Obituaries:  Claude Andries, Sabine Parish       A-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 3, 1980
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Claude Andries (Photo)

  Funeral services for Claude Andries, 76, of Many, were held at
10 a.m., Wednesday, April 2, at St. John's Catholic Church.
Father Gustave Bergeron, and Msgr. John C. Vandegaer officiated
at the mass.

  The body was escorted into the church by an Honor Guard of his
brothers in the Knights of Columbus.

  Burial followed in the church cemetery, under the direction of
the Warren Meadows Funeral Home of Many.

  Serving as pallbearers were Bill Andries, Mike Andries, Tommy
Joe Andries, Jim Bob Gandy, Tom Freeman, Tommy Freeman, Keith
McGarrahan, and Tommy Maines.

  Honorary pallbearers were Luke Andries, Harold Andries, Hubert
Andries, Marvin Adams, J. W. Gandy, Donald Scaife, John Blake
Jr., Tillman McGarrahan, Rex Pugh, Bert Smith, and John E.
(Shine) Mowad.

  Mr. Andries died Monday, March 31, at 11:30 a.m., in Many,
following a sudden illness.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Evon Andries of Many; two
daughters, Patricia A. Freeman of New Orleans, and Barbara
Hungerford of El Toro, Calif.; three brothers, Harold Andries,
and Hubert Andries, both of Many, and Thomas L. Andries of
Jackson, Miss.; two sisters, Mrs. Irene W. Gandy of Many, and
Mrs. Alma Hunter of Shreveport; and 12 grandchildren.

  A native of Many, Mr. Andries was born on Feb. 12, 1904, to
Thomas L. and Cecile Andries.

  He married Evon McGarrahan on July 9, 1928, and they raised
three children. Their son, Robert Claude Andries of New Orleans,
is deceased.

  Mr. Andries was Assistant Superintendent for Exxon Corp.,
retiring after 34 years service. He returned to his hometown in
1959, and since then had enjoyed raising Hereford cows on his
Marthaville Road ranch.

  He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, and had served on
the Church Council and Building Committee, during construction of
St. John's School. He was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus.