David Allen St. Andrew

August 5, 1986 - August 26, 2020

David Allen St. Andrew, 34, of St. Ignace, our good hearted, loving, and caring husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend lost his fight with PTSD on August 26, 2020. Dave was born in Cheboygan on August 5, 1986, the son of Dennis St. Andrew and the former Patricia Tatrow. Dave graduated from LaSalle High School and went to serve in the U.S. Army for seven years. He did a tour in Afghanistan as a combat medic and retired in July of 2017. While at work in 2007, Dave met the love of his life, the former Cassandra Schnake. They were married on April 16, 2010, together they shared four children, ten wonderful years of marriage, and countless memories. He loved to fish and hunt, make fly lures, and was a dedicated PTSD advocate. Dave co-founded Frontiers Edge Outdoors, an organization for those in and out of the military and their families with PTSD. Although Dave is gone too soon, his love and heart will live on in his family and all the lives he’s touched. Dave leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife Cassandra; children, Leah, Madison, Jesse, and Thomas; mother, Patricia (Tom) Krause; siblings, Rachel (Jim) Huhn, Ashley, Hailey, Brandi, and Jacobb; mother and father-in-law, Steve and Brenda (Nickerson) Schnake; siblings-in-law, Nick Schnake and Kory Schnake, along with several nieces, nephews, and friends. Dave was welcomed into Valhalla by his father, Dennis St. Andrew; grandparents, Bob and Ethelyn (Lester) Tatrow and Floyd and Jane St. Andrew, and his brother in arms, Specialist Rob Nichols, Sergeant Stefan Smith, 1st Lt. Jonam Russell, Specialist Nicholas Welch, Ray Ramirez, and Terp James. Final arrangements have been entrusted to Skorupski Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1550 Midland Rd., between State & Gratiot. Cremation has taken place, with a private family inurnment to take place in Great Lakes National Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the wishes of the family. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family online at www.skorupskis.com.