Obituaries

Beloved daughter of Mary Silva and the late Louis P. Silva, sister of William L. Silva and aunt of Lindsey M. Silva. A native of San Jose. She resided in San Martin for 60 years. She also leaves her aunts and uncles, Lorraine (John) Figueira, Anthony (Dorothy) Souza all of Santa Clara, Isabel Silva of Gilroy and Bernadette Silva of San Jose, and many cousins and numerous friends.

Our dear Judy passed away January 23, 2011,after a short battle with liver cancer. Judy was born on February 16, 1932, in Pixley, CA, to Mary and Manuel Marez. She moved to Gilroy as a young girl. Gilroy was her favorite place,she loved Gilroy and the people who lived there.

Lena Blythe Andrew passed away in Monterey, California at the age of 97. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and lived with her two daughters for the past 7 years. She and her husband, Haydn Andrew had moved to Modesto soon after their marriage in 1933, where they raised their family. Blythe was a bookkeeper for her husband who owned a paint store and was a painting contractor. Later, she worked for the Teamsters Union also as a bookkeeper. She and her husband served labor missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in New Zealand, the South Pacific Islands, Europe and the western United States from 1957 to 1978, overseeing the building of churches and temples. Blythe loved her family and was a great blessing to them. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband who died in 1992. She is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Carol Jean and Dennis Barrett of San Juan Bautista and Mary Jane and Stanley Robbins of Pacific Grove. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.