A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 27 at the St. Patrick Catholic Church for Kathleen Andrews, 98, of Minburn. Burial will follow at Violet Hill Cemetery. Visitation is set from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26 at the Murdock Funeral Home.
Kathleen passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, at the Eden Acres campus of the Perry Lutheran Homes in Perry, Iowa.
D. Kathleen Andrews was born Aug. 1, 1925 in rural Redfield, Iowa, the daughter of Gilman J. and Dorothy D. (Hammond) Turner.
She graduated from Linden High School with the class of 1942.
After graduation, Kathleen worked for a year in Adel and then enrolled at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in order to get her teaching certificate. She taught for one year at Washington Township School.
Kathleen married J. Howard Andrews on February 11, 1947, at the St. Patrick Catholic Church. They lived on the family farm west of Washington Township together for 64 years until Howard’s death on July 17, 2011. Kathleen remained on the farm until she moved to Eden Acres in 2019.
Kathleen enjoyed keeping up with current events through the newspaper, reading books and watching sports of all kinds on television.
Survivors include her sons, John (Susan) Andrews of Perry and David (Kim Heiland) of Perry; daughters, Diana (Tim) Shehan of Boone and Susan (Mike) Pendegraft of Des Moines; one sister, Dottie Hill of Redfield; six grandchildren, Trent (Jenn) Andrews, Lindsay (Brad) Waldron, Tony (Crystal) Andrews, Anne (Clint) Jenkins, Jeff Shehan and Abby (Alan) Juhl; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Preceding Kathleen in death were her parents; husband; and two brothers, Robert Turner and Terry Turner.
The family would like to thank the caregivers at Eden Acres for the care and support given to Kathleen throughout the last four years.
Memorials can be directed to St Patrick Catholic Church and the Perry Public Library and may be sent to Murdock Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at murdockfuneralhome.net.
