Daniel John Andrea, the senior member of the Andrea family at 81 years old, died on July 27, 2024, in Elmont, Virginia after a multi-year struggle with age-related dementia.

Born at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on November 18, 1942, to Daniel John Dempsey and Doris Marie Hodge.  In the 1950s, Dan was adopted by Doris's second husband, Ralph Edward Andrea.  Due to Ralph's military career, as a child, Dan lived in California, Ohio, Massachusetts, Guam, Louisiana, and New York, where, in 1961, he graduated from high school, and then returned to Leavenworth County.   Dan lived in or near Easton and Leavenworth for the next sixty years before traveling to Virginia in 2021 for an extended visit with his brother Ron Andrea and Ron's wife Treva. Dan died at their home.

Dan had several careers, occasionally concurrent, with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Leavenworth County, Davis Funeral Chapel, and as an independent businessman. He was active in amateur radio from the 1950s and assisted with amateur radio community projects in northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri as a member of the Pilot Knob Amateur Radio Club.  Dan was an accomplished film photographer, setting up a dark room in his home to develop black and white as well as color film in the 1970s and photographing numerous weddings, dances and similar events.

Dan is preceded in death by his second wife, Sharon Kay (Ruch) Grady (2003), his parents, Daniel John Dempsey (2003), Ralph Edward Andrea (1992) and Doris Marie (Hodge) Andrea (2010), and son-in-law, Terry Randall Moss (2020). Dan is survived by his brother and sister, Ronald Lee Andrea and Janette Marie (Andrea) Grimm; his first wife, Angelita Ellen Voight; daughter, Jon Michelle (Andrea) Moss and son, Daniel John Andrea II; six grandchildren, Derek Randall Moss and his wife Royna, Rachelle Gwendolynne Moss, Daniel John Andrea III, Charles Andrea, James Andrea, and Forrest Andrea; two great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

A memorial service is planned for Friday, November 15, 2024, from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Central Time at the Davis Funeral Chapel davisfuneralchapelinc.com in Leavenworth, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, friends are encouraged to contribute to Meals on Wheels https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org and/or Hospice Foundation of America https://hospicefoundation.org in his memory.