Andrew John Andy Rebar Jr.

MAYETTA Andrew John Andy Rebar Jr., 68, of Mayetta, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1934, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Andrew John Rebar Sr. and Mary Irene Moskal. Andy attended Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic School and Argentine High School in Kansas City. He worked as a machinist for the Santa Fe Railroad in the Argentine area of Kansas City from 1951 until he retired in 1999. Mr. Rebar was a Navy veteran of the Korean War serving aboard a destroyer. He was a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers serving as local chairman of his union in the late 1960s. He was a member of the Moose Lodge in Topeka and the Eagle s Aerie in Lawrence. He was a life member of the American Legion Post No. 225 in Ozawkie and a life member of the VFW Post No. 10815 in Meriden. He was married to Geraldine E. Walling on June 30, 1956. They were married for 17 years and had four children. He was married to Joanie Abney on November 28, 1981 in Kansas City, Kan. She survives. Other survivors include three daughters, Catherine McGivern, of DeSoto, Julie King , of Lenexa, and Cindy Myers, of Kansas City, Mo.; a stepdaughter, Twen Barton, of Tonganoxie; a son, Andrew John Rebar III, of Kansas City, Kan.; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Andy loved to have friends and family around and hosted and entertained many a party at Rebar s Attic . Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, 2003, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Mayetta. Burial will be in Mayetta Cemetery. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at the church, with visitation to follow in the hall. Memorials may be given to Holton Community Hospital Hospice or to the church. Mercer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.