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Emma Lou <I>McGourty</I> Andrews

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Emma Lou McGourty Andrews

Birth
Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, USA
Death
8 Oct 2013 (aged 78)
Atlantis, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Burial
Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
SEC. 3 SITE 295
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Emma Lou Andrews of Saratoga Lake and Boynton Beach, FL passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, FL.

Emma Lou was born on March 29, 1935 in Saratoga Springs, NY to the late Charles J. and Louise (Rice) McGourty.

She was also predeceased by her son Terry James Blocksidge; her sister Ilene Martin and her brother Edward McGourty.

Emma Lou attended St. Peters Catholic School in her youth, graduated and moved on to bartend over the years at several establishments.

After retiring from the hospitality sector, she spent her retirement years working for Rickett's laundry in Ballston Spa, NY.

She remained with Rickett's for a number of years until finally retiring to Boynton Beach where she permanently resided until her passing.

Emma Lou was involved in many communal organizations including a charter member of the Ballston Spa Elks Ladies Auxiliary, as well as a longtime member of the Saratoga Eagles Club.

Emma Lou was a parishioner of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Saratoga Springs as well as St. Marks in Boynton Beach.

Hobbies included bowling, bingo, and friends would say she was arguably the biggest Mets fan around.

Burial will follow at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Duell Rd., Schuylerville.
Emma Lou Andrews of Saratoga Lake and Boynton Beach, FL passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, FL.

Emma Lou was born on March 29, 1935 in Saratoga Springs, NY to the late Charles J. and Louise (Rice) McGourty.

She was also predeceased by her son Terry James Blocksidge; her sister Ilene Martin and her brother Edward McGourty.

Emma Lou attended St. Peters Catholic School in her youth, graduated and moved on to bartend over the years at several establishments.

After retiring from the hospitality sector, she spent her retirement years working for Rickett's laundry in Ballston Spa, NY.

She remained with Rickett's for a number of years until finally retiring to Boynton Beach where she permanently resided until her passing.

Emma Lou was involved in many communal organizations including a charter member of the Ballston Spa Elks Ladies Auxiliary, as well as a longtime member of the Saratoga Eagles Club.

Emma Lou was a parishioner of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Saratoga Springs as well as St. Marks in Boynton Beach.

Hobbies included bowling, bingo, and friends would say she was arguably the biggest Mets fan around.

Burial will follow at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Duell Rd., Schuylerville.

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WIFE OF ANDREWS, WILLIAM C
A2C US AIR FORCE



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  • Maintained by: SJB
  • Originally Created by: Laurie & Nate S.
  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118935306/emma_lou-andrews: accessed ), memorial page for Emma Lou McGourty Andrews (29 Mar 1935–8 Oct 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118935306, citing Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York, USA; Maintained by SJB (contributor 47794520).