Walter Thomas Andrews

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Walter Thomas Andrews was born in Berkeley on February 22, 1916.  His parents were Alma and Thomas Andrews.  Walter was raised in Berkeley where he received his schooling.

As a child Walter stuttered until he was out of his teens.  He was a beautiful child and grew into a very handsome man with dark wavy hair, brown eyes and very tall.  Growing up he loved to tease me (his cousin, Ruth) and I remember one Thanksgiving the whole family was at Grandma Sierra's house for dinner.  Helen, Walter, Carl Jr. and I all were seated in the huge kitchen having our meal while the adults were seated in the dining room.  Walter pointed at a very long noodle in my soup and told me it was a worm.  I couldn't eat the soup and was scolded by my mother and grandmother about this.  Walter couldn't stop laughing!

After Walter graduated from high school he went to a bar tender school in Southern

California.  In the late 1930's Walter worked as a bar tender in Palm Springs.  When the shipyards opened at the beginning of WW II Walter worked as a pipe fitter putting insulation around pipes for ships being built.  In later years he developed asbestosis and had a chronic lung problem.

Walter met and married Lois Logue in Los Angeles on January 31, 1943.  Two boys were born the first, Walter David in 1945 and the second, David Thomas in 1946 both in Los Angeles.

Walter developed and lived with asbestosis and continued to have it for many years after he worked in the shipyards during WW II.  Lois, his wife, was a nurse and continued to work in this profession until she retired.  Walter's occupation is unknown but I do know he was very handy with his hands and could do beautiful woodwork and he also was "into" photography.

After the boys were married and moved away from home, Walter really suffered with breathing problems toward the end of his life.  There was a suit filed against the government by all that had developed asbestosis nearly 40 years before it was settled in the court.  Very little compensation was awarded to all that had this sickness.  Walter died not too long after the settlement.

Walter died at home in Seal Beach, California on October 4, 1983.  His wife, Lois, cared for him at home until the end.  He is interred at Sunnyside Mausoleum in Long Beach, California.

Walter had worked with Boy Scouts of America, his hobbies were collecting coins and stamps and photography.  He was such a loving caring person and left this world too soon at the age of 67.