WITH
DEEPEST REGRET

Andy was many things to many people - beloved teacher, shy artist, hard-working Board Member, tireless tour guide, mischief-maker, wit, sophisticate, forever friend.  He loved flowers, animals, and most of all � his hometown of Prattsville.

As the Pratt Museum�s �goodwill ambassador�, it was his gift of the Commercial Building that made it possible for the Museum to save one of the Town�s earliest and architecturally important buildings. 

But this is not only how we will remember Andy.  We will remember him:

• As a tour guide, with a sly smile, �revealing� that Susie Grimm, the colonel�s fifth wife, ran off with the stable boy;

• In the Museum garden, gently breaking off a piece of lavender and offering it to a visitor as a gift to enjoy;

• Training young tour guides to �swoon� on the fainting couch;

• Sitting on the Museum porch in summer, as car after car beeped homage to him as if he � and not Pratt � was master of the house.  Maybe he was?  It is almost impossible to think of the Pratt Museum without thinking of Andy.

We know that Zadock Pratt and his family were among the many friends who gathered at the gates to greet him. We also know, now that he is gone, we will mourn his passing for a very long time to come.

Those wishing to leave a message in Andy�s honor may do so by going to www.prevatte.com/AndrewDresser. 
The Pratt Museum Board voted at its September 11, 2002  Board Meeting to apply all donations made to the Pratt Museum on behalf of Andy Dresser to restoration of the �Commercial Building�.  You can send a donation in Andy Dresser's memory to the Zadock Pratt Museum, P.O.Box 333, Prattsville, NY 12468

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The Pratt Museum Board voted at its September 11, 2002  Board Meeting to apply all donations made to the Pratt Museum on behalf of Andy Dresser to restoration of the �Commercial Building�.  You can send a donation in Andy Dresser's memory to:
Zadock Pratt Museum, P.O.Box 333, Prattsville, NY 12468