Obituaries:  Matilda Kleber Andries, Sabine Parish       A-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 6, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Matilda Kleber Andries

  Matilda Kleber Andries, 72, died Tuesday, August 29th in Many.
She was a native of Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, and Duquesne University of
Pittsburgh. She worked at Mercy Hospital, and then served in
Europe as a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World
War II. Tillie married Harold W. Andries in Mourmelon France in
1945. After discharge, they returned to reside in Many.

  Tillie was an active member of St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church, and the mother of five children. She taught third grade
at St. John's Catholic School in 1966, and later worked as a
Registered Nurse at Fraser Hospital for approximately ten years.

  Father Ken Williams, and Monsignor Norman Buvens concelebrated a
Funeral Mass on Thursday, August 31, at St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church in Many, with interment at St. John's Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Matt Tarver, John Dean, Tommy Joe Andries, John
Andries, Robert Andries, and Pat Gandy.

  Tillie was a resident of Many for forty-five years, and is
survived by her husband, Harold; daughters, Mary Beth Tarver, and
Jo Anne Boydston of Many, Margaret Preston of Dallas, Texas,
Catherine "Sissy" Rankin of Bryan, Texas; her son, Bill Andries
of Many; fourteen grandchildren; and two sisters, Clara Greer of
Denver, Colorado, and Rita Lehman of Glenshaw, Pennsylvania.