Andrew Derwicki

Andrew Derwicki beloved husband of Barbara Bobbie Dee for 48 years, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2008. He was a man's man, an all around great guy with a keen sense of humor, who could also charm the ladies when the spirit moved him. Gentle natured, he was a great lover of animals and wildlife. Born in Southhampton, MA to Katherine Rudnecki and John Derwicki thirty none years ago, his favorite year as he facetiously would tell anyone who would ask his age. A country boy who became a workaholic at an early age, tending the farm at sunrise, attending school and returning home to continue his chores. After graduating, he enrolled in trade school. Any free time, he would repair cars and use them accordingly. A motor cycle gave him pleasure. While serving three years in the Navy, he became a mechanical engineer, servicing government airplanes, which eventually, when discharged, led him and a friend to own and operate a plane. Relocating to CT, he began working at the Hartford Times in his engineering profession and remained there for 20 memorable years. It was there he met his future wife Barbara. Another 20 years he worked at Tex Tech in Cromwell. On his weekends he often worked at various newspapers throughout New England and New York, building and servicing conveyors for the presses, etc. A workaholic of the highest plateau. A man of great vitality. He has left a void that can never be filled, but his loving memory will live forever in our hearts. May God treat him kindly. I'm sure He'll find work for him to do. In addition to his wife, his survivors are his sister Stella Wiernasz of Easthampton, MA and Kissimmee, FL, sister-in-law Marion Derwicki, niece-in-law Christine DuBois, friends Joseph Miller, Eva Fonseca and family, May Fyffe and Olga Walker. He was predeceased by a brother Jack Derwicki and sisters Alice Derwicki Baye and Anne Drummond. His Mass of Christian Burial will be on Thursday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave. West Hartford. Burial will be private. Friends may call on Wednesday, May 14 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave. West Hartford. In lieu of flowers, donations if desired, may be sent to Day Break Adult Center, 290 Farmington Ave., Plainville, CT 06062 and the Humane Society 701 Russell Rd. Newington, CT 06111 all in Andy's memory. Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com

Andrew Derwicki

December 31, 1919 - May 10, 2008