The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-23
Andy {. wrenn
Passes Away At
Coolidge Home
Had operated Arizona a
Blade-Tribune continuous
ly since 1913 and was
Dean of Arizona Weekly
Newspaper Publishers.

NCWSPdP0r EuOlISnGrS.
Funeral services were held in
Coolidge Sunday afternoon for ANDY
Z. Wrenn, who for nearly 80 years
published the Arizona Blade-Tri-
bune and who passed away shortly
after nine o'clock Friday morning at
his home in Coolidge. At the bed
side were his widow, daughter,
Mrs. Frank Spooner of Bremerton,
| Washington and his eldest son,
Harold H. Wrenn of Coolidge. A
second son, Kenneth, had returned
| to his naval station in California
Wednesday night after a five-day
| visit with his father.
Funeral services were held in
Coolidge from Cole and Maud
chapel at o'clock Sunday after
noon. Reverend S. B. Hannah of
Florence officiating and interment
was in Valley Memorial Park.
Failing in health for more than
a year Mr.. Wrenn had been con-
fined to his home since February
1914 when be moved from Florence
to Coolidge to be near his son.
Always active in Florence and
Pinal county civic affairs and vi
tally interested in the welfare of
his community Mr.. Wrenn main
tanned close touch with his bust
ness and civic affairs throughout
the years he published his news
paper which was acquired from the
late Tom Weedin in June of 1913.
Andrew Caldwell Wrenn was
born May 1st, 1866 in Benton
County, Oregon and served his
printing apprenticeship on the Cor
Wallis Gazette before moving to
California in the late sos. He
worked on the San Francisco daily
newspapers as printer and later
on the Napa Register.
1t was in Napa that he met Miss
Elenore O'Connor to whom he was
married in 1893 and who survives
him. A few years later he became
the publisher of a newspaper at
Clovis, California, and about the
turn of the century moved to Reed
| ly, California, where he headed the
| mechanical department of the Reed
ly Exponent Moving to Fresno,
| California, in 1904 he was identi-
fled as a printer with each of the
daily newspapers there until 1909
when he became general manager
and editor of a daily newspaper in
klamath Falls, Oregon, which was
f! owned by a group of business men
of that city. Three years later
when that publication was sold he
returned to California where he as
| sumed charge of the commercial
printing department of the Fresno
Herald which position he held un-
til his purchase of the Arizona
Blade-Tribune in 1913.
Mr.. Wrenn had published his
newspaper in Florence longer than
any other Arizona newspaper pub
Usher had operated one newspaper
in this state and was considered
the dean of Arizona Weekly pub
fishers. He maintained his men,
bership in the Arizona Newspaper
Association from it's organization
and was always an active member.
Fraternally he had affiliated
with Woodmen of the World for
which he was an active organizer
in the early 1900's, Elks and Odd
Fellows withdrawing from the lat
r ter two organizations within the
past few years.
Mr.. Wrenn was one of the or
: ganizers and first president OIL
: Florence Rotary club and was voted
an honorary membership when his
/ health prevented his regular at
tendance.
: Besides Mrs. Wrenn and his three
children he is survived by six
z ! grand children, Marjorie and Mar
ilyn Spooner of Bremerton, Wash
ington, Roba Lee Wrenn of Oak
land, California, Patricia, Andy and
: Paula Wrenn of Coolidge, and two
j.. sisters, Mrs. Rena O'Neil of San
Francisco and Mrs. Eva Mason
of Portland, Oregon.