I want to thank you all on behalf of my family for your emails and calls. My Dad died Tuesday morning July 28, 2009 as we were in the second day of our drive back to Virginia. My Dad's last hours were spent at home, and my brother and oldest daughter joined the family Monday night at his bedside. My brother spent over an hour playing tunes that my dad, a lifelong musician loved - jazz, pop, country, classical, hymns, jigs. There were moments of cognition and words of assurance. They returned to his bedside Tuesday morning.
The official obituaries have not been published, so for those who may have been searching through Google, here are a portion of the details:
Andrew L. McCaskey, Sr., 93, 83 Brendan Lane, Weyers Cave died on July 28, 2009 at his home.
Mr. McCaskey, an Air Corps veteran of World War II, and an avid musician, was an advertising and copy writer and announcer at WSVA radio in Harrisonburg, Virginia, for most of his life. He was also employed at Dunham-Bush, Inc. as a technical writer. Mr. McCaskey produced a daily column from the age of 16, and was was published in the National Observer, the Shenandoah Herald, and from2002 to 2007 he published over 1500 columns on his blogsite http://ttopicanize.blogspot.com/
The link has also been aliased at http://tinyurl.com/andrewmccaskey
A member and Elder of the Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, he was also a longtime member of the Weyers Cave Ruritan Club, and amateur radio operator KA4WSI.
Family Visitation will be at Lindsey Funeral Home Chapel in Weyers Cave Thursday evening July 30 at 7:00PM, with Funeral services at Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church in Fort Defiance, Virginia Friday July 31 at 10:00AM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donation to the Ruth See Foundation of Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church or the Hospice of the Shenandoah, POB 215, Fishersville, Virginia. 22939
Online condolences to the family at http://www.lindseyfuneralhomes.com
