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Hal Andrus

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Hal Andrus

Birth
Range, Grant County, Oregon, USA
Death
4 Dec 2004 (aged 98)
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Omar
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Hal Andrus

Private services were held for Hal S. Andrus of Eugene, who died Dec. 4 of age-related causes. He was 98.

Andrus was born March 19, 1906, in Range, to Grosvenor and Christina Miller Andrus. He married Dorothy Johnson on April 9, 1928, in Hood River. She died in 1982. He married Leona Weatherly on June 27, 1991.

At age 12, he hired out on his first cattle drive. At age 19, he was contracted to haul lumber in his own truck. He built and operated sawmills and designed, built and repaired sawmill equipment.

He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting, fishing and beekeeping.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Stephen of Vashon, Wash., and Cecil of Boise; a daughter, Margaret Gardner of Redmond; 10 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene is in charge of arrangements. Burial is at West Lawn Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to a Shriners Hospital for Children.

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Hal Andrus

Private services were held for Hal S. Andrus of Eugene, who died Dec. 4 of age-related causes. He was 98.

Andrus was born March 19, 1906, in Range, to Grosvenor and Christina Miller Andrus. He married Dorothy Johnson on April 9, 1928, in Hood River. She died in 1982. He married Leona Weatherly on June 27, 1991.

At age 12, he hired out on his first cattle drive. At age 19, he was contracted to haul lumber in his own truck. He built and operated sawmills and designed, built and repaired sawmill equipment.

He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting, fishing and beekeeping.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Stephen of Vashon, Wash., and Cecil of Boise; a daughter, Margaret Gardner of Redmond; 10 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene is in charge of arrangements. Burial is at West Lawn Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to a Shriners Hospital for Children.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X1ZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6860%2C1938917




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  • Created by: Tracy Turner
  • Added: Dec 7, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23282111/hal-andrus: accessed ), memorial page for Hal Andrus (19 Mar 1906–4 Dec 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23282111, citing West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Tracy Turner (contributor 46815350).