Obituary

ANDREW G. WOOLF – Age 59, of Brentwood, NH, suddenly, February 4th. Beloved husband of Karen (Hendrickson) Woolf. Dear brother of Thomas S. Woolf and his wife Norma of Cincinnati, OH. Devoted uncle of Suzanne Woolf of CA, Betty Woolf, her husband, Richard Geffen and their son, Benjamin, of Georgetown, and Jonathon Woolf of Manchester, NH. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11th, AT THE NORTH SHORE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 323 LOCUST STREET, DANVERS, AT 7:30 P.M. Donations may be made in Andy’s memory to the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS), PO Box 338, Haydenville, MA 01039-0338. Late Professor of English, Northern Essex Community College, also prizewinning fiddler, poet, and artist.

OBITUARY:

Andrew G. Woolf, 59, a professor of English at Northern Essex Community College for the past twenty years and a renowned folk musician and artist, passed away at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington Friday evening, February 4th, after having been stricken while he was at work two days earlier. He was the husband of Karen (Hendrickson) Woolf, with whom he celebrated thirty-six years of marriage just this past week.

Andy was born and raised in White Plains, New York, son of the late Robert and Ruth (Goldmark) Woolf. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College in Ohio, and his Master’s in English from the University of Wisconsin. He then went on to earn a doctorate in Ethnomusicology from Tufts University.

He lived with his wife Karen in Brentwood, New Hampshire. For the past twenty years he taught at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill and Lawrence.

Andy was a prizewinning fiddler and also talented as a player of many other musical instruments, including the banjo, thumb piano, guitar, pentaharp, and especially, the ukulele. He traveled around the United States and throughout the world playing at festivals, dances, coffee houses, weddings, and other venues. He was also a gifted poet and artist whose silly sense of humor and love of life endeared him to friends and acquaintances alike.

Surviving in addition to his wife Karen is a brother, Thomas S. Woolf and his wife Norma of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was also the devoted uncle of Suzanne Woolf of Menlo Park, California and Betty Woolf, her husband, Richard Geffen and their son, Benjamin, of Georgetown, and Jonathon Woolf of Manchester, New Hampshire.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11th, AT THE NORTH SHORE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 323 LOCUST STREET, DANVERS, AT 7:30 P.M.

Donations may be made in Andy’s memory to the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS), PO Box 338, Haydenville, MA 01039-0338.

Arrangements are being handled by the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home, Woburn.