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The Downey Eagle
February 19, 1999 Volume 6 Number 52

Memorial Tuesday for Andrew Howland Figge
DOWNEY-Memorial funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the California Heights United 
Methodist Church, Long Beach, for Andrew "Andy" Howland Figge, 48, a graduate of Warren High 
School and the owner and operator of Tower Technology in Signal Hill, which does tower erection, 
demolition, maintenance and repair. 
He was born Sept. 9, 1950 in Berea, Ohio, and died in a tragic work accident in Huntsville, Alabama 
Feb. 10. 
He graduated from Warren High School in 1968, and was working on a tower for a client when he died. 
He held the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard inactive reserves, and maintained 
active service from 1974 to 1984. He attended the Coast Guard Academy, and both his parents, 
Walter Andrew and Marion (Bishop) Andrews, served in the U.S. Army in World War II. 
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from Cal Poly Pomona in 1974. 
He attained the rank of Eagle Scout with a Bronze Palm in the Boy Scouts of America, and was active in 
the Boy Scouts and Explorers for 40 years, starting at the age of eight. He was active in the "Quest 
Beyond the Eagle" program. 
He served for 10 years on the organizing committee of the Long Beach Marathon which began in 1984, 
and was a member of the California Heights United Methodist Choir in Long Beach. 
He and his wife, Susan, recently had celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary. 
Survivors included his wife, Susan (Van Wig) Figge of Long Beach; a son, David Anthony; daughters 
Candida Lynn O'Dell, Meggan Kristine O'Dell, and Devon Anne O'Dell; father Walter Andrew Figge; and 
uncles Russell Figge, Hank Andrews and Albert Andrews. 
His ashes were scattered at sea from a U.S. Coast Guard vessel Wednesday, Feb. 17.