Saturday, May 30, 2020
I met Andy and his family in the early 1970s, my brother and I kept boats docked on the same canal in Bellmore/Wantagh. My brother Paul who was a young mechanic worked on Andy’s cars and he would drop them off at my family’s house. During one of those times he asked me if I needed a job, I was 19 and working part time in a deli so I said sure, the next day I started working on one of Andy’s survey crews which I continued until a slowdown in the 1970s and I pursued another career for 24 years. Because of the people I worked with during those early Andy years, I maintained friendship with one of his crew chiefs , Bill Fehringer, who started his own surveying practice. I started working for Fehringer Surveying full time in 2001 and just retired March 27 of this year, the day of Andy’s passing. A lot of good things happened in my life with Andy being part of. He reconnected with my brother Paul and was kind to Paul’s sons , Will and Luke, he would meet them in Key West during their vacations. I will miss him, and always will remember his friendship. Frank VanBrunt
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