ANDREW SMITH WATSON ELRICK

ANDREW WAS BORN TO CLEMENTINE BOYNE ELRICK AND ANDREW SMITH WATSON ELRICK IN SPRINGBURN, SCOTLAND AND GREW UP WITH 3 SIBLINGS, EILEEN SILVERSTEIN, IAN ELRICK AND WILLIAM ELRICK (PRE-DECEASED).

ANDREW WAS PRE-DECEASED BY HIS SON STEVEN ANDREW ELRICK (2018) AND LEAVES BEHIND HIS LOVING WIFE, JOAN ELIZABETH ELRICK, HIS 4 CHILDREN: DIANE MAGRO (ADRIANO), STUART ELRICK (LENA), ROSS ELRICK (LESLEY), GAVIN ELRICK AND THEIR MOTHER MARY TEDCASTLE PARR.  STEPSON STUART HARTFORD (MICHELE). HIS GRANDCHILDREN:  CRAIG, MARY, MACK, REID, LIA, ERIN, IAN, BRANDON, BREANNA AND EMMA, AND 4 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, CONNOR, PAISLEY, BENTLEY AND ARLO.  NEPHEWS: RALPH SILVERSTEIN AND DEREK SILVERSTEIN.

ANDREW LOVED BEING ON THE WATER, AND AFTER GRADUATING FROM STOW COLLEGE IN GLASGOW, PURSUEED A CAREER AS A MARINE ENGINEER AND WORKED AS MERCHANT MARINE FOR MANY YEARS, TRAVELLING OVERSEAS TO MANY SUB-CONTINENT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS.  WHEN ON LEAVE AT HOME, HE LOVED TO GO TO THE DANCES AT THE GLASGOW DANCE HALLS, AND THAT IS WHERE HE MET HIS FIRST WIFE OF 26 YEARS, MARY SMITH.  THEY MARRIED IN 1958 AND HAD 5 CHILDREN AND LATER EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1974.

THEY LIVED IN TORONTO FOR 3 YEARS, WHERE ANDREW WORKED AS AN ENGINEER FOR CAPITOL RECORDS.  IN 1977, THEY MOVED WEST TO BC TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BETTER WEATHER AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS.  ANDREW LOVED TO GOLF AND CAMP AND HAD MANY CAMPING ADVENTURES WITH HIS FAMILY THROUGHOUT SCOTLAND, ONTARIO AND BC.   

IN 1984, ANDREW AND MARY DIVORCED AND ANDREW TOOK A JOB IN THUNDERBAY AND LATER MOVED TO NEW BRUNSWICK TO WORK ON THE CANADIAN FRIGATE PROGRAM.  IT WAS THERE HE MET JOAN HARTFORD, HIS LOVELY BRIDE OF 32 YEARS. 

A FEW YEARS AFTER RETIRING, THEY PACKED UP AND MOVED TO PARKSVILLE IN 1997 TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY.  THERE, HE COULD ENJOY HIS NO.1 PASSION, GOLF!  HE WAS A MEMBER AT QUALICUM MEMORIAL GOLF CLUB AND SPENT MANY OF HIS DAYS ON THE GOLF COURSE. HE ALSO ENJOYED WOOD WORKING AND HELPING JOAN WITH ANY GARDENING PROJECTS SHE NEEDED DONE AROUND THE YARD.  

IN KEEPING WITH ELRICK TRADITION, ANDREW HELD A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP WITH THE FREEMASONS OF KENMUIR LODGE, SPRINGBURN, SCOTLAND, AND WAS PAST MASTER OF CONCORD MASONIC LODGE IN PARKSVILLE.   

ANDREW AND JOAN SPENT MANY SUMMERS ENTERTAINING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND GRANDCHILDREN AT THEIR HOUSE IN PARKSVILLE.  LATER IN LIFE, ANDREW LOVED TO WALK ALONG THE BOARDWALK AT THE PARKSVILLE BEACH, WATCH GOLF ON TV, WAS AN AVID SOCCER FAN AND ENJOYED HOURS OF LISTENING TO AUDIO BOOKS. 

ANYONE WHO KNEW ANDREW LOVED TO BE AROUND HIM.  HE WAS A DEDICATED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.  HE HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, WAS A CARING AND A POSITIVE INFLUENCE WHO LOVED LIFE AND PASSED THAT ENERGY ON TO OTHERS.   HE WILL TRULY BE MISSED.

FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DOCTORS, NURSES AND STAFF AT NANAIMO GERNERAL HOSPITAL AND THE NANIAMO SENIORS VILLAGE FOR THE GREAT CARE ANDREW RECEIVED.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR ANDREW WILL BE HELD AT YATES MEMORIAL, 1000 ALLSBROOK ROAD, PARKSVILLE, BC. ON FEBRUARY 25, 2023 AT 1:00 PM. 

IN LEIU OF FLOWERS AND IF YOU WISH, PLEASE DONATE TO: THE PARKINSONS SOCIETY OF BC.