Andy passed away peacefully on the morning of Saturday, September 5th, 2026.
Our hearts are broken.
A piece of us is gone, but will go with him into the next place, which I know will be more beautiful and more glorious than anything we can conceive of here on Earth.
Thank you everyone for your prayers and support for our family as we went through this pain.
Andy was an extraordinary person, friend, teacher, husband and father.
I will never again be loved as he loved me.
I will never again love anyone as I have loved, and continue to love him.
Thank you everyone, please love each other fully and completely.
Every day.
Andy with me and my sisters and brother-in-law, 2017
Andy holding his little brother, Al, 1979
Matt and Krystine's wedding, 2021
Love and hugs. Tears here also.
ReplyDeleteDeeply heartbreaking news. I am so sorry, Veronica. May his memory be a blessing.
ReplyDeleteI cannot say, and I will not say
ReplyDeleteThat he is dead. He is just away.
With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,
He has wandered into an unknown land
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you—oh you, who the wildest yearn
For an old-time step, and the glad return,
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here.
Think of him still as the same. I say,
He is not dead—he is just away.”
― James Whitcomb Riley