Andres, Herman J. (1901-1992)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1992 Oct 15 p. 6

Birth date: 1900 December 26
Date of Death: 1992 October 12

text of obituary:

Retired Leader Of Institutions Dies in Hesston

HESSTON, Kan. — Herman J. Andres, a retired administrator of Mennonite institutions, died Oct. 12 at Schowalter Villa. He was 91.

Andres served as administrator of Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton, Bethel Home in Newton and the Schowalter Foundation.

He was past president of the Kansas Hospital Association, helped organize and was chairman of the board of Prairie View Inc., and helped organize and served for several years as president of the Association of Mennonite Hospitals and Homes.

Andres served as president of the General Conference Mennonite Church Board of Publications for 12 years and was a former member of the GC executive committee. Twice he went on special assignments to South America for Mennonite Central Committee.

Survivors include his wife, Joanna (Sudermann), whom he married in 1931; a son, James H. of Rosthern, Sask.; a daughter, Amy E. Reed of Broomfield, Colo.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 16 at First Mennonite Church in Newton, with Verney Unruh officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Newton.

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The Mennonite obituary: 1992 Nov 10 p. 499

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Newton, Kansas
Son of Gustav and Anna ?neufeldt) Andres
Married Joanna Sudermann 1931 August 16, Goshen, Indiana
Bethel Deaconess Hospital/Bethel Home for the Aged administrator -- Newton, Kansas

Bethel alumni note:

Photo holdings:
Individual (at desk) -- 1955 Newton, Kansas

Sources:
Obit
from Bethel Home for the Aged 1991
Grandma database Profile #339051