Eldon Paul Andrews 1924-1976

ANDREWS, SALAZAR, WILSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 8/17/2011 at 20:19:08

Eldon Paul Andrews
Estherville – Funeral services for Eldon Paul Andrews, 51, Gruver, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Fuhrman Funeral Home, Estherville, with the Rev. Neal Armstrong of the Gruver Presbyterian Church officiating and burial at the East Side Cemetery. He died Wednesday at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Mr. Andrews was born Sept. 22, 1924 in Gruver to Mr. and Mrs. Art Andrews and was educated in the Gruver schools. He graduated from Gruver High School and was married to Victorina Salazar Nov.9, 1968 in the Philippine Islands. Mr. Andrews lived in Gruver all his life and was employed as an engineer on the Rock Island railroad. He was a member of the Gruver Presbyterian Church and had served with the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Victorina, Gruver; one daughter, Louise, 6; one son, Harold, 3; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Alice Andrews, Des Moines, one nephew and one niece; and one aunt, Mrs. Clare W. Wilson, Estherville. He was preceded in death by his parents and five brothers.

Friends may call at the Fuhrman Funeral Home any time Friday until time of services Saturday. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, March 25, 1976)