Andrew Brennan

Andrew J. Brennan, age 63 of Wayne, died on Thursday, September 24, 2020.  Andy was employed with Team Logistics in Fair Lawn for twenty-four years.  He enjoyed the people he worked with at Team, and he was well loved by his coworkers.

Andy grew up in Riverdale and went on to graduate from DePaul High School with the class of 1975.  Affectionately known as “The Duke,” he played Varsity basketball at DePaul, was in the National Honor Society, and also made Dean’s List while at Seton Hall University.  As a kid, Andy loved to produce home movies, recreating popular films and TV shows of the era.  He always loved movies and had an uncanny ability to recite dialogue verbatim.  His creativity led him to host elaborate neighborhood carnivals, and he also built a two-story fort, complete with a basement, in his backyard.  Andy also loved history and had an amazing ability to remember dates and times of all sorts of historical events.  He was an expert of all things related to The Revolutionary War and the Civil War, and he was named official historian of the 1976 Bicentennial celebration in Wayne.  He loved music as well, listening to John Denver, America, Seals and Croft, and Dan Fogelberg, just to name a few.  He enjoyed the outdoors, hiking, did his share of camping, and enjoyed relaxing at the Jersey Shore.

Andy was the second-oldest of six children in his family, and his family members remained his closest friends throughout the years.  “Uncle Andy” was the hands-down favorite uncle among his ten nieces and nephews, and he loved them all dearly.  Andy had a great sense of humor, was a kind & gentle soul, always happy, and he was generous to a fault.  He made friends with everyone he met, could laugh at himself, and was always a good sport.  He will be missed by so many who truly loved him.

Andy was predeceased by his beloved parents; Andrew and Dolores (nee Cimins) Brennan, and by two siblings; John Brennan and Rosemary Uhl.  He is survived by his companion of more than twenty years; Andrea Gubitosi, and by siblings; Maureen Tencza, Richard Brennan, Joseph Brennan and his wife Beth, sister-in-law; Sharon Lang Brennan, brother-in-law; Bill Uhl, ten nieces and nephews, two great nephews and one great niece.  He was also predeceased by his brother-in-law; Robert Tencza, and by his sister-in-law; Nancy Pankow Brennan.