Lylia B. Andrews Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Lylia B. Andrews of Charleston, Illinois, who passed away on February 7, 2024, at the age of 89, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Lylia B. Andrews to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Bjor H. "Bill" Almstrum and Judith Ruth Marie Almstrum (Nilson); her siblings, Alma Ruf, Lillian Almstrum and Billy H. Almstrum; and her grandson Alexander Marley.
She is survived by: her daughters, Kathleen Andrews (Richard), Pamella Andrews (Mike) and Cynthia Andrews (William); her grandchildren, Margaret Rother (Jeremy), Miranda Waddell and Brandon Waddell (Amanda); and her great grandchildren, George, Vivien, Xander Rother, Bailey, Mia, Jase Upton, Clara and Elise Waddell. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
As her daughters entered middle school, she resumed her career, working for the RSVP program in Charleston, at the Montgomery Ward catalog center, as an EKG technician at Charleston Hospital, and at the Eastern Illinois University textbook library.
The family kindly requests that, instead of flowers, donations be made in her honor to a charity of the donor's choice or to the memorial culinary arts scholarship established in honor of her beloved grandson, STLCC-Foundation c/o Alexander Marley Memorial Fund, 3221 McKelvey Road, Bridgeton, MO 63044.