Obituary of Raymond Andrews

Pierceville, Kansas Raymond E. Andrews, age 84, died Monday, March 2, 2009 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born June 2, 1924 on the family farm in Gray County the son of William B. and Stella J. Hoskinson Andrews. He was a farmer and had been a lifetime resident of Finney and Gray Counties. He farmed until 1954 when he was injured in a farm accident and later attended rehabilitation for the blind in Topeka. He attended the Pierceville Federated Church in Pierceville, Kansas and was a WWII US Army Veteran. He was a member of the Sandhills Amateur Radio Club and the Quarter Century Wireless Association. On September 19, 1959 he married Marilyn J. Roehrman in Garden City, Kansas. She survives. Other Survivors Include: One Son, Darrin E. Andrews of Pierceville, Kansas; One Daughter, Lorna Rae Brown of Syracuse, Kansas and Seven Grandchildren and Two Great-Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Marlin W. Andrews, a sister, Beatrice Wasson and 2 brothers, William & Hugh Andrews. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00pm on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the Pierceville Federated Church in with the Rev. Terry Major presiding. Friends may call from 10:00am-8:00pm on Wednesday @ the Price & Sons Funeral Home in Garden City, Kansas. Interment will be in the Valley View Cemetery in Garden City, Kansas. The family requests memorials be given to the Church, to "Talking Books" of Norton, Kansas or to the Sandhill Amateur Radio Club all in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home of Garden City, Kansas.