A. Andrew Gigliotti

April 29, 1940 - June 20, 2019

Loudonville- A. Andrew Gigliotti, age 79, entered into eternal life June 20, 2019, at home. Born in Albany to Amedeo and Josephine Sanginetti Gigliotti, Andy was a lifelong area resident. He was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and Simmons School of Mortuary Arts & Sciences. He held the franchise for the Mason & Hamlin, Knabe, Chickering, Steck and Fisher piano companies of East Rochester. Andy provided the first piano to be used at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and continued to do so for more than fifteen years. Andy loved and collected many antiques. Andy was a well-known and respected funeral director in the City of Albany for over forty years, owning Lasak & Gigliotti, Inc. on Dudley Heights. Beloved husband of Theresa Morrell Gigliotti for more than forty years; loving father of Carla Andrea Sorbero (Christopher), and Connie A. Gigliotti (Michael Sloane); cherished grandfather of C. Luca Sorbero and Lola C. Sorbero; loved brother-in-law of Nick and Fran Morrell, Sal (the late Mary) D’Amore, as well as James J. and Kathleen Morrell. Also survived by many cousins, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Special friend of Vittorio Amadei. Funeral services will be held in the Lasak & Gigliotti Funeral Home, 208 North Allen Street, Albany, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 9:15 and 10 o’clock at the Historic Church of St. Mary, corner of Lodge and Pine Streets, Albany. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend and may also call at the funeral home Monday, 4 to 8 pm. Interment will be in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Colonie. The family extends their heartfelt thanks to Dr. Kevin Costello, Dr. Eric Molho, Dr. Angel Millora, Vittorio Amadei and Carol Fagan for their untiring help and kindness. The family requests those desiring may send a remembrance in Andy’s name to Erin’s Love Bugs, Inc., PO BOX 5302, Albany NY 12205 www.erinslovebugs.org (a local non-profit assisting individuals during cancer treatment).