New York, New York
An Evening Remembered
Knowing that Andrew H. Golkin had so many friends, his family planned a memorial service in the spacious second-floor ballroom of the Harmonie Club in Manhattan, which seats 400. Then more than 750 friends, schoolmates and co-workers showed up, overflowing the room and spilling so far down the staircase that loudspeakers were set up so they could hear the service.
"He had a special heart, and was a good listener, which made him very good at his job," said his mother, Janet, of her son's work as a vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of the World Trade Center. Only the Sunday night before the disaster, she and her husband, Gerald, and their daughter, Susan, had dinner with Andrew at their favorite neighborhood Italian restaurant, Parma, on the Upper East Side.
"It's some comfort to have had this lovely, joyous evening," his mother recalled. "He was planning his 31st birthday, Nov. 3. He was planning a large party, and he was planning on having a good time."
Think of you and your family every 9/11. I hadn't seen you in many years yet I remember playing dodgeball with you and Rob and David in the hallway and spending many afternoons playing tag. You are part of my childhood, we were just kids doing what kids do when life was much more simple...I will never forget. Rest in peace Andy.
Harlan Goldberg
September 12, 2025
Just went to sit once again at the memorial at Alumni Field at Riverdale Country School. Rest Easy, Andrew.
Derek Smith
September 11, 2025 | Bronx, NY | Teacher
Your heart soon will be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.I'm deeply sorry for your loss. May cherished memories of Andrew H. Golkin bring comfort and peace to his loved ones during this difficult time. Your heart soon will be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
John Doe
December 16, 2024
Andrew Three weeks after 9/11, we honoured you at St Patrick´s Cathedral along with the eight others, all of you related to the Amex family. We cried, and were horrified, for your dad Jerry, who was a long term floor trader and popular presence on the Exchange trading floor, in the aftermath of 9/11. And now, on July 3rd, 2023, your dad has passed. We who worked with him for various parts of various decades, liked him, respected him, enjoyed him , and will miss him . I was one of...
Jeffrey Gottlieb
July 06, 2023
I saw him on the wall in the 9/11 memorial. He was the only person who I remembered from the wall and wanted to know more about him. I´m so sorry for your loss, and even tho I know it was many years ago, I´m sure y´all still miss him. He seemed like a great guy!
a friend
June 10, 2023
Every year since then tragedy in think of Andy, but this is the first time I read where the service was held. The Harmonie Club was where Camp Winnebago held its Winter Reunion for many years. Peace! Dad is smiling.
Uncle Bob Lilienthal
July 28, 2022
Wonderful personality! Vivacious, timeless and always in a gregarious mood. Played LAX with him at Riverdale.
Think of him often and tell my kids about him.
Des W. RCS'87.
J. Desmond Ward
September 11, 2021 | Old Greenwich, CT | Classmate
I used to read a blog many years ago where the writer would honor his friend each year on this day. Still so many years later every year I go read about this man, who I never met but think of because he was loved. 20 years later I still pray for him and those who loved him on this day.
Jennifer Speth
September 11, 2021 | Martinez, GA
We are here today, just south of London, remembering all those who lost their lives on 11th September 2001.
We picked a name at random to remember and it was Andrew H.Golkin. Having read all the comments below, he sounds like a gentleman who anyone would have loved to count as a friend.
Rest in peace, Andy, you are not forgotten / by your family, your friends, and by people like us, on the other side of the world.
With kind regards, and sincere condolences, from the Wright...
Annabel Wright
September 11, 2021 | London, England | Acquaintance
