working for an insurance agent in Metuchen before leaving the area.
She has always been involved in her community and was an active member of Heath Village,
volunteering at the Thrift Shop, the Gift Shop, Library and participating in various committees. She loved
gardening, quilting, sewing and birdwatching.
Audrey enjoyed spending time with her family and was a very loving and devoted Grandmother and
Mother. She had a great sense of humor, was generous, kind and a caring friend to all who knew her.
Being with family and friends was her greatest joy.
She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Leahy of Port Murray, NJ and Lisa Viazanko of Newtown PA; her
grandsons, Spencer and Alexander Leahy of Port Murray NJ and her brother Allan Waitz of Gold Canyon
AZ.
A small celebration of her life will take place at Heath Village for her close friends. The date is still to be
to be determined due to COVID limitations.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Heath Village Employee Appreciation
Fund, 430 Schooleys Mountain Rd., Hackettstown NJ 07840.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cochran Funeral Home, 905 High Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
4 Condolences for Audrey Jeanne Viazanko
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Fran Long says
September 15, 2020 at 9:00 pmHeartfelt condolences to all of you. Fran L & Katie M
Joyce Kelly Buni says
September 20, 2020 at 2:41 amThankfully I had a wonderful conversation with Audrey not long ago.
I am so very sad and would very much like to attend the memorial. I am fortunate that I still love to drive and would, with all precautions, travel for the memorial if at all possible.
Srangely, I have been seriously considering a journey South to family in NJ and Virginia, looking for signs, feeling this may be one.
Sending Love, Peace, Blessings to each of you, her beautiful family of whom she spoke so happily, lovingly, whenever we talked.
Friends from age 10, 5th grade classmates at Washington School, Audrey was in my 7/23/60 wedding, and she and your grandmother gave me a shower in their home on New Jersey Ave in Union, so appreciated.
David Cosman says
September 20, 2020 at 9:47 pmShe was a great lady and we always had a lot of fun when we were together. So sorry for your loss. Dave & Marion Cosman
Kathy Grundy says
September 21, 2020 at 3:46 amI am so sorry over the loss of your mother and my “new friend”. Audrey was a lovely lady with a ready smile and great sense of humor. She loved sharing stories about she and her daughters outings. Her
Grandsons were her everything. She will be missed.
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