Jeannette I. Andre
Jeannette I. Andre, 94, formerly of Chicora, died Thursday at the Oakmont Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation.
She was born June 12, 1922, in Worthington, the daughter of Clarence and Nellie J. Barr Bouch. She was a descendant of James Barr, one of the first associate judges of Armstrong County.
Jeannette was a graduate of Worthington West Franklin High School and the former Kittanning Business School. She was employed by Henry Shaffer Lumber in Kittanning; the office of Roy A. House, justice of the peace in Kittanning; Aerial Surveys of Pittsburgh; the Russell P. Hay Cessna Airplane Co. at the Butler Airport; and the Boy Scouts office in Butler as office manager. She was a Notary Public from 1967 to 2003 and a correspondent for the Butler Eagle for 25 years.
Jeannette was a member of St. John's Reformed Church in Chicora. She had been a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Chicora, Chicora American Legion Auxiliary, Chicora Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary, Rotary Ann's of Chicora, the Bradys Bend Historical Society, the reunion committee for the 101st Cavalry Pennsylvania World War II reunions in Butler and Kittanning, the Ladies Aid Society of St. John's Reformed Church and several area craft clubs.
On Aug. 5, 1944, she married the late Leroy B. Andre of Chicora, who died July 13, 2008.
Jeannette is survived by her daughter, Larilyn Andre of Centreville, Va.; her son, Thomas (Fay) Andre of Penn Hills; her grandchildren, Kyle A. (Tracy) Reitnauer of Fernley, Nev., Nathaniel Andre Erwin of Centreville, Va., Rachel (Collin) Krepps of Catonsville, Md., Nathan Andre of Penn Hills, Joshua Andre of Wooster, Ohio, and Christopher Andre of Penn Hills; her great-grandchildren, Delaney Paige Reitnauer of Fernley, Nev., and Wyatt Lewis Krepps of Catonsville, Md.; and her stepgreat-grandchildren, Kelsie (Isaac) Niemeyer of Reno, Nev., and Hannah (Stephen) Barraclough of Woodbridge, Va.
She also is survived by two sisters-in-law, Sondra Andre of Seven Fields and Shirley Andre of Saxonburg; and numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her infant brother, Clarence Bouch Jr., and brother, Dwight E. Bouch.
ANDRE — Friends of Jeannette I. Andre, who died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Steighner Funeral Home, 111 E. Slippery Rock and Main streets, Chicora, and from 10 a.m. to the time of service at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Reformed Church, Chicora, with the Rev. John Pistorius officiating. Burial will follow at the St. John's Reformed Church Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Special Olympics in Jeannette's name at Special Olympics, Butler County, P.O. Box 2561, Butler, PA 16003-2561, or by phone at 724-285-4101.For more information, please visit www.steighnerfuneralhome.com.
