Ruth O. Andrae

Ruth O. Andrae February 5, 1914- March 20, 2005 COLUMBUS, GA— On Sunday, March 20, the Lord called Mrs. Ruth O. Andrae, of Columbus, to join her husband, the late MSGT Raymond Fred Andrae. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 23, at 10 a.m. at Northside Chapel with the Rev. Larry Biggers officiating, according to McMullen Funeral Home, 3874 Gentian Blvd., Columbus. Private interment will be at Main Post Cemetery with McMullen Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Andrae was born Feb. 5, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of the late Otto and Otillia Herlinger Sieloff. She retired from Civil Service after twenty-five years of service at Ft. Benning, Ga. In her youth she played basketball for the Lombard Red Peppers, was an avid basketball fan and a longtime supporter of CSU athletics. She received the Columbus State University Alumni Association Honorary Alumnus Award. She volunteered for Easter Seals of Columbus making bibs and quilts for special needs children and was an active volunteer with many organizations in Columbus, receiving the WTVM Channel 9 Award for her service to the community. She was active in the South Columbus Senior Citizens Center. She was a member of the Joyful Servant Sunday School Class at Northside Christian Church. She loved patriotic music and was always one of the first to stand and clap when she heard SousaÕs ÒStars and Stripes ForeverÓ. Other than her husband, she was preceded in death by her son Bruce. She is survived by four sons and two daughters, Raymond R. Andrae and wife Patsy of Grapevine, Texas, Dorothy K. Harnish and husband Skip of Columbus, Don Andrae and wife Diane of Columbus, Richard M. Andrae and wife Cheryl of Houston, Texas, Emalee White and husband Dean of Pensacola, Fla., and Jeff Andrae and wife Rita of Savannah, Ga.; eighteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. She leaves behind many loving friends and family members. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ruth O. Andrae Scholarship Fund at CSU, to benefit womenÕs basketball. Those who wish may sign the online guest registry at www.mcmullenfuneralhome.com