Audrey J. Pask

Audrey J. Pask, age 60 of Canton, passed away suddenly on April 11, 2019. Beloved wife of almost 37 years to Patrick; loving mother of Miguel (Kim Brown) Pask, Brittany Pask, and Tyler (Lisa) Pask; proud gigi of Sunlyn and Lucy; Caring daughter of Judith and the late Patrick; sister of six siblings and their spouses. Along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and colleagues. The Memorial Visitation will be Monday, April 15th between the hours of 4 PM until 8 PM at Vermeulen-Sajewski Funeral Home, 46401 Ann Arbor Rd. W., (between Sheldon and Beck) Plymouth. The family will gather Tuesday, April 16th at 10 AM until the 11 AM Celebration of Life Service at Northridge Church, 49555 N. Territorial Rd., Plymouth, MI 48170. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center, 16800 Trinity, Detroit, MI 48219. www.svsfcenter.org Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and church. To share a memory with the family, please click on the 'Share a Memory' tab on this web page. Family Obituary: Sweetness follows… How do you capture the scope and life of a woman who has left her mark on so many lives? Wife to Patrick. Mother to Miguel, Brittany and Tyler. Gigi to Sunlyn and Lucy. Sister to Kellee, Shawn, Michele, Shannon, Chris and Danielle. Daughter to Patrick and Judy. Countless cousins, nieces, nephews and two brother-in-laws. You could fill a lifetime with just those memories alone. But Audrey means so much more than this to the family and friends that love her dearly. She was a force of energy and light and if you hovered in her presence for just a little bit you were made better for it. She lifted you up and made you feel like there wasn’t anything that you couldn’t accomplish together. She was positive when others were not. She always found a way because she believed there would always be a way. She found grace in God and treated others with kindness and compassion. And she laughed that laugh. If you heard it, you felt it. If you felt it, you couldn’t help but laugh with her. Ask her sisters and brothers. That was her gift to us. Audrey was a child of the 70’s and found the love of her life in her high school sweetheart Patrick. In her bitchin red mustang and bell-bottoms she was the girl you wanted to hang with. 8 tracks of Bob Dylan and green Army coats. A whiff of smoke and tube tops. Home Perms. Bowie, Neil, Cat Stevens and hazy summer nights by the lake with Patrick. Do you get the picture? And she was wicked in all the best ways. She perpetuated the myth that Michele was adopted…for years. And she stood by approvingly as Judy stabbed Shawn with a fork. He was asking for it. She helped raise her 6 siblings because that was what the eldest does. No one said she couldn’t have fun doing it. At 18, her father Patrick decided it was time for Audrey to be a Producer. What were you doing at 18? Without any experience he threw her in the deep end of the pool. No warning. No life jacket. Just go kid go. She’s been teaching the rest of us swimming lessons ever since. In the early 90’s she partnered with Larry August to form Avalon Films, the pre-eminent film company in Michigan. For decades they set the standard of what a caring, smart, innovative company could be. Years later they grew and expanded with Hudson Editorial. New challenges and adventures awaited. And always at the center was Audrey with her steady hand guiding the rest of us to do our very best. She’s inspired a generation of female entrepreneurs and businesswomen. She was a giant without every being tall. Along the way she and Pat raised their children with love and a sense of purpose. They are the best of them both, making their own marks on the world in so many different ways. Miguel and Tyler are raising their own children now in the same way that Audrey raised them…with unending love. Brittany is her mother’s daughter. She runs the world. Audrey had recently become a Gigi to Sunlyn and Lucy, a joy that filled every inch of her soul. She doted on and loved her new babies so much. She filled our texts randomly with pictures of these sweet bundles, a new generation to love and guide and grow under her beautiful heart. Audrey moved easily among all groups and made friends everywhere she went. Her neighbors, her staff, her clients, trainers and stylists all became part of her circle. And there was laughter. Always so much laughter. She made you feel at ease and loved and part of a world that was so important to her. It’s a testament to her legacy and the tapestry she wove that so many have responded with love and awe at the life she has given to us. You can’t throw a production stone in the pool of Michigan filmmakers without the ripples of Audrey Pask. She is this and everything and so much more. "We’ll all be together, even when we’re not together, with our arms around each other, with our faith still in each other.” – Calling Cards

Audrey J. Pask

August 21, 1958 - April 11, 2019