Royal H. Andrews
Born: March 21st, 1876
Died: July 31st, 1952
Obituary
Royal H. Andrews, 76, of 614 Franklin, a buyer for John Blaul's Sons company, was stricken with a fatal stoke during the noon hour Thursday in the Elks club. He toppled from a chair and efforts to revive him, including the use of oxygen, were unsuccessful. He was born in Burlington March 21, 1876, and had been a member of the local Elks club since 1898. April 21, 1949, he was given a life membership in the organization.
Andrews began work for the Blaul company March 1, 1894, in the office, was later made a salesman with a large territory. Still later he was returned to the office and was listed as a department buyer for the firm.
He was the son of James Andrews and Mary Resser Andrews. He married Emily Inghram July 26, 1901. She died in January of 1947. The couple had no children. His parents are dead and there are no direct survivors. Carrie Inghram, 614 Franklin street, is a sister-in-law.
The death was the second in about a month at the Blaul company. A longtime Burlington resident and employe of the firm, Frank Esau, died recently. The body was taken to Prugh's Chapel.