Andrea Lorraine Kent

Andrea "NANA" Lorraine Kent It is with saddened hearts that we have lost a loving and caring soul. Andrea passed away December 30, 2020 at Bethany Silverlake in Everett Washington at the age of 69, due to a long battle with congestive heart failure. Andrea was born on April 11, 1951 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to the late Andrew Courtland Kent and Lorraine Irene Elizabeth Sackary (Kent). Andrea is survived by her two children Melissa Grubbs and Michael Grubbs, her grandchildren Jessica (kultainen lapsi), Ryun, Preston (surfer boy) and Jaxyn and her 3 great grandchildren Lilly (Red), Elias, and Kaylin, her three brothers Richard, Timothy, and John (Tom) her two nieces Jennifer and Amity, her five nephews Chris, Robbie, Jack, Pat, and Andrew. And her two closest friends Anne Tillinghast and Jeani Bertsch, whom she adored. Andrea and her three brothers were raised in Grand Rapids MN. Her stories of ice skating in the winters and swimming in Lake Pokegama during the warm summer months. She had fond memories and expressed her joy of growing up there in her elementary years. When she was 8 the family packed up and moved to Los Altos CA due to the mines shutting down. They moved close to some of her father's sisters to be close to family and work. She spent her junior years there and would talk about the warm weather and swimming with her cousins in the pools. In 1965 the family packed up and would settle in Eugene OR. Andrea attended and graduated from North Eugene High School in 1969, that is when she met Anne her best friend and the rest is history for those two.