Richard Ellis Andrews

Unexpectedly, on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, Rick passed away after having a wonderful day of visits with many friends and family.

Rick is survived by his wife, Lee-Ellen (Green), his daughter, Amanda and her husband Jonathan (grandsons, Brayden and Hudson), his son, Taylor, Rick’s father, Duncan, sisters, Gail and PJ and his “damn dog” Spirit. Rick was predeceased by his mother, Mickey, this past year.

Rick was born in Biggar, SK and stayed there until the family relocated to Kamloops, BC in 1971 where he attended high school. The family was on the move again in 1974 when they relocated to Winnipeg. Although somewhat shy as a teenager, once Rick overcame this, there was no holding him back. He charmed almost everyone he met with his dynamic combination of sharp wit and warm heart. You always knew where you stood with Rick and if he teased you, he liked you. He loved and cared deeply for his family and was one very proud husband to Lee and grandfather to Brayden and Hudson.

Rick was employed by the Eastside Group, running the Thrifty Car Rental portion of the business at the time of his passing. Through Eastside and Thrifty, Rick touched many lives – usually with his special brand of humour (insert eye roll here).

The majority of people that knew Rick knew of his love of all things marine. Rick & Lee made tons of memories involving some type of boat (and he owned many)….and through boating, made many friends, namely in Winnipeg Beach at Boundary Creek Marina and most recently at Balsam Harbour. Rick just loved sharing this passion for boating with friends and family – whipping Amanda around on a tube, carefully getting Jon up on water skis or letting Brayden steer the jet boat last summer at the cottage to name a few.

Rick was also quite a techno-geek…he loved his gadgets. Technology and Rick got along quite nicely, and many of us would turn to Rick to solve our issues – could be to do with our phones, our computers or anything that thought it was smarter than you. Rick could fix it! In fact…Rick could fix anything…he was very talented with mechanical, plumbing and electrical “stuff”.

A service to celebrate the many happy and memorable moments of Rick’s life was held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Thomson Funeral Home, 669 Broadway.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Manitoba Lung Association, 629 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1P6.