Audrey Saulsbury Duncan

Audrey Saulsbury Duncan of Easton, MD, died at the Talbot Hospice House on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. She was 79. Born in Easton on July 22, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Merrick and Miriam Saulsbury. Growing up a lifelong resident of Talbot County, she was raised in Oxford and Trappe and graduated from Easton High School in 1955. She was a secretary at Easton High School before serving her long tenure of 47 years at the University of Maryland Extension Service, Talbot County. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, and her beloved Labrador retrievers. She was an avid sports fan and especially enjoyed following the Baltimore Orioles and Maryland Terrapins basketball teams. Audrey was an active, long-time member of Talbot 4-H, both as a youth and an adult. A talented seamstress, one of her most notable sewing projects involved months of work helping to create a Wrights Brothers’ replica airplane. Audrey is survived by her husband of 58 years, Weber Duncan; her devoted brother, Steve Saulsbury and his beloved wife, Budgie Saulsbury; and a devoted sister-in-law, Barbara Saulsbury. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews, Jeff and Alisha Salisbury, Matt and Kellie Saulsbury, Les Saulsbury, Amy and Kyle Hutchison, Jennifer and Warren Phillips; Edie and Eddie Bishop, Georgi and Alan Bishop; and her great-nieces and nephews, Kendall, Sam and Porter Bishop, Lucas, Karli and Tucker Saulsbury; Morgan, Camryn and Peyton Phillips, Allie and Jack Hutchison, Connor and Blake Saulsbury, Dominick Wright, and Olivia Robinson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death in 1989 by her sister, Alice Saulsbury Matthews; a brother, W. Merrick Saulsbury, Jr., in 2009; and a brother-in-law, Richard Porter Matthews in 1999. Friends may visit the family at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., 200 S. Harrison St. in Easton on Sunday, July 2, 2017, from 5 -7 p.m. A memorial service will be held on Monday, July 3, 2017, 11 a.m. at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 100 Peachblossom Rd., Easton, MD 21601. Burial will follow at the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, MD. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Dr., Easton, MD 21601 or Talbot Humane Society, P.O. Box 1143, Easton, MD 21601.

Audrey Saulsbury Duncan

July 22, 1937 - June 20, 2017