Obituary

Gail Andrews, obituary

Mon, 07/13/2015 - 4:00pm

NORTHPORT — Gail Lenore Andrews, 70, passed away July 11, 2015, at Crawford Commons in Union. Gail was born in Stamford, Conn., on April 30, 1945, to the late Arthur Joseph Gescheidle and Eleanor Margaret Millioen.

Raised in Bronx,N.Y., Gail graduated from Ladycliffe College in New York with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and worked as a chemist for many years before becoming a civil court clerk. Gail was a devout Catholic and was a member of the Carmelites. Gail loved to read and write poetry and in her younger days, she also painted, played guitar and made ceramics.

Gail was predeceased by her parents. She is survived by her daughter, Angelica Bunker; and husband, Wade of Northport; her brother, James Gescheidle and his wife, Janet, of New York; her granddaughter, Lily Bunker of Northport; her nephews, James Gescheidle Jr. and his wife, Lauren, and Stephen Gescheidle and his wife, Lora.

Donations may be made in Gail's name to either St. Francis of Assisi Church or to Davis Long Term Care.

Visiting hours will be held Thursday, July 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Riposta Funeral Home, 182 Waldo Ave. in Belfast. There will be a funeral mass at St. Francis of Assisi in Belfast on Friday, July 17 at 11 a.m.