Audrey spent 20 years as an operating room and emergency room nurse, and 20 years as purchasing agent for hospitals in Pasadena, Texas and Austin, Texas. She retired in 1992 and moved to Daisy, Arkansas to enjoy full-time fishing and gardening. She later moved back to Texas, first living in Onalaska, and ultimately in Conroe, Texas. She was a member of Church of Christ in Montgomery, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her siblings, Hugh Hackney, Mable Hawley, and Margie Adams, and her granddaughter, Jaime Lynn Gaboury.
Audrey is survived by her children, Barbara Behrens (Lynn), Dayna Gaboury, and Curtis Loftin, along with numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other close family and friends.