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Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
DEATH NOTICE I CLASSIFIED
Date: July 6, 1990

Andrew S. Lanum, 44, died July 4, 1990.

Born in Akron, he was a lifetime area resident, and a member of Mission Baptist Temple. He is survived by daughter, Kimberly D.; son, Kevin A., both of Akron; granddaughter, Meranda; sister, Sandra Phillip of Suffield; and brother, Rev. David T. Lanum of Kent.

Friends may call TODAY, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., at the Redmon Funeral Home, where Rev. David T. Lanum will conduct services SaturDAY, at 10 a.m. Burial at Hillside Cemetery in Randolph Township.

Rememberance by John Colosetti
May 2005

I really didn’t hang out with Andy, but when I was first starting to play the guitar I was at Dale Schartiger’s house who was a neighbor of Andy. Andy was playing the guitar in the livingroom (an old “Airline” I think that is the old Montgomery Ward brand). This was probably ’63 or ’64. He had learned to play from Jeff Crislip from the old ‘Bonneville’s. He played all of the old style Venture instrumental’s (Mr. Moto, Walk Don’t Run, Wild Weekend etc. jsut like the Bonnevilles). He did a pretty good job, but what really impressed me was that at sometime he had injured his little finger on his left hand (the hand that presses the strings) and couldn’t bend it. It just stuck straight up in the air. In spite of that he was able to play way better than I could at the time. That and his blonde “DA” is what I remember most about Andy.

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