Andrew D. McCormick
Dec. 16, 1923-March 5, 1997
Mr. Andrew David McCormick, 73, of 1289 Missions East Drive, Niles, Mich., passed away following an extended illness at 6:38 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, 1997,,at Saint Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, Ind.
He was born on Dec. 16, 1923, in Niles, to Andrew David and Anna Marie Seitz McCormick, and lived in this area all his life. He graduated from Niles High School in 1942, and was employed for 35 years at the National-Standard Company, Niles, having retired in 1980 as a supervisor in the Shipping and Testing Departments.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army with the 132nd Combat Engineers in the South Pacific, and with the occupational forces in Japan. The 132nd has annual reunions to which Mr. and Mrs. McCormick have traveled, and have hosted. They also enjoyed several trips to the Holy Land.
Mr. McCormick was a member and ordained Elder of the Church of the Savior, was president of the Fort Saint Joseph Historical Association, was secretary of the Missions East Condo Association, and was a volunteer with the Red Cross Bloodmobile, all in Niles. He also volunteered at Hope Rescue Mission, South Bend.
On July 17, 1943, in Massachusetts, he was married to the former Kathleen Boonstra, who survives. He is also survived by their children, Patricia Deakin and her husband Gerry of Mishawaka, Ind., Michael and his wife Gaye of Mattawan, Mich., and Steven and his wife Kathy of Vicksburg, Mich.; seven grandsons; his sister, Anarose Davis of Niles; and by several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Eulalia G. Hardy who died in 1995; by Eulalia's husband, Lawrence O. Hardy in 1994; and by a brother, Frank in 1987.
Funeral services for Mr. McCormick will be held from the Church of the Savior at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 8, with the Rev. Leon Roggen officiating. Committal services will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, and will include a flag presentation by American Legion Post 26 Commander John McLaughlin.
The family will receive friends at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, from 6 to 9 p.m. today.
Memorial contributions in memory of Mr. McCormick may be made to the Church of the Savior, or to the Hope Rescue Mission.
Submitted by family member; publication details unknown