Audrey Viola Chew

Audrey Viola Chew

Audrey Viola Chew, age 83, longtime Langley resident, passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at Regency on Whidbey Harbor Care.

Audrey was born in Albany, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1932, to Gervase and Ellen (Crandall) Hall. She moved to Redmond at an early age and graduated from Lake Washington High School. Audrey moved to Langley, Whidbey Island in 1984 and to Regency on Whidbey in Oak Harbor in October 2012. She had attended Langley United Methodist Church, was a member of the South Whidbey Garden Club, the Beach Combers and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Audrey is survived by her two children, daughter Gayle Nienaber and husband Matt, of Bellevue, and son Timothy Chew and wife Dawn, of Redmond; three grandchildren, Brooke Chew, of Redmond, Joel Nienaber and wife Arielle, of Kirkland, and Laura Roy and husband Brandon, of Bothell; son-in-law Alan Clarey, of Kent; four great-grandchildren, Kayli Nienaber, Josselin, Jude and London Audrey Roy; two sisters, Thursa Ornberg, of Enumclaw, and Doris Matthews, of Monroe; also, many cousins. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Pam Clarey, in December 2013.

A graveside gathering will take place 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Sunnyside Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Ebey’s Landing Reserve. Family and friends are encouraged to share memories and condolences at www.whidbeymemorial.com