Audrey Alice (nee Malueg) Koukari, 79, of the town of Wescott, passed away Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, at her home, surrounded by her loving family and dear friends.
Born on April 4, 1934, in Clintonville, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Beatrice (McKay) Malueg. She grew up in Clintonville and graduated from Clintonville High School in 1952. On May 10, 1954, she was united in marriage to Raymond Koukari in Dubuque, Iowa. The couple resided in Milwaukee and Florida before returning to Shawano in 1989. Audrey was a member of the Shawano United Methodist Church, where she was active in all offices including the U.M.W. and the Mary Circle. She was also a member of the Shawano Lake Lions. Audrey’s greatest passions were sewing, gardening and crafts. She was also passionate about teaching Sunday school and being involved with the PTA. She was a wonderful cook and a better baker. She especially enjoyed baking each year for the Shawano Cookie Walk.
Audrey is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Raymond; their four children, Susan (Mark) Tesch, of Friesland, Raymond (Linda Naegeli) Koukari Jr., of Racine, Steven (Pamela Krueger) Koukari, of Shawano, and Ann E. (Jeffrey) Hogg, of Naples, Fla.; her nine loving grandchildren, Jeremy, Michelle, Shane, Ray III, Kassia, Stephanie, Kyle, Matthew, Jonathan; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, James (Dorothy) Malueg, of Plymouth; a sister, Karen Layden, of Milwaukee; sisters-in-law, Ruth Marcello, of Shawano, and Darlene Malueg, of Neenah; her special aunt, Blanche (nee McKay) Lamkins, of Ogdensburg; and many nieces and nephews. Audrey is also survived by her dearest and closest friends and all of her sisters of the Mary Circle and church family, which are too many to mention and all with whom she loved so dearly.
Audrey was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Virginia Meyers and Dorothy Kotlarz; and two brothers, Robert and Gary Malueg.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at the Shawano United Methodist Church with the Rev. Allen Christensen officiating. Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service.
In lieu of flowers, a special fund has been established for a memorial garden to be planted at the Church on the Hill, Shawano United Methodist Church.
Swedberg Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.
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