- Date Of Birth: April 14, 1922
- Date Of Death: January 30, 2017
- State: Maine
West Bath-Audrey N. Tinkham, 94, of West Bath died Monday, January 30, 2017, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
She was born in New Gloucester on April 14, 1922, a daughter or John O. and Ivy (Edwards) Nelson. She attended New Gloucester schools and graduated from New Gloucester High School in 1940. Audrey graduated from Bliss Business College in Lewiston and received her B.S. Degree in Education from the University of Maine in Orono. While a student at Bliss College, Audrey met Clifford P. Tinkham, and they were married on April 14, 1944.
Audrey was a teacher for many years. She taught both business subjects and physical education in Farmington, Bridgton, Bar Harbor, Wiscasset and Morse High School in Bath, retiring in 1983. After retirement, Audrey and Cliff spent several winters traveling throughout the United States and the Canadian provinces.
She was a lifetime member of the Golden Sheaf Chapter of the Eastern Star of New Gloucester, the Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary in Bath, the Maine Association of Retirees, Downeast Yacht Club, and Maine Maritime Museum.
Audrey was predeceased by her husband Clifford P. Tinkham on March 10, 2004, by one son, John C. Tinkham in 1991, and by one sister, Estelle Thompson.
She is survived by one daughter, Patricia Taggart and her husband Walter of West Bath and one son, William N.
