11/09/2017
Audrey Ann (Heckethorn) Pine passed away November 9, 2017, at 88 years.
Audrey was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 4, 1929, to John and Lois Heckethorn.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, John Heckethorn.
As a child, Audrey excelled in dance, acrobatics and baton and performed on the river boats in Detroit. Her family moved back to Iowa when she was in high school. She was drum majorette while at Iowa State University.
She was married to Keith Pine and is survived by her three children, Marc’ Pine of Orlando, Florida, Patricia Koelling and her husband Eric, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Randy Pine of Tulsa.
She moved to Tulsa in 1958, and operated her own dance studio for 25 years. She was a long time member of All Souls Unitarian Church.
She is also survived by four grandchildren: Jennie Wolek and her husband Chris, Megan Sherrill and her husband Scott, Lindsay Freitag and her husband Josh, and Kevin Koelling; and six great-grandchildren: Samuel, Gabriel and Noah Sherrill, Mia Wolek and Henry and Charlie Freitag.
Her life will be celebrated by her family in a private service. The family would like to thank St Francis Hospice and Clarehouse for their love and care in her last days.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Clarehouse.