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David C. Andre, 87
of
Butler, died
Monday, December 15, 2003
at
5:30 a.m. at the
Butler
Memorial
Hospital.
Born
July 23, 1916 in
Butler,
Pennsylvania, he was the son of
Urban A. and Minnie Elva McKelvey Andre.
Mr. Andre owned and
operated the Andre Tea and Coffee business, until his retirement in
1977. During his working years he was the national president of the
Home Service Association, in 1965-1966. The business had been founded
by his father.
Mr. Andre was a
member of
First
United
Methodist
Church and a member of the
Asbury Sunday School class for many years. He was a long time member
of the trustee board of the church and a member and former chairman of
the administrative board.
Mr. Andre was a
graduate of
Allegheny
College, class of 1939, and
earned a B.A. degree in business administration. He was a member and
past president of the Rotary Club of Butler, and a life member and
past president of the Salvation Army Advisory board of
Butler. He was a member of the
Butler Masonic Lodge #272 F. & A. M., the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite-Valley of
New Castle, and the Syria Shrine of
Pittsburgh. He was also a life member of Butler Elks Club #170.
Mr. Andre was a
veteran of U. S. Army European Theatre, serving in WW II from
September 1942 to October 1945. He served with the 10th Armored
Division and was honorably discharged with the rank of Warrant
Officer.
Mr. Andre is survived
by his wife, Ethel L. Bowman Andre, to whom he had been married for 58
years, one son, Richard T. Andre of
Fort Wayne,
Indiana, one daughter, Mrs. William
F. (Janis) Bird of Americus, Georgia. He is also survived by five
grandchildren, Kristin Andre, Scott Andre, and Steve Andre, of Ft.
Wayne Indiana, Jonathan Bird of
Atlanta,
Georgia and Beth
Bird of
Americus,
Georgia.
Friends will be
received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc.,
124 East North Street,
Butler,
Pennsylvania,
Wednesday December 17, 2003
from 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 p.m.
Services will
be held at the
First
United
Methodist
Church, Thursday, December
17, 2003 at
11:00 a.m. with Reverend J.
David Panther officiating. Interment will follow in
North
Side
Cemetery
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A Life Remembered . . .