Andrew Stephen Dude

He was 25. Born on October 5, 1988 in Colorado Springs, he graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in 2007.

Andrew obtained the rank of Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow with Boy Scout Troop 1.

Andrew loved the outdoors, music and his cat, Whiskey.

He loved to hike, camp and ski and listen to, and read about, his favorite band, the Beatles.

He had a keen mind and amazed his friends with his ability to invent contraptions and figure out how things worked.

He was an electronic wizard who intuitively knew how to connect and fix just about anything.

He briefly worked as an audio technician and made several custom guitars before deciding to return to finish college in January

and ultimately pursue a law degree.

He was a kind, generous person with a gentle soul and loving heart who enriched the lives of all who knew and loved him.

He will be terribly missed and never forgotten.

Andrew is survived by his parents Kelly and Cindy, brother Eric, grandfather Albert Carl Dude, Columbia, Missouri,

aunts and uncles Carol and Joseph Stryhal, Dallas, Texas, Kim and Marc Lammy, Columbia, Missouri,

Carla and Patrick Jones, Hampton Cove, Alabama; Bob Mace, of Springfield, Missouri and many cousins.

He is also survived by his soul mate and love of his life, Valerie Farbman, of Atlanta, Georgia.

He was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Jean Mace, Springfield, Missouri and Eleanor Dude, Columbia, Missouri

and cousin Zachary Story, Plano, Texas.

Visitation will be between 3 and 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 4th at Swan Law Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 5th at 3 p.m. at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 730 N. Tejon.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo or the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center, Divide, Colorado.