Andrew M Redfearn

KENT, OH – Andy (Andrew) M. Redfearn, 47, passed, October 9th, at his residence.

He was born October 4th, 1976, in Ravenna, OH to Michael D. Redfearn & Diana R. Brown.

Andy loved to make music, namely, by playing the guitar. He enjoyed spending time with his friends who knew him as “Redman” on his CB Radio. He liked to hike and bike on trails & spend time outdoors. He was a gifted and talented musician. He was interested in sciences & was always tinkering with something. He had no arrangements or

requests for his passing. That being said, his daughter wanted to take the opportunity to tell his story in the hopes

that his passing is not in vain.

Andy was an addict. He had been battling addiction since he was 15 years old. His drugs of choice were heroin,

meth, pills & alcohol. As he got older, his battle with addiction only got harder. He then had a daughter (Andria

Lesho-Wilson) with his at the time girlfriend (Wilma E. Wilson) when he was 21 years old. From then on, his life

took many sharp turns both for the worse and for the better. There were times he was a sober, kind, present and

loving person to his family. He had great strides of sobriety and with that, so much freedom. He found peace in

creating, tinkering & spending time with his cat Spooky. He tried new things & wanted to explore. Unfortunately,

that did not last. Most of the time, the drugs had made him absent.

He missed a lot. He was in prison when the love of his life (Wilma) passed away. He missed out on a majority of his

daughter’s milestones; graduation, college, marriage, and having a daughter of her own. He was alone. He was

afraid. He had lost nearly everything. His daughter & her wife had re-connected with him a few months before his

passing. He learned of his granddaughter, his daughter-in-law, and the many other things he had no knowledge of. In

that moment, he had owned up to his mistakes and admitted his failures. He also admitted that death was nearing

soon.

Recently, he had been diagnosed with severe kidney failure and was nearing end stage. The combination of his past

had caught up to him. It was killing him. That all came to an end on October 9th. He was found by a friend. Testing

revealed he had methamphetamine & fentanyl in his system.

Nobody knows for sure what happened in his apartment in that late night or early morning. However, one thing can

be certain. The drugs he had turned to & the people who provided them for him were not there & they did not love

him. They were not there to shield him from prying eyes & ears. They were not the ones who answered the phone

call, spoke with the coroner, made the arrangements, or contacted family and true friends.

While he may have been an addict, that is not all he was. He was a son, a partner, a father, a friend. He was

someone. He had a life. He had so much yet left to live.

Please, we beg of you, choose life. Choose life while you have the time to live, not when death is knocking at your

door. You are loved. You are worthy. You are enough.

Survivors include his daughter Andria Lesho-Wilson, daughter-in-law Rose Lesho-Wilson & granddaughter Aurora

Lesho-Wilson of Deerfield, uncle Garry Redfearn of Windham, Aunt Vicki Gilpin of Ravenna, cousins; James

Redfearn of Ravenna & Lisa Murton (Redfearn) of Windham; and many extended family members & friends.

Andy was preceded in death by his father Michael Redfearn, uncles Roger & Myron Redfearn, former partner

Wilma Wilson, and his mother-in-law Deanna Wilson.

The family would like to thank those who have taken the time to be kind & courteous to Andy and treated him with

respect and as a person, even after leaving this life.

A Celebration of Life will be held from 12pm-5pm, Saturday November 18th, 2023, at Charity Lodge #530, 2380

State Route 225, Deerfield, OH 44411. Food and refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

Cremation has taken place. Arrangements have been entrusted to Dean’s Funeral Home in Sebring. In lieu of

flowers, memorial donations may be made to his daughter for a family fund & to assist with expenses via cash,

check made out to Andria Lesho-Wilson or venmo: @Andria-WilsonRedfearn.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988