LAGRANGEVILLE - Phyllis Allen Andrews, 69, a 50-year Lagrangeville resident, formerly of Sherrill, died May 24, 1995 at The Baptist Home in Rhinebeck. A homemaker, Mrs. Andrews was a home economics teacher and dietitian at Greer School in Hope Farm, Town of East Fishkill. She also had worked as a mail carrier. She was a 50 year and seventh-degree member of the Union Vale Grange 887 and a member of the Poughkeepsie Rug Hookers Guild, Button Collectors Club, the Care-Givers Organization, Union Vale Historical Society and the Verbank United Methodist Church, where she had served as a Sunday school teacher and a youth fellowship leader. Mrs. Andrews was an amateur ham radio operator, a stamp collector and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. Born Dec. 15, 1925, in Oneida, she was the daughter of Vernon Llewellyn and Ruby Jenks Allen. She was educated in Sherrill public schools and earned an associate's degree in home economics and dietetics in 1945 from the Morrisville Agricultural Technical Institute. On June 30, 1945 in Sherrill, she married James Edwin Andrews, who survives at home. Also surviving are two sons, J. Raymond Andrews of Concord, Mass., and Kenneth R. Andrews of Lagrangeville; a daughter, Janet Andrews Cardinal of Millbrook; seven grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Two brothers, Lowell V. and Raymond Allen, predeceased her. Services were held at the Verbank United Methodist Church. The Revs. Dick Reilly, Phyllis Skidmore and Susan Chadwick officiated. Burial was in Verbank Cemetery. Arrangements were made by the Hufcut Funeral Home, Main Street, Dover Plains. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Verbank United Methodist Church, Verbank, N.Y. 12585 or the American Diabetes Association, Mid Hudson Chapter, 9 Vassar St., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601.

Published in the Millbrook Round Table, Millbrook, N.Y., Thursday, June 22, 1995