Gilbert Andrews Obituary

Andrews, Gilbert Edward passed away on August 11, 2006. Gil was born to Harriet Pauline and Gilbert Edward Andrews, Sr. on June 10, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. He served as a ring gunner on a B-29 in the Pacific during WWII. After completing two years of service, Gil received his undergraduate degree and law degree from the University of Chicago. In 1948, Gil married Alice Frances Traznik, a law school classmate, and moved to Washington, D.C. Gil started at the Civil Aeronautics Board, but spent the majority of his legal career at the United States Department of Justice, where he served as the Chief of the Tax Division's Appellate and Court of Claims Sections and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Tax. In 1980, the Department of Justice gave Gil the Distinguished Service Award, recognizing that his "skill as a trial attorney, appellate advocate and administrator over a career spanning three decades have earned him the respect and admiration of the courts and his colleagues." Gil preferred to be remembered not as a talented lawyer, but rather as "a good soldier, a faithful husband, and a devoted father and grandfather." He loved bridge, travel, tennis, chocolate, and Thornton Wilder's "The Bridge of San Luis Rey." Gil and Alice moved to Tempe in 1993, and lived there until Alice's death in 2003. Gil is survived by his daughter, Kathryn Elizabeth Underwood, and her children, Sarah Elizabeth and Alexander Edward Underwood. Interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix. Arrangements entrusted to Green Acres Mortuary, Scottsdale, Arizona. 480-945-2654.