Andrew Vincent

Andrew J Vincent, 42, a longtime resident of Rock Island, died on Monday, March 7, 2016 near Rock Island. He was born on May 18, 1973 son of Howard and Cheri (Martin) Vincent in Lindsay, California, where he also grew up and attended elementary school. In 1985, they moved their family to Rock Island and Andrew attended Eastmont Junior High School, and later attended Eastmont High School. While in high school, he was a member of the Mission Ridge Ski Team as well as being in 4-H and F.F.A. He graduated from Eastmont High School with the class of 1991. He continued his education at Wenatchee Valley College where he was in the Ski Management Program. His college internship was in conjunction with work studies at Mission Ridge. During this program, he learned to operate the ski lifts, learned maintenance procedures, ski instructing, and the broad spectrum of ski resort operation. During the summer, he worked at a jet ski rental company as well as working on his families' orchards. Later, he worked for Mike Wolfe's Radiator Shop before returning to working in the ski industry at Mission Ridge and the Steven's Pass Ski Area. He later became a ski lift and trams installation technician for Leitner-Poma, a manufacturing company based in Grand Junction, Colorado. While working for Leitner-Poma, he installed ski lifts at Sun Valley Idaho and Breckenridge, Colorado, and trams through the redwood forest near Crescent City, California. For the last few years, Andrew worked for the Fairfield Nodal Company on an off-shore seismic vessel tasked with finding new sources of oil and natural gas. He explored the possibilities in the Gulf of Mexico as well off the coast of Africa near the country of Gabon in the central area by the equator in the Gulf of Guinea. He especially enjoyed his time spent with his children and Mountain Sports. He loved snow skiing, water skiing, hiking, mountain biking and assisting and watching his friends run their race cars. Andrew is survived by his parents, Howard and Cheri Vincent, Rock Island; two children, Carlie J. Vincent and Payton J. Vincent both of East Wenatchee; his maternal grandmother, Bettye Martin, Porterville, CA, his sister, Hollie Wisner, Buckley, WA and his brother, sister-in-law, and nieces, Michael, Riana, Maddison, and Mariah Vincent, Spring, TX. He was preceded in death by his Paternal Grandparents, James W. and Ocie M. Vincent and Maternal Grandfather, Jay E. Martin. A Commemoration service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the Wenatchee Church of the Nazarene, 1011 S. Miller, Wenatchee, with Pastor Mike Malmin officiating. You are invited to visit his tribute online at www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com and leave a memory. Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee.

Andrew Vincent

May 18, 1973 - March 7, 2016