Services for Andrew Flowers Sr., 83, of 609 Laveille will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Temple, the Rev. B G. Drake Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Endsley and Son Funeral Home, 1417 S. Stanley.
He died at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday in Danville Veterans Hospital, where he had been a patient four years.
Born Sept. 15, 1898, in Auxvasse, Mo. to John N. And Christina Martinschinski Flowers, he married Isla P. Cleer Mellott Jan. 18, 1927, in Peoria.
He was formerly a machinist at Humitube Manufacturing Co. After retiring, he worked at Engineers Union Local 649 Hall. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War I and a member of Trinity Temple.
Surviving are his wife; four sons, Andrew J. Jr. of Pekin, Paul D. Sr. of Marquette Heights, Homer E. of East Peoria and Sgt. Aaron J. stationed in Germany; five daughters, Mrs. Calvin (Wanda) Richardson of Astoria, Mrs. Willis (Martha) Cole of Havana, Mrs. Ed (Carol) Russell of Washington, Mrs. Dan (Christina) Sinacori of East Peoria, ad Mrs. Howard (Leah) Durst of Creve Coeur; one step-son, Louis Mellott of Texas; 31 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
One daughter, two step-children and one brother preceded him in death.
(Obituary courtesy of Betty Wheat)
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Endsley and Son Funeral Home, 1417 S. Stanley.
He died at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday in Danville Veterans Hospital, where he had been a patient four years.
Born Sept. 15, 1898, in Auxvasse, Mo. to John N. And Christina Martinschinski Flowers, he married Isla P. Cleer Mellott Jan. 18, 1927, in Peoria.
He was formerly a machinist at Humitube Manufacturing Co. After retiring, he worked at Engineers Union Local 649 Hall. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War I and a member of Trinity Temple.
Surviving are his wife; four sons, Andrew J. Jr. of Pekin, Paul D. Sr. of Marquette Heights, Homer E. of East Peoria and Sgt. Aaron J. stationed in Germany; five daughters, Mrs. Calvin (Wanda) Richardson of Astoria, Mrs. Willis (Martha) Cole of Havana, Mrs. Ed (Carol) Russell of Washington, Mrs. Dan (Christina) Sinacori of East Peoria, ad Mrs. Howard (Leah) Durst of Creve Coeur; one step-son, Louis Mellott of Texas; 31 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
One daughter, two step-children and one brother preceded him in death.
(Obituary courtesy of Betty Wheat)
Services for Andrew Flowers Sr., 83, of 609 Laveille will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Temple, the Rev. B G. Drake Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Endsley and Son Funeral Home, 1417 S. Stanley.
He died at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday in Danville Veterans Hospital, where he had been a patient four years.
Born Sept. 15, 1898, in Auxvasse, Mo. to John N. And Christina Martinschinski Flowers, he married Isla P. Cleer Mellott Jan. 18, 1927, in Peoria.
He was formerly a machinist at Humitube Manufacturing Co. After retiring, he worked at Engineers Union Local 649 Hall. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War I and a member of Trinity Temple.
Surviving are his wife; four sons, Andrew J. Jr. of Pekin, Paul D. Sr. of Marquette Heights, Homer E. of East Peoria and Sgt. Aaron J. stationed in Germany; five daughters, Mrs. Calvin (Wanda) Richardson of Astoria, Mrs. Willis (Martha) Cole of Havana, Mrs. Ed (Carol) Russell of Washington, Mrs. Dan (Christina) Sinacori of East Peoria, ad Mrs. Howard (Leah) Durst of Creve Coeur; one step-son, Louis Mellott of Texas; 31 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
One daughter, two step-children and one brother preceded him in death.
(Obituary courtesy of Betty Wheat)
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Endsley and Son Funeral Home, 1417 S. Stanley.
He died at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday in Danville Veterans Hospital, where he had been a patient four years.
Born Sept. 15, 1898, in Auxvasse, Mo. to John N. And Christina Martinschinski Flowers, he married Isla P. Cleer Mellott Jan. 18, 1927, in Peoria.
He was formerly a machinist at Humitube Manufacturing Co. After retiring, he worked at Engineers Union Local 649 Hall. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War I and a member of Trinity Temple.
Surviving are his wife; four sons, Andrew J. Jr. of Pekin, Paul D. Sr. of Marquette Heights, Homer E. of East Peoria and Sgt. Aaron J. stationed in Germany; five daughters, Mrs. Calvin (Wanda) Richardson of Astoria, Mrs. Willis (Martha) Cole of Havana, Mrs. Ed (Carol) Russell of Washington, Mrs. Dan (Christina) Sinacori of East Peoria, ad Mrs. Howard (Leah) Durst of Creve Coeur; one step-son, Louis Mellott of Texas; 31 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
One daughter, two step-children and one brother preceded him in death.
(Obituary courtesy of Betty Wheat)
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