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- Richard Edwin Andrews
October 4, 1916-July 14, 2013
Richard Edwin Andrews of Loveland, Colorado passed away at home on Sunday, July 14, 2013. Richard was 96 years old.
Richard was preceded in death by his grandparents Harvey Wellington Lounsberry and wife Sarah Agnes (Gourley) Lounsberry,
James Andrews and wife Asenath (Wilson) Andrews, parents, Edwin Chapman Andrews and wife Iva Anna (Lounsberry) Andrews,
two older siblings, a brother, James Claire Andrews and a sister, Ruth Agnes (Andrews) Williams.
Survivors include his wife Margaretta Foulk Andrews of Eugene, Oregon; three daughters, Rebecca Andrews (Charles) Abarr,
of Redding, Iowa, Melissa Andrews of Loveland, Colorado, Jennifer Andrews of Eugene, Oregon; five grandchildren, Jariah Lee Walker, of Grimes, Iowa, Megan Amanda Rose Augustin of Denver, Colorado, Ian Hunter Abarr of Ames, Iowa, Jasper Daniel Abarr of Redding, Iowa, Enrique Simone Casados of Sarasota, Florida; and four great grandchildren.
Richard, Dick to his friends and family, was born in Spring Valley, Minnesota, 1916, the youngest of the three children. The family moved from their farm in Minnesota to a farm in Knoxville, Iowa in 1923. They moved to the Marshalltown farm in 1938. Dick attended country school in Knoxville, Iowa, further education included Drake University in DesMoines, Iowa; Iowa State University where he received his degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1950, and the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. He married Margaretta Foulk of Wilmington, Deleware on December 26, 1954 and they resided in Golden, Colorado.
Dick had a long career with the Adolph Coors and Porcelain Companies. As Chief and Project Engineer his creative instincts brought success to many projects, such as the glass-lined tank operation and the conveyor systems etc. He was very instrumental in design and construction while expanding the Coors Brewery from just 10 states to all 50 states, in the 70's and 80's.
Dick and his family were members of the First Denver Friends Church in Denver, Colorado. In his later years he enjoyed mentoring young engineers who became friends of the family. He never lost his love of the land, he always had a farm or property he could spend the day on and always loved working on projects in his shops. He will be missed by all who knew him.
- (Research):Dad was fairly secretive about his work for Coors. He never discussed projects he was working on while at the porcelain division. I do remember him bringing the new can with flip tab home for testing, he pulled a can of Coors out of the fridge and opened it with a twinkle in his eye. "Have to try this out and see if it works properly " I was a teenager by then and he was at the new can facility.
We lived in Golden at 1220 Meadowsweet Road until about 1967,when we moved to rural Arvada. I do know the ranch house was moved from the area of the Chatfield Dam when they put the Dam in. Megan and Jake and his family now play in the waters there.
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