SARATOGA SPRINGS —Andrew G. Stine, 96, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019 at the Home of The Good Shepherd in South Glens Falls surrounded by family.
Born June 22, 1923 in Saratoga Springs, he was the son of the late Albert and Mildred Gorham Stine.
Andrew was a graduate of White Plains High School in 1941. He attended NYU before enlisting in the US Army where he served during WWII. He later attended and earned his BS degree from Skidmore College.
He was a self-employed land surveyor for over fifty years and had also worked for ten years with the National Park Service and retired after eight years with the Vermont Highway and Human Services Departments. In 1950 he received his private pilot license. He and his wife Ethel were active with the Boy Scout Troop #13 in Schuylerville and was proud to see his son and grandson become Eagle Scouts.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife of fifty years, Ethel Seaman Stine in 1998; two brothers, William and Albert Stine Jr.; two sisters, Mildred Clarke and Fay Signer; and his son-in-law Mark Poirier.
Survivors include his daughters, Patricia Poirier of Schuylerville and Marion (Darrell) Rodman of Kansas City, MO; son, James (Jane) Stine of Queensbury; sister-in-law, Bessie Stine of Fort Washington, MD; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, several step-grandchildren, four nephews and one niece.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at the Schuylerville United Methodist Church, 51 Church St., Schuylerville with Rev. John Isemann. A reception will follow.
Friends may call at the church from 3 – 4 p.m. prior to the service.
Burial will be held July 15, 2019 in the Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Memorials can be made in his memory to Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 or Home of the Good Shephard, 198 Bluebird Rd., South Glens Falls, NY 12803.
