Audrey Langdon

Audrey Langdon, ordained minister, author, editor, and public and media relations specialist, died September 25, age 93. A resident of Arizona since 1982, she first lived in Phoenix, where she worked for a Christian media agency and served on the pastoral staff of Wings of Faith Church. She moved to Tucson in 1988 and was a member of the counseling staff at Connections Vineyard Church.

Author of the book, Dreams, Visions, and Spiritual Messages, Langdon was founder of The Joseph Ministries, developing and teaching a Bible-based approach to the interpretation of dreams. An alumna of the University of Pittsburgh, she studied theology at Drew University and Bloomfield College in New Jersey, and at New York School of the Bible.

Langdon was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and moved to New York City in 1949, working in public relations for the Colgate-Palmolive Company and as a freelance writer on beauty and fashion topics. She married Abdul Qayyum Awan in 1950, and had two children; the marriage ended in divorc in 1958.

Langdon also worked in public relations for Air Reduction Company, Nopco Chemical Company, and other major chemical manufacturers. In the late 1960s, she wrote advertising copy for print and television, working for Madison Avenue advertising agencies such as J. Walter Thompson. She was a marketing writer for Avon Products, preparing materials and brochures for salespersons, in the early 1970s.

Through her volunteer work as newsletter editor for the Presbytery of Newark, New Jersey, Langdon received an invitation to join the press staff for the First International Congress on World Evangelization, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1974.

Afterward she was appointed public relations director for the National Religious Broadcasters association, where she served as editor of the monthly Religious Broadcasting magazine and other publications during a time of .industry expansion and growth in national and international influence. Her role entitled her to a membership in the U.S. Presidential Press Corps under President Gerald Ford.

Langdon served as ghost writer for the book, The Electric Church, by Ben Armstrong, detailing the rise and growth of Christian evangelical broadcasting ministries in the United States. As a deacon, teacher, and elder at Third Presbyterian Church, Newark, she established a program that funded all expenses for inner city children to attend the church-sponsored summer camp in Johnsonburg, New Jersey.

Langdon was a longtime participant in the Fashion Group, whose members are recruited from the highest echelons of the fashion industry to promote the business of fashion and design. She was beauty and fashion editor for American Baby magazine in the 1960s.

An accomplished dressmaker, watercolorist, interior designer, hostess, and pianist, Langdon was an early adopter of healthy living ideals, studying Pilates and all-natural nutrition before these became trends.

She was predeceased by her parents, Thomas C. and Ruth M. Langdon of Pittsburgh and Tucson; and a sister, Joanne L. Pincus, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her two children, Jawaid Awan (Patricia) of Salem Mass., and Sarah Awan Johnson of Caldwell, New Jersey; three grandchildren, Jashar Awan (Emily Eibel), Jordan Awan (Morgan Elliott), and Zoe Johnson; and one greatgrandchild, Maxwell Awan.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in memory of Audrey Langdon to First Adult Care: Staff Funds, 3825 North First Street, Tucson, AZ 85719.