Obit: Arends, Andrew (1920 - 1991)

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Surnames: Arends, Heeg, Rathke

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 13 Aug. 1991  P. 11 C. 1

Arends, Andrew (19 FEB 1920 - 12 AUG 1991)

COLBY  Andrew W. Arends, 71, of Greenwood and formerly of Colby, died Monday at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Colby, with the Rev. Bruce Ball officiating.  Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be at the church from 9 a.m. until the service Wednesday at the church.

He was born Feb. 19, 1920, in the Town of Hall (should be Hull) in Marathon County to Anna Arends and the late Andrew A. Arends.  He farmed with his parents until 1950 when he moved to Colby.  He resided in Greenwood since 1989.

He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Colby.

He is survived by his mother, a brother, Walter Arends of Watertown, and two sisters, Mrs. Lawrence (Irene) Heeg of Marshfield and Evelyn Rathke of Paradise, Calif.

He was predeceased by three brothers and a sister.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Rux Funeral Home, Colby