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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, February 23, 2015 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery, Paramus.
Andrew F. Andersen, age 83 of Wyckoff, passed away suddenly on Thursday, February 19, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. He had recently moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains.
Raised in Paterson, Andrew graduated from East Side High School at sixteen years of age. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Cooper Union, New York City, graduating at just twenty years old. He became a licensed engineer and architect, beginning his career with firms in New York City before venturing out on his own. He founded the Andrew F. Andersen, Inc. engineering firm in 1968 and has been self-employed ever since. During his career, he’s been involved with more than four thousand projects here in New Jersey and throughout the U.S., as well as a few international projects. Most notably he designed the structure that suspends the whale from the ceiling of the Museum of Natural History in New York, as well as the supporting structure for the one hundred-foot-tall “Ad Astra” sculpture at the entrance to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. He belonged to several professional associations such as the Architects League of Northern New Jersey and the American Concrete Institute. He was a very bright man, a skilled engineer, and a talented architect who left his mark in countless places.
When he wasn’t working, Andrew enjoyed golfing more than just about anything. He had been a member of the North Jersey Country Club for many years and also at the Plantation Country Club in Venice, Florida where he played many rounds with his wife Phyllis. Golf was certainly his passion, but he also loved to travel. He had toured throughout Europe, Scandinavia, Israel and Egypt, the Far East, Ireland, Scotland and England, Russia, the Baltics, as well as many vacations to the Caribbean.
In 1952, Andrew joined the youth group at the Broadway Baptist Church in Paterson. The president of the youth group, Phyllis Read, introduced herself to him and they soon began dating. Her parents took a liking to Andrew right away, which surely provided the encouragement he needed to propose marriage. They exchanged nuptials on July 17, 1954 at Broadway Baptist and enjoyed a honeymoon in the Poconos. They first settled in Clifton, then Wayne, before Andrew was able to design his dream home which they built in Wyckoff. Together, they raised their family there and enjoyed their home for more than forty seven years before just recently moving to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains. Just last year, Andrew and Phyllis celebrated sixty years of loving marriage together. She will miss him dearly.
Andrew is survived by his beloved wife Phyllis of Pompton Plains, his three children; James and his wife Elise of Wayne, Beth Andersen Pochtar and her husband Paul of Basking Ridge, and Barbara Andersen of Newton, MA , and four grandchildren; Darby and Hayley Pochtar of Basking Ridge, and Jacob and John Andersen of Wayne.
Donations in Andrew’s memory, if friends so wish, would be appreciated. Please consider the Hawthorne Gospel Church Mission Fund, 2000 Rt. 208, Hawthorne, NJ 07506 or the Salvation Army, 31 Van Houten St., Paterson, NJ 07505.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, February 23, 2015 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery, Paramus.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, February 23, 2015 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery, Paramus.
Andrew F. Andersen, age 83 of Wyckoff, passed away suddenly on Thursday, February 19, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. He had recently moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains.
Raised in Paterson, Andrew graduated from East Side High School at sixteen years of age. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Cooper Union, New York City, graduating at just twenty years old. He became a licensed engineer and architect, beginning his career with firms in New York City before venturing out on his own. He founded the Andrew F. Andersen, Inc. engineering firm in 1968 and has been self-employed ever since. During his career, he’s been involved with more than four thousand projects here in New Jersey and throughout the U.S., as well as a few international projects. Most notably he designed the structure that suspends the whale from the ceiling of the Museum of Natural History in New York, as well as the supporting structure for the one hundred-foot-tall “Ad Astra” sculpture at the entrance to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. He belonged to several professional associations such as the Architects League of Northern New Jersey and the American Concrete Institute. He was a very bright man, a skilled engineer, and a talented architect who left his mark in countless places.
When he wasn’t working, Andrew enjoyed golfing more than just about anything. He had been a member of the North Jersey Country Club for many years and also at the Plantation Country Club in Venice, Florida where he played many rounds with his wife Phyllis. Golf was certainly his passion, but he also loved to travel. He had toured throughout Europe, Scandinavia, Israel and Egypt, the Far East, Ireland, Scotland and England, Russia, the Baltics, as well as many vacations to the Caribbean.
In 1952, Andrew joined the youth group at the Broadway Baptist Church in Paterson. The president of the youth group, Phyllis Read, introduced herself to him and they soon began dating. Her parents took a liking to Andrew right away, which surely provided the encouragement he needed to propose marriage. They exchanged nuptials on July 17, 1954 at Broadway Baptist and enjoyed a honeymoon in the Poconos. They first settled in Clifton, then Wayne, before Andrew was able to design his dream home which they built in Wyckoff. Together, they raised their family there and enjoyed their home for more than forty seven years before just recently moving to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains. Just last year, Andrew and Phyllis celebrated sixty years of loving marriage together. She will miss him dearly.
Andrew is survived by his beloved wife Phyllis of Pompton Plains, his three children; James and his wife Elise of Wayne, Beth Andersen Pochtar and her husband Paul of Basking Ridge, and Barbara Andersen of Newton, MA , and four grandchildren; Darby and Hayley Pochtar of Basking Ridge, and Jacob and John Andersen of Wayne.
Donations in Andrew’s memory, if friends so wish, would be appreciated. Please consider the Hawthorne Gospel Church Mission Fund, 2000 Rt. 208, Hawthorne, NJ 07506 or the Salvation Army, 31 Van Houten St., Paterson, NJ 07505.
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