Gilbert Dudley Andes, Jr., 69 years old, returned to his Father in Heaven on May 11, 2018, after being in hospice for about eight hours. Gilbert was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 2, 1948 to Gilbert Dudley Andes and Coredith Lintz Andes. His parents later divorced. He had two brothers, Allen Andes and Perry Booso, and one sister, Pamela (Paul) Truesdell.    As a boy he loved playing army with his friends, and he developed a method of ensuring no one could claim he had missed. They used air rifles, and Gil knew that if he dipped the end of the rifle in mud, there would be evidence of the hit. He changed the way they played army.    He also loved playing ledgeball, a game played on the steps of the house. The object was to bounce the ball on the edge of the step so that it bounced outward. How far it went determined what bases were credited.  It was a space saving "city" way of playing baseball.         Both of Gilbert's parents remarried. His mother married Paul Perry Booso, and his father married Lena Rufenia Abbott Allenbaugh. Lena had a son, Allen Joseph, e leven months younger than Gil. Gilbert S Gil's mother and stepfather had two more children. Perry Randolph Booso was born when Gil was eight years old and their sister, Pamela Kay Booso.    When Gil was ten, his grandfather taught him to play baseball, and he decided to teach it to the neighborhood children when he was a teenager. Gil joined the school band in seventh grade, playing Sousaphone. He took the instrument home and taught himself how to play in a weekend. By ninth grade, Gilbert was named one of the top five brass musicians in the school.     Gil grew up near his cousin, Butch Speckert, and they spent a lot of time playing together. Gil loved playing army, ledgeball, and made up games. When he was a teenager, Gil gathered all the children in the neighborhood to play baseball either on his dead end street or at a nearby park.    When Gilbert was eight, his brother Perry was born, and when Gll was ten his sister, Pamela, was born. Gil taught Perry to play baseball. Because Gil is right handed, he taught Perry how to bat right handed. Perry is left handed, and now bats either way.    Gil was mischievous, and when someone in his second grade class mentioned a train he said, "choo choo". As punishment he had to walk around the room singing "Little Red Caboose".   In seventh grade Gilbert played Sousaphone in the school band. He taught himself to play over a weekend when he was permitted to take the instrument home. By ninth grade, he was voted one of the top five brass players in the school.   After graduating from high school in 1966, Gil enlisted in the US Army and trained in radar repair. After Basic Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he was stationed at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey for advanced individual training. He was temporarily assigned to work with ITT Gilfillan in Van Nuys, California on a special project for a new mortar tracking radar system.    Gil met Stella Louise Hamilton at a New Year's Eve in 1968.  He stated that when he was 16 years old he had a dream of the girl he would marry. When he saw Stella he knew she was the girl in his dream. On February 5, 1969, Gil and Stella were married. The parties present included Gilbert, Stella, and the minister. The witness, who was the minister's wife, had gone to bed before the wedding. They settled in Yuma, Arizona before the army ordered them to Colorado Springs area for a year. In July 1970 Gil began a 13 month long tour in Korea. He lived in five different bases in Korea.    While he was in Korea, he learned more about the LDS Church and was baptized in January of 1971. He returned to the USA, and they moved to Lawton, Oklahoma. In April 1972 Gilbert and Stella were sealed in the Los Angeles LDS Temple.    Gilbert and Stella were blessed to become the parents of six children: Valerie Faith, Sherlyn "Sheri" Renee, Heather Michelle, Tiffany Louise, Jared Christopher, and Jonathan Scott. After correctly predicting the first three girls, he quit predicting and stated he would keep his record intact.    Gil and family moved many times within nine states (California, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Utah). He served in the 82nd Airborne Division and the 24th Infantry in addition to other units. He loved to travel. He loved flying in planes and was allowed to sit in the front of a small plane and "fly" it once when he was in New Jersey. Road trips were much more common than flying.    Gil had many jobs throughout his life. His favorite job was evaluating alternate bids for electronic connectors  for the Department of Defense. Gil as a quality assurance manager worked for a connector company in Miami Florida.  Gilbert loved playing board games with Stella and friends and then outdoor games with the children. He was so proud of them! He was sometimes stern father at times, and he apologized later for being so rough on them. They knew that he wanted them to grow up to be good citizens, good neighbors, and upright adults. (Mission accomplished!)    Gilbert e arned a bachelor's degree in business and management  in 1995 and a master of organizational management in 1997 at University of Phoenix.    In 2010, Gilbert had a stroke that he believed was mild. He called it his stroke of luck.  Unfortunately, it led to severe dementia. He passed away peacefully on May 11, 2018 a few hours after entering hospice in Provo, Utah. He is survived by his loving wife, Stella Andes; his father, Gilbert Andes (Sr.); children: Valerie Mendoza, Sheri Andes, Heather (Thomas) Mann, Tiffany (Adam) Mercer, Jared (Deborah) Andes and Jonathan Andes, all of Utah; grandchildren A lexander, Elisa, and Sabrina Mendoza, Avshalom "Avi" and Itai Andes, and Aileah and Elijah Mann; his brother, Perry (Mary) Booso, and sister, Pamela (Paul) Truesdell;  and his only living aunt, Carol (George) Lintz. He was preceded in death by his mother, Coredith "Boots" Booso, brother: Allen Andes, stepfather Paul Booso, and stepmother Lena Andes.