Andrew Fleming Steele died in Falmouth on April 30 after a long illness. He was 96.

In 1976, after he retired from his 43-year career as an accountant for Exxon, Andy and Bert Steele chose to move permanently to their favorite place, the Vineyard.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Albertha Youker Steele of Chilmark; his two daughters, Susan Steele of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Abbie Steele of Chilmark; his three granddaughters, Esther Graves of Monclova, Ohio, Susan Papenfuss of Maumee, Ohio, and Eve Robinson of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and his three great-granddaughters, Meghan, Rebecca and Kristine Graves of Moncolva, Ohio.

Andy was predeceased by his first wife, Doris Stone Steele of Larchmont, N.Y.; his eldest daughter, Margaret Johnson of Endwell, N.Y.; and his two brothers, John Steele of Williamstown and U.S. Army Lieut. Col. (retired) William Steele of New Orleans, La.

A memorial service is scheduled at the Congregational Church of West Tisbury on Saturday, May 17 at 11 a.m.

A more complete obituary will follow in a future edition of the Gazette.