Barbara Smith Andrews

Barbara Smith Andrews went home to see Jesus on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 at age 91. A celebration of Barb’s life will be held Friday, Aug. 11, at Heartland Evangelical Free Church, Annandale. There will be a 10 a.m. visitation followed by an 11 a.m. service. Barbara was born on June 29, 1932 in Donnely. She married George Andrews in 1951 at First Baptist Church in St. Cloud. They resided at their family farm on Bass Lake in South Haven for 53 years. She then moved to Annandale in 2004. Barbara’s greatest joy was knowing the Lord, being a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by her children David (Melodee) Andrews of South Haven, Mary (Paul) Christopherson of Omaha, Nebraska, Kent Andrews of Annandale, Cindy (Karl) Schlitchting of Inver Grove Heights and Margaret Birkholz of Big Lake; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Barbara was proceeded in death by her parents, her husband George Andrews, her son Joseph Andrews, her daughter-in-law Kimberly Curtis Andrews, two brothers and two sisters.