Marie Andrews

Marie Dougherty Andrews, 80, a guest of Riverstreet Manor and former resident of Washington Square Apartments in Wilkes-Barre passed away Friday morning at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born January 6, 1931 in Plymouth she was a daughter of the late Hugh Edmund and Agnes O'Donnell Dougherty.

Marie was a graduate of Saint Vincent's High School in Plymouth and Saint Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Scranton.

Marie was a kind and caring person. She was fortunate to see quite a bit of the world while working for Pan Am Airways as a stewardess on international flights. She was one of the first Pan Am stewardesses to fly overseas, and also worked as a nurse in Princeton, New Jersey and at Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre.

Marie was a member of the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima.

Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Anthony and Attorney Donna Andrews of Manlius, New York; a grandson, Nicholas and several cousins.

Celebration of Marie’s Life will be held Tuesday at 9:15 AM from McLaughlin’s, 142 South Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre with Funeral Mass at 9:30 AM in the Church of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception. Interment will be in Saint Vincent's Cemetery in Plymouth.

Visitation will be held at McLaughlin's on Tuesday from 8:30 to 9:15 AM

Permanent messages and memories can be shared with Marie’s family at www.celebrateherlife.com