Andrus, John E., III of Wayzata, died on Thursday, December 27 at the age of 103 surrounded by his loving family. His wife, Marion Haynes Andrus, preceded him in death in 1998. He is survived by three daughters, Elizabeth Haynes Andrus (Dr. Roby Thompson) of Wayzata, Julie Dyckman Andrus of Minneapolis, and Catherine Cole Andrus of Wayzata; one brother, Dr. Stephen Andrus (B.J.) of Cohasset, Massachusetts; and seven grandchildren, Thomas M. Kelly, III, (Kelley Ireland Kelly); Julia A. Kelly, Megan M.H. Kelly, Mark A. Thorkelson, Amara H. Andrus, Michael A. Klass (Catherine Flinchbaugh), Emily A. Klass; and one great-grandchild, Lilah Marion Kelly. A graduate of Culver Military Academy and Wesleyan University he attended the University of Minnesota Law School and was a member of the Florida State Bar Association where he practiced law until World War II. He served in the South Pacific as an Artillery and Staff officer. Following the war, he established the Deep Draw Corporation in Minneapolis, a metal fabricating plant that he headed for thirty years. In Wayzata, he was a member of the Board of Freeholders (later the Charter Commission) of which he was chairman; a member of the Planning Commission and the Wayzata City Council. He was a member, former moderator, and trustee of Wayzata Community Church. He was a Director and Chairman Emeritus of the New York based Surdna Foundation, Inc.; a Director of the Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial in Yonkers, New York and the John E. Andrus Memorial in Hastings-on-the- Hudson, New York. In Minneapolis, he was a Director of the Marbrook Foundation, as well as a number of civic boards. He was a member and chairman for two years of the Board of Governors of the Nature Conservancy, a trustee of the Minnesota Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and led a program for their establishment of the White Pine in northern Minnesota. In 1985, he received the Nature Conservancy Oakleaf Award and, in 1987, the Chevron Award for service in the cause of conservation. He was a life trustee of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts where he served as a Board Chairman and on the Accessions Committee. He was a member of the Minneapolis Club, Woodhill Country Club, Encampment Forest Association, University Club of New York, the Desert Forest Golf Club of Arizona and The Old Goats. A memorial service will be held at the Wayzata Community Church, 125 East Wayzata Boulevard, Wayzata, Minnesota, 55391 at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 5th. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Print & Drawing Department Acquisition Fund, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404 or The Nature Conservancy, Minnesota Chapter, 1101 West River Parkway, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55415.