Andrew F Beauchamp

Andrew Francis Beauchamp was born October 27, 1983, to Roger and Mary (Callister) Beauchamp in Toledo, Oregon. He died due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident on July 24, 2017 in Toledo. At the age of 2 months the family relocated to Kodiak, Alaska, and then returned to Toledo when Andrew was almost 2 years of age. Andrew grew up in Toledo and Siletz areas, and attended all 12 years of school in Toledo, graduating from Toledo High School in 2002. Andrew was a talented athlete playing baseball, basketball and running track, but his love was football. His junior year he was given the opportunity to go to England and spend a week touring the country and playing football. His senior year he was named as a Valco League Offensive Player of the Year and named to the Valco All League team. His senior year he signed a letter of intent with Western Oregon University, and attended the university for the 2002-03 academic year. In the fall of 2003 Andrew was severely injured in an auto accident, and came back home to his hometown area to recuperate. In December 2005 Andrew and Kayla Potter welcomed a son, Payton James Beauchamp. In 2010 Andrew and Cillanne Blackwood became engaged and raised Gabriella Elizabeth Blackwood, and in 2010 welcomed their daughter Lyrik Belle Evangaline Beauchamp. Andrew and Cillanne were married in 2011 and later divorced, but remained friends as did he and Kayla. Those friendships were a true testament to Andrew's character. Andrew didn't know a stranger and was a genuine soul, always there for those who needed him. If you have ever received one of Andrew's famous bear hugs then you know you were loved! He worked in many different occupations and at one time lived in Florida and also Seattle, Washington, before coming back home and beginning his commercial fishing career working on several vessels in Newport and Brookings, Oregon, and Alaska. Andrew is survived by his parents Roger Beauchamp of Seattle, and Mary (Callister) Oleman of Newport; his sisters: Christy (Dave) Huguley of Newport and Thassa Cole of Portland; his children: Payton Beauchamp, Gabriella Blackwood and Lyrik Beauchamp; his grandmother Elizabeth Beauchamp of Seattle; aunts and uncles: Greg (Virginia) Callister of Eugene, Michelle Bower, Mark Beauchamp, and Vicci (Dave) Dow of Seattle, Cindy (Gene) Erps and Sidney Coleman of Bremerton; nieces and nephews: Ciara Hoffman of Monmouth, Emma Huguley and Devin Huguley of Newport, Ethan Huguley of Creswell, and Miles Cole and Logan Cole of Portland; and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Marvin and Margaret Callister of Toledo, paternal grandfather Francis Beauchamp of Seattle, step-father Ernest Oleman of Siletz, and his uncle, Ronald Bower of Seattle. Andrew never met a person he did not like and somehow kept in touch with most of them, and in reading his Facebook page it is obvious that he was loved by many. To this day many of his friends still refer to him as "The Champ." There was not anything that he tackled that he wouldn't give his all. A Celebration of Life for Andrew will be held Saturday, August 26, 2017, 1:00 pm, at the South Beach Church, 3335 S. Coast Hwy., South Beach, Oregon. In lieu of flowers an account has been set up as an education fund for his children by the Newport Fishermen's Wives at Umpqua Bank (account name Beauchamp 5353) in Newport.

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Andrew F Beauchamp

October 27, 1983 - July 24, 2017