Arthur F. Andrews, 87, of 8 Mechanic St., Hammondsport, N.Y., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at the Taylor Health Center.
He was born Sept. 8, 1920, in Worcester, Mass., the son of Manuel and May Rose Aker Andrews.
Art graduated from schools in Stonington, Mass.
A U.S. Marine Veteran of World War II, serving for three years, two of them in the South Pacific, he was discharged in 1945 as a corporal.
He came to Hammondsport in the late 1940s and worked for the Courier Advocate.
He was a member of the Hammondsport American Legion and the Bath VFW, member and past president of the Hammondsport Rotary Club, where he had perfect attendance for 49 years, was the committeeman for Rotary with Cub Scout Pack #18 for many years, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a charter member of the Bath Country Club.
He was part of a group instrumental in starting the Hammondsport Little League, acting as its president for several years.
A mayor of the Village of Hammondsport from 1983 to 1987, he retired in 1982 after 26 years as a rural mail carrier for the Hammondsport Post Office.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Lou Putnam Andrews; stepdaughter, Maria (Phillip) Kellogg Skinner of Binghamton, N.Y.; stepson, Mike (Tonya) Kellogg of Seymour, Conn.; sisters, Mary DiRobbio of Westerly and Edith Thibeault of Charlestown; brother, Ralph Andrews of Westerly; stepgrandchildren, Christopher, Arminda, and Cody Kellogg and Zachary Skinner; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the LaMarche Funeral Home, 35 Main St., Hammondsport, where funeral services will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. Maureen O'Neill will officiate and interment with full military honors will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery Hammondsport. The family will provide their own flowers.
Memorials should be made to the Hammondsport Rotary Club Library Fund, P.O. Box 69, Hammondsport, N.Y. 14840 or to a charity of one's choice.
He was born Sept. 8, 1920, in Worcester, Mass., the son of Manuel and May Rose Aker Andrews.
Art graduated from schools in Stonington, Mass.
A U.S. Marine Veteran of World War II, serving for three years, two of them in the South Pacific, he was discharged in 1945 as a corporal.
He came to Hammondsport in the late 1940s and worked for the Courier Advocate.
He was a member of the Hammondsport American Legion and the Bath VFW, member and past president of the Hammondsport Rotary Club, where he had perfect attendance for 49 years, was the committeeman for Rotary with Cub Scout Pack #18 for many years, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a charter member of the Bath Country Club.
He was part of a group instrumental in starting the Hammondsport Little League, acting as its president for several years.
A mayor of the Village of Hammondsport from 1983 to 1987, he retired in 1982 after 26 years as a rural mail carrier for the Hammondsport Post Office.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Lou Putnam Andrews; stepdaughter, Maria (Phillip) Kellogg Skinner of Binghamton, N.Y.; stepson, Mike (Tonya) Kellogg of Seymour, Conn.; sisters, Mary DiRobbio of Westerly and Edith Thibeault of Charlestown; brother, Ralph Andrews of Westerly; stepgrandchildren, Christopher, Arminda, and Cody Kellogg and Zachary Skinner; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the LaMarche Funeral Home, 35 Main St., Hammondsport, where funeral services will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. Maureen O'Neill will officiate and interment with full military honors will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery Hammondsport. The family will provide their own flowers.
Memorials should be made to the Hammondsport Rotary Club Library Fund, P.O. Box 69, Hammondsport, N.Y. 14840 or to a charity of one's choice.
Arthur F. Andrews, 87, of 8 Mechanic St., Hammondsport, N.Y., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at the Taylor Health Center.
He was born Sept. 8, 1920, in Worcester, Mass., the son of Manuel and May Rose Aker Andrews.
Art graduated from schools in Stonington, Mass.
A U.S. Marine Veteran of World War II, serving for three years, two of them in the South Pacific, he was discharged in 1945 as a corporal.
He came to Hammondsport in the late 1940s and worked for the Courier Advocate.
He was a member of the Hammondsport American Legion and the Bath VFW, member and past president of the Hammondsport Rotary Club, where he had perfect attendance for 49 years, was the committeeman for Rotary with Cub Scout Pack #18 for many years, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a charter member of the Bath Country Club.
He was part of a group instrumental in starting the Hammondsport Little League, acting as its president for several years.
A mayor of the Village of Hammondsport from 1983 to 1987, he retired in 1982 after 26 years as a rural mail carrier for the Hammondsport Post Office.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Lou Putnam Andrews; stepdaughter, Maria (Phillip) Kellogg Skinner of Binghamton, N.Y.; stepson, Mike (Tonya) Kellogg of Seymour, Conn.; sisters, Mary DiRobbio of Westerly and Edith Thibeault of Charlestown; brother, Ralph Andrews of Westerly; stepgrandchildren, Christopher, Arminda, and Cody Kellogg and Zachary Skinner; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the LaMarche Funeral Home, 35 Main St., Hammondsport, where funeral services will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. Maureen O'Neill will officiate and interment with full military honors will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery Hammondsport. The family will provide their own flowers.
Memorials should be made to the Hammondsport Rotary Club Library Fund, P.O. Box 69, Hammondsport, N.Y. 14840 or to a charity of one's choice.
He was born Sept. 8, 1920, in Worcester, Mass., the son of Manuel and May Rose Aker Andrews.
Art graduated from schools in Stonington, Mass.
A U.S. Marine Veteran of World War II, serving for three years, two of them in the South Pacific, he was discharged in 1945 as a corporal.
He came to Hammondsport in the late 1940s and worked for the Courier Advocate.
He was a member of the Hammondsport American Legion and the Bath VFW, member and past president of the Hammondsport Rotary Club, where he had perfect attendance for 49 years, was the committeeman for Rotary with Cub Scout Pack #18 for many years, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a charter member of the Bath Country Club.
He was part of a group instrumental in starting the Hammondsport Little League, acting as its president for several years.
A mayor of the Village of Hammondsport from 1983 to 1987, he retired in 1982 after 26 years as a rural mail carrier for the Hammondsport Post Office.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Lou Putnam Andrews; stepdaughter, Maria (Phillip) Kellogg Skinner of Binghamton, N.Y.; stepson, Mike (Tonya) Kellogg of Seymour, Conn.; sisters, Mary DiRobbio of Westerly and Edith Thibeault of Charlestown; brother, Ralph Andrews of Westerly; stepgrandchildren, Christopher, Arminda, and Cody Kellogg and Zachary Skinner; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the LaMarche Funeral Home, 35 Main St., Hammondsport, where funeral services will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. Maureen O'Neill will officiate and interment with full military honors will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery Hammondsport. The family will provide their own flowers.
Memorials should be made to the Hammondsport Rotary Club Library Fund, P.O. Box 69, Hammondsport, N.Y. 14840 or to a charity of one's choice.
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(front)
MARRIED
AUG 30, 1975
(back, bronze military plaque)
CPL US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR II
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s/o Manuel & May Rose Aker Andrews, US Marines World War II
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