San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....O'Connell, Audree Ann Simer September 25 2004
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The Record  September 29, 2004
Salt Lake City, UT
Audree Ann Simer O'Connell 
May 14, 1932 – September 25, 2004



  Audree Ann Simer O'Connell, beloved mother of Daniel, Erin and Brian, passed 
away in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a long bout with cancer. She was born in 
Harvey, Illinois to Annabel and Rev. Thamer Waldo Simer, (who ministered to the 
first integrated church in Illinois, and marched with Dr. King in Selma). 
Audree was educated rthern State Teacher's College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, 
taught High School English in Vermont, then married James O'Connell and 
subsequently moved to the Washington, D.C. area. Active in music throughout her 
life, she shared her exquisite alto voice in many genres, including oratorio, 
opera, musical theatre, church music, jazz and ballads. She also traveled in 
America and Europe with choral groups. Audree served as the Choir Director at 
the Unitarian Universalist Churches of Rockville, Maryland and Stockton, 
California. After a divorce and raising three children, at the age of forty-six 
she moved to California to earn a Master's degree in Music Therapy. She became 
a Professor of Music Therapy in the Conservatory of Music at the University of 
the Pacific in Stockton, where she was a much-loved and inspiring mentor and 
colleague for twenty-one years. There she received many honors, including the 
United Methodist Scholar/Teacher Award and the prestigious Order of the 
Pacific. Audree had a deep love of literature, philosophy, art and travel, as 
well as a strong and generous commitment to peace and social justice. 
Survivors include her sons Daniel (Bonnie), Brian (Tracie), and daughter Erin 
(Marianne), sisters Betty, Sandra, and brother Scott, three grandchildren, and 
many other relatives and dear friends, all of whom she cherished. 
Memorial donations may be made to the Audree O'Connell Endowment for Graduate 
Scholarship in Music Therapy. (Conservatory of Music, University of the 
Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA, 95211). 
Audree's ashes will be scattered in Ireland, Paris, and Illinois. 
A Celebration of Audree's life will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 3, 
2004 at the Morris Chapel on the University of the Pacific campus, Stockton, CA.


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