We’re sad to report that classmate Andrew N. Kapi (MC) died January 25, 2014 at MidState Medical Center in Meriden, CT. He was born in Shreveport, LA, a son of the late Andrew Kapi Jr. and Anna B. Petty Kapi, and lived in Wallingford, CT. He was a political science major at Yale. He worked as a marketing manager for various enterprises and retired in 2005. Andy was a lover of music and a guitar aficionado who had an encyclopedic knowledge of many music genres and classic movies. He also loved all animals.

Here is the full obituary from the Record-Journal (Meriden, CT):

 

WALLINGFORD – Andrew N. Kapi, 63, of Wallingford, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at Mid State Medical Center in Meriden. He was the loving husband of Dawn E. O’Day Kapi.

He was born in Shreveport, La., a son of the late Andrew Kapi Jr. and Anna B. Petty Kapi. He was valedictorian at his Lyman Hall class of 1968 and a political science graduate of Yale University; he worked as a marketing manager for various enterprises and retired in 2005. Andy was a lover of music and a guitar aficionado who had an encyclopedic knowledge of many music genres and classic movies. He also loved all animals.

In addition to his wife, Dawn, he is survived by his children, Juan Florez, and his wife, Silvia, of Redding; and Adriana Bernal, her husband, Ricardo, and his granddaughter, Valentina, of Madrid, Spain; his sister, Barbara Kapi, of Wallingford; many dear cousins, in-laws, nieces, and nephews; and his dear friends, Al and Theresa Stasiewski; Jim and Claudia Mezza; Lois and Jay Fishbein; Norm and Gabe Ramos; Sue and Don Pierson; Barbara and Wayne Gamache; and Rita Kovacs, all of Wallingford.

His family will receive relatives and friends in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 N. Main St. Ext., Wallingford, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 5 to 6:45 p.m. A service will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 7 p.m. Interment will be private. Gifts in his memory may be sent to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241-7005, or the Meriden Humane Society, 311 Murdock Avenue, Meriden, CT 06451. www.wallingfordfh. com

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Record-Journal Obituary for Andrew N. Kapi