Obituary: David Andrews of Newport
(Update: According to Terri Strom, “The service for David Andrews will be tomorrow, Feb. 4th. at the Newport Armory at 2:00.”)
David Scott Andrews, 29, of Newport, died Jan. 24 in Toledo of natural causes. He was born May 19, 1982 in Visalia, Calif. to Michele Trost and Scott D. Andrews.
His family said “David lived in the Visalia area until 2004 when we moved to Toledo. He worked at Toledo Chevron until landing the job at Toledo Ace Hardware where he worked for over five years. He took the first place trophy at the Retro Gaming Expo in Portland, OR, 2010. He was a frequent customer at Recycle Video Games in Newport (they have a poster-sized photo for friends to sign). He loved video games (Mario, Drake, Skyrim), home brewing beer, his many, many friends and life in general.” He is survived by his long time girlfriend Nicole Grogan; siblings Christina Michalk; Shaun Harris, Shane Harris, Melissa Harris-Mulkey, Lucas Harris; uncle Bruce Trost; Godmother, Darlena Smith; other aunts, cousins, and other relatives. He was preceded in death by:Father Scott Andrews; Grandfather, Dave Andrews; Grandmother Virginia Trost Call All Ride Motor Sports (541) 264-8350 for more information about services.
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Even though many Wavelength readers may not recognize his name, I’m pretty sure most everybody in town would recognize his face because Dave worked at Toledo Ace Hardware.
I wasn’t a close friend, but because I’m renovating an old house in town, I make a lot of trips to the local hardware stores, and I interacted with him often. He was always helpful, friendly and funny. I’ll miss him.
When I stopped at Ace for some paint thinner on Friday , Terry and the rest of the folks at Ace had put display in his memory, and I’m sure it would raise their spirits if you stopped in for a minute or two to share a kind word and a memory.
Dave was a really great guy from all my run-ins with him. He was always friendly every time I went into the hardware store. I enjoyed spending a few minutes visiting with him on my trips in there.
I am in the same boat as Mark, I will miss him.
Just got word that the service for David Andrews will be tomorrow, Feb. 4th. at the Newport Armory at 2:00.
Please spread the word. David was part of our little Ace Family for over 5 years. He is going to be greatly missed. Thank you.
Dave will be missed by us at the City of Toledo Water Plant. He always provided great service to our needs, and we really enjoyed his humor. Dave was authentic and compassionate, and loved to share a good Joke.
Linda Hughes and Bill Montgomery
Only had a few dealings with Dave at the store., but whenever I was in there he was always helpful and very nice to talk to.. He will be missed