Marilu Andrews Obituary (1931

Marilu Andrews entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Friday, June 17, 2016 at home in Yakima. Marilu was born on January 26, 1931 in San Francisco, California. As a young girl she moved with her family to Pullman, WA., and then to Yakima, where she graduated from Yakima High School in 1948. She attended Stephens College in Missouri and graduated from Washington State University, where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. Marilu married Fred H. "Fritz" Andrews in 1953 in Yakima. After living in Spokane while Fritz attended Gonzaga Law School, they returned to Yakima where they made their home. Marilu was a very generous, loving and giving person. She possessed the gift of making others feel very special. Her Christian faith was of utmost importance to her and she rejoiced in sharing it in song with her beautiful voice. Marilu enjoyed sailing with Fritz in the San Juan Islands and relaxing with a good mystery novel at the family cabin on Rimrock Lake. She took great pleasure in her beautiful home. Marilu was a very classy woman and at heart was a romantic and possessed a sharp wit. She loved her family deeply and was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many. She was deeply loved as well. She is survived by her husband Fritz, sons Barry (Pauline) and Doug (Sheila); granddaughter Ashley (Jacob) Snoddy; grandsons Lucas and Colton Andrews and great granddaughters Evelyn, Nora, Marilu, and Ottillie. She is preceded in death by her parents O.E. "Babe" and Hazel Hollingbery; sisters Maybelle Ferrier and Sister Helen Cecilia Miller, of the Sisters of Notre Dame, brothers Donald Hollingbery and O.E. "Bus" Hollingbery; niece Kirsten (Gary) Cuillier and nephew Brad Malakoff. A Celebration of her Life will be Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Grace of Christ Presbyterian Church. To share a memory with the family, please visit www.brooksidefhc.com SERVICES Funeral service Saturday, July 09, 2016 11:00 AM Grace of Christ Presbyterian Church ,