an old acquaintance passes away.
An old acquaintance of mine passed away.
I wasn't particularly close friends with her, but knew her on a few of my trips to Seattle. She used to live in Chicago, and I knew her through my ex Dave. She was always very good-natured, down-to-earth, a friendly spirit, and apparently very bright as well. I got along with her well, despite my shyness. I knew her in the days when I was clubbing every week, so not many deep conversations, but spent enough time around her to make an indelible impression of my time in Seattle.
I lost touch with her (as I did with many clubbing acquaintances), and don't know what became of her recently, but I hope that her last moments alive were not in pain. My thoughts are with her.
-L
Those were the good ol' days (picture of her and I, 4th one down):
http://www.angelfire.com/az/fluorostar/seattle4ofjuly01.html
A snapshot of a life, strange how it boils down and encapsulates to one article:
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Andrea Ashdown
2008-06-29
Andrea Marie Ashdown, 33, of Henderson, Nev., formerly of Port Byron,
died suddenly, Tuesday, June 24, 2008, in Henderson of unknown causes.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church, Rapids City. Burial will be at Fairfield Cemetery, Port Byron.
Visitation will be on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. with a prayer service at
4:30 p.m. at the Gibson Funeral Home, Port Byron. A memorial fund has
been established.
Andrea was born Jan. 17, 1975, in Silvis, the daughter of Arvid and
Joanne Fickewirth Ashdown. She grew up in Port Byron and attended
Riverdale Schools, graduating from Riverdale High School in May 1993, as
valedictorian of her class. She then graduated cum laude from Northern
Illinois University on May 10, 1997, with a B.S. degree in textiles,
apparel and merchandising, along with business administration. After
graduating from college she lived in Chicago for three years, working as
an account manager for a telemarketing firm. In 2000, she moved to
Seattle, Wash., and worked there as a project manager for Portico, an
architectural firm. In spring of 2007, she moved to Las Vegas, Nev., and
was working as an assistant sales manager for Furniture Mart.
Andrea had many hobbies and interests, among which were interior design,
sewing, modeling, traveling, composing and performing on keyboard in a
band called Glis in Seattle. She made several CDs called Glis Extract.
She was especially fond of her dog, Newbee.
She is survived by her parents, Arvid and Joanne Ashdown, Punta Gorda,
Fla., and Hayward, Wis.; a brother and sister-in-law, Andrew and Katie
Ashdown, Knoxville, Tenn.; a nephew, Isaac, aunt and uncle, Anita and
Orwin Carter, Stillwater, Minn.; cousins, Jeff and Shelly Carter, Oak
Park, Ill., Stephen and Rebecca Carter, Minneapolis, Minn., and their
families, and many cousins and family members in the St. Paul, Minn.
area. She had many friends in Seattle and Chicago. Andrea was preceded
in death by her grandparents, Russell and Marion Fickewirth and Curtis
and Lois Ashdown.
I wasn't particularly close friends with her, but knew her on a few of my trips to Seattle. She used to live in Chicago, and I knew her through my ex Dave. She was always very good-natured, down-to-earth, a friendly spirit, and apparently very bright as well. I got along with her well, despite my shyness. I knew her in the days when I was clubbing every week, so not many deep conversations, but spent enough time around her to make an indelible impression of my time in Seattle.
I lost touch with her (as I did with many clubbing acquaintances), and don't know what became of her recently, but I hope that her last moments alive were not in pain. My thoughts are with her.
-L
Those were the good ol' days (picture of her and I, 4th one down):
http://www.angelfire.com/az/fluorostar/seattle4ofjuly01.html
A snapshot of a life, strange how it boils down and encapsulates to one article:
*************************************************************************************************
Andrea Ashdown
2008-06-29
Andrea Marie Ashdown, 33, of Henderson, Nev., formerly of Port Byron,
died suddenly, Tuesday, June 24, 2008, in Henderson of unknown causes.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church, Rapids City. Burial will be at Fairfield Cemetery, Port Byron.
Visitation will be on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. with a prayer service at
4:30 p.m. at the Gibson Funeral Home, Port Byron. A memorial fund has
been established.
Andrea was born Jan. 17, 1975, in Silvis, the daughter of Arvid and
Joanne Fickewirth Ashdown. She grew up in Port Byron and attended
Riverdale Schools, graduating from Riverdale High School in May 1993, as
valedictorian of her class. She then graduated cum laude from Northern
Illinois University on May 10, 1997, with a B.S. degree in textiles,
apparel and merchandising, along with business administration. After
graduating from college she lived in Chicago for three years, working as
an account manager for a telemarketing firm. In 2000, she moved to
Seattle, Wash., and worked there as a project manager for Portico, an
architectural firm. In spring of 2007, she moved to Las Vegas, Nev., and
was working as an assistant sales manager for Furniture Mart.
Andrea had many hobbies and interests, among which were interior design,
sewing, modeling, traveling, composing and performing on keyboard in a
band called Glis in Seattle. She made several CDs called Glis Extract.
She was especially fond of her dog, Newbee.
She is survived by her parents, Arvid and Joanne Ashdown, Punta Gorda,
Fla., and Hayward, Wis.; a brother and sister-in-law, Andrew and Katie
Ashdown, Knoxville, Tenn.; a nephew, Isaac, aunt and uncle, Anita and
Orwin Carter, Stillwater, Minn.; cousins, Jeff and Shelly Carter, Oak
Park, Ill., Stephen and Rebecca Carter, Minneapolis, Minn., and their
families, and many cousins and family members in the St. Paul, Minn.
area. She had many friends in Seattle and Chicago. Andrea was preceded
in death by her grandparents, Russell and Marion Fickewirth and Curtis
and Lois Ashdown.