RICHARDSON, Texas — Andy Szuwalski passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at Baylor Regional Hospital in Plano, Texas.

He was born on June 12, 1940, in New York City. He attended Canisius College and received his civil engineering degree from the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y. He was employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Coastal Engineering Research Center located first at Fort Belvoir, Va., and then at Waterways Experiment Station. After his retirement from the Corps, he worked at Crawford Street United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen; his son, Andy, and wife Angela Fontana; his daughter, Elisa; and four grandchildren, James Fitzgerald, Brendan, Julianna, and Lydia Szuwalski.

His avocations included acting in community theater productions, singing in church and community choirs, and using his wood working skills for Habitat for Humanity. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at First United Methodist Church of Richardson.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be to the Music Suite at First United Methodist Church of Richardson, 503 North Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas 75080.

Andy had a wonderful sense of humor and wanted his obituary to read only, “Andy died.”