Scott Whitney Andrews

Scott Whitney ANDREWS

April 9, 1949 — April 19, 2019

Scott was born in Olympia, WA on April 9, 1949 to the late George and Ruth Andrews of Olympia, WA. Scott grew up in Seattle and Olympia WA. He attended Washington State University and graduated with a B.S degree in Chemical Engineering in 1971. His other designations include Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU); Registered Professional Engineer (PE); Member, Property & Casualty Agent’s Advisory Committee to the Washington State Insurance Commissioner (one of only 12 Board members appointed by the Commissioner, statewide); Past President and Member, Surplus Line Association of Washington. 

Scott has 40 years’ insurance industry experience. He developed his practice in Seattle since 1981. He has previously been stationed in Belgium, working throughout Europe; New York City; and has interned at Lloyds’ in London. Scott’s practice focused on complex insurance issues including Professional Liability coverage, manufacturing, and specialty Products Liability, Real Estate Ownership, Development and Construction.     

Scott met his wife Katharine M. Ross in an elevator in 1990 while both were employed at the Columbia Center in Seattle. They married in 1993. Katharine gave birth to twin daughters, Alana and Alexa, in 1997. Scott also has two daughters from a previous marriage: Keri, who was born in Belgium in 1975, and Paige, who was born in Seattle in 1978.

Scott was a loving and devoted husband and father: warm, intelligent kind, and gentle with a quick wit and playful sense of humor. He loved boating, sailing, golf, the family’s large menagerie of animals, summer trips with family to Lake Chelan, WA and Priest Lake, ID, and his activities with his children. He has passed on his love of the water, sports, and family to his four wonderful daughters.

Scott is survived by his loving wife, Katharine; his four daughters, Keri M.  Andrews, (Paul R. Corkery), Paige W. Andrews, Alana K. Andrews, Alexa M. Andrews, and two brothers, Greg Andrews and Bradley Andrews, and his niece and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be

Friday May 17, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,

732 18th Ave. E., Seattle,  98112.

with a reception to follow at the Parish Social Hall.

Interment will take place at

Holy Cross Cemetery

in Spokane, WA at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Scott’s memory may be made to

Little Bits Therapeutic Riding 

18675 NE 106th St. Redmond WA 98052, or,

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska

5130 40th Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98105