Audre M. Game

Audre Marlene Suarez Game was born on August 24, 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica. Audre’s parents, Ronald and Estelle, met in Havana, Cuba. Audre’s older sister Cynthia and brother Ronnie were born in Havana, Cuba. Ronald Sr. and Estelle returned to their homeland of Jamaica so they could raise their children close to family. Audre came along six years after Ronnie, a happy surprise and their native-born Jamaican child. The family thrived in Jamaica as Ronald did well in shipping and accounting, eventually becoming part of the British diplomatic service. Estelle had many side gigs, including flipping real estate. As a result, Audre was able to attend the excellent St. Hugh’s High School where she excelled at her A levels and obtained a Sr. Cambridge Certificate. She was especially good at math, enjoying the math gene of her father, (which was passed down to nephew Brian and great nephews Elliot and Zach). She could breeze through hard sudoku puzzles well into her 80s.

Audre obtained a job as a Stenographer at the prestigious T. Geddes Grant Limited. She and her family attended Webster Memorial Church in Kingston, where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir. She and her sister Cynthia attended the historic Moorlands Camp and served as counselors there over many summers. Cynthia obtained a British Civil Service job and when she was called to London to help with post war recovery efforts in the 1950s, Audre was able to take a leave of absence from her work and join her. In London she and Cynthia and two other Jamaican young women were able to travel throughout Europe. Audre described frequent road shutdowns in London as unexploded munitions were discovered and disarmed. Throughout the UK and continental Europe, she witnessed buildings still decimated by World War II. The destruction was profound in Germany, and she wondered how they would be greeted as young Jamaican women and British subjects. She was relieved when they were warmly welcomed and, after visiting a beer garden, had a posse of young men escort them back to their hotel and serenade them in German. The picture of her and the girls and a few of the boys at the beer garden in Germany remained one of Audre’s most treasured possessions.

She returned to Jamacia and married an English man (known to all as Uncle D) who she met Scottish line dancing in Kingston. She was warmly embraced by his family who enjoyed their trips to warm Jamacia every winter. In return, Audre made many trips to her beloved Britian, staying with Uncle D’s mom, Aunt Nellie in Peckham London. She took both niece Robin and nephew Brian on epic long summer stays in the UK. These trips were impactful positive life experiences for Brian and Robin and would motivate them to do well in school so they too could travel the world. Audre, like her mother, was an outstanding cook, able to cook traditional Jamaican foods along with British favorites. She made a British diplomat cry once because her Yorkshire pudding was just like his grandmothers. Her Christmas Jamaican plum pudding was legend.

In 1977 Audre, Uncle D and Cynthia moved to Kendall Miami. It was a time of sadness for Audre because the move was really not voluntary- but done to escape the difficult political and economic climate in Jamacia. Audre did love the fact that so many Jamaicans had fled to Miami, especially Kendall, she was surrounded by many good friends and their children and eventually Jamaican foods started showing up at Publix! She became a loan officer at a boutique bank in Brickell and rode Metrorail to work. She scoffed at the poor excuse of US rail transport- frequently calling it metrofail. She and Uncle D divorced but remained on good terms.

She and Cynthia were devoted church members and loved hosting friends and family from various parts of the world and showing them unusual spots in Miami, like the Miami fruit and spice park. They also rescued lots and lots of cats, taking at least 25 feral cats to the vet to be fixed and placed in homes. They kept 3 cats who they loved and gave silly names like smudge, gigi and toto.

During their time in Miami, Audre and Cynthia traveled the world with Collette Tours. They visited Costa Rica, Mexico, Israel, Egypt, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Canada. They also saw every bit of the US from the West, South, Mid-West and Northeast, taking sister-in-law Lucy with them after Ronnie died.

After hearing Bill Clinton speak at her niece’s law school graduation, she became a citizen so she could vote for him. She got every question right on her Immigration exam and thereafter would challenge native born Americans to recite key facts and stats about the US. She was bipartisan in her politics as the only politician she disliked more than the current occupant of the White House was Michael Manley.

She moved to Vero Beach with Cynthia and took care of her as she began to decline due to Alzheimer’s. During her time in Vero she volunteered at her church, sang in the choir and found special friends by joining the local group of Daughters of the British Empire. After Cynthia’s passing, Audre moved to Gulfstream Harbor in Orlando and had a great time playing cards at the club house and tending to her beautiful orchid collection. She joined Conway Methodist and would donate her orchids to their garage sale – which became a highlight of the sale.

With her new address in Orlando, she was able to spend lots of time with Robin and Curtis and their family. Curtis is blessed with a large family and she was warmly embraced by them and loved all of the get togethers (even if some were a bit too rowdy for her). She enjoyed spending time with great niece Isabel and great nephew Elliot and enjoyed it when they stayed with her – without meddling parents, she would ply them with lots of junk food. She loved all of the trips that family and friends made to see her in Orlando. She especially loved when her cousin Dolly Robinson would escape the cold of Canada and visit with her- they would wear their red hats and have a great time playing cards and trying out various local restaurants. Audre also delighted at the trips she was able to make to Colorado to visit with nephew Brian and his wife Debbie and great niece Abby and great nephew Zach marveling at their red hair, just like Ronnie and Cynthia.

In 2020 Audre moved to The Gardens at Depugh. Audre received excellent care at Depugh and loved the daily activities, time in the garden and the staff, many of whom were Jamaican and Haitian immigrants. The hard work and devotion of the staff who took such good care of her was a blessing to her and her family. At Depugh, Audre had a loud fun filled 90th birthday party with a steel drum band, dancing and lots of sweets.

Audre remained healthy until May of this year and passed peacefully on June 10, 2026. She is survived by her sister-in-law Lucy Suarez DeGrocco, niece Robin Suarez and nephew in law Curtis Arnold. Niece in law Debbie Suarez, Great Nieces Isabel Arnold and Abby Suarez and Great Nephews Elliot Arnold and Zach Suarez. In the beautiful next realm we call heaven, Audre joins her mother, Estelle Huie Suarez and Father Ronald R Suarez, brother Ronald T. Suarez, Sister Cynthia Suarez and Nephew Brian Suarez.

Donations in Audre’s memory may be made to American Friends of Jamacia https://theafj.org/  A memorial service for Audre will be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church 1603 E. Winter Park Road, Orlando, FL 32803 on Saturday, July 11 @ 2pm. If sending flowers, orchid arrangements would be lovely.