MARGARET MARY "PEGGY" YONKER ANDRUS, 71, passed
away Nov. 8, 1999.
Peggy was born April 17, 1928, in Ranger, TX, to Tom,
Sr. & Moselle Yonker. She attended St. Rita's School
and Ranger High School in the Class of 1931. Peggy
finished at Freer High School, where she was football
sweetheart, class favorite, yearbook editor, and drum
major. She received her bachelor's degree in biology
from Texas A&I (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) in
1948. She enjoyed a long professional career in the
oil and gas industry in Corpus Christi, & was retired
from Freeport-McMoRan Oil and Gas Company and Everest
Minerals Corporation.
Peggy devoted her life to the large and loving family
who survived her, including her two daughters Nancy
(Matt) Jacobs of East Hartford, Connecticut, and Jane
Andrus of Houston; three sons John (Priscilla) Andrus
of Austin, David Andrus of Corpus Christi, and Jim
(Carol) Andrus of Victoria; former husband Dick (Alice)
Andrus of Rockport, stepdaughter Sarah (Frank) Hunt of
Portland; sisters-in-law Dolores Yonker and Jean Carson
of Corpus Christi; special friends Olivia and Albert
Puga, Jr.; six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren;
and many beloved nieces and nephews. The many friends
she loved, and who cherished her, cannot be counted.
She will be reunited in Heaven with her parents, her
sister Sue Yonker Roberts (RHS-1942), and brother
Tom Yonker, Jr. (RHS-1925). Other siblings were
Ester Yonker Kirkpatrick (RHS-1923), Fred Yonker
(RHS-1932), Jeanette Yonker (RHS-1929), and Mary
Yonker Ferrara (RHS-1934).