Wesley Andrews

Ltc. Wesley Frank Andrews Wesley F. Andrews passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Norman Veterans Center.Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 29, at the First Presbyterian Church, 555 S. University Blvd., Norman, OK. Arrangements are under the John M. Ireland Funeral Home and Chapel, 120 S. Broadway, Moore, OK. Visitation will be Monday, March 28, 2011, from 6-8pm, at John M. Ireland Funeral Home, Moore, OK. Wesley was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Frank and Zurilda Andrews on June 19, 1920. He had 3 sisters, then Frank and Maria Gardner married after Zurilda died, and Wesley had two more sisters. Wesley lived in Indianapolis until October 1941, where he joined the Army Air Corps and was sent to Oklahoma City to begin his pilot training and 23 years of service with the United States Air Force. He married Betty Jean Sibley in Victoria, Texas, and they had one son and three daughters. Upon retirement Wesley completed his BS degree and then joined the Robberson Steel Co in Oklahoma City. After his second retirement, he began his long career as a volunteer. Wesley and Jayna Ekstrom were married in Norman, Oklahoma, had 27 years of happiness together traveling, volunteering and having season tickets to OU Football and Baseball. Wesley received the Five Who Care Award for his many hours of volunteering on April 22, 1991. Wesley was preceded in death by his parents, Maria Andrews "Mon A"; his sisters, Edith, Wilma, Sara and Rilda. Survivors include his wife, Jayna; son, Frank and wife Carol, their daughter, Shelly and son, David, and their husband and wife, and five great-grandsons; daughter, Karen and husband Terry, and two grandsons and one great-granddaughter; daughter, Linda and husband Mike, two granddaughters, and two great-granddaughters and two great-grandsons; daughter, Betty Ann and husband Ron, one grandson and one granddaughter; one stepson and stepdaughter; sister, Joan; four granddaughters; 3 great-granddaughters and one great-grandson. In lieu of flowers, family suggests donations be made to Full Circle Adult Day Care, 1304 Lindsey Plaza Dr., Norman, OK, 73071; or Scholarships Military Officers Association, "MOAA", University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., 100 Timberdell Rd., Norman, OK 73019.