Andrew "Andy" McAndrew 1892-1957

MCANDREW, MCANDREWS, WOODS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/31/2011 at 01:11:38

Former Local Resident Dies of Stroke
Andy McAndrews, [McAndrew] 66, longtime resident of Estherville, died at 10:30 p.m. yesterday at his son’s home in Des Moines. Mr. McAndrews had suffered several strokes during the past six years and immediate cause of death was attributed to a stroke.

Mr. McAndrews is a retired railroad man. He and his wife, Sarah, had made their home in Estherville until six years ago when the moved to their home at Spirit Lake. Until retirement Mr. McAndrews had commuted to Estherville.

Mr. and Mrs. McAndrews were spending the winter months in Des Moines with their son, Kenneth. Mr. McAndrews is survived by his wife and son. He is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Otis Woods.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Sternborg Funeral Home, the Rev. Harrison G. Dawes officiating. Burial will be in East Side cemetery.

Mr. McAndrew’s body is being returned to Estherville by plane today. It will lie in state at Sternborg’s from 9 a.m. tomorrow until time of services. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, February 13, 1957)

Dob per WWI draft record May 9, 1892