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Arma "Ham" Andon died on Wednesday night.
Major Arma “Ham” Andon received a medal from the Austrian government in a ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of two Nazi concentration camps near Linz, Austria in May of 2005. While Major Andon was wounded and not present at the liberation in 1945, his regiment, the 328th Infantry, was among the units that freed the camps’ prisoners. PRESS FILE
Major Arma “Ham” Andon received a medal from the Austrian government in a ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of two Nazi concentration camps near Linz, Austria in May of 2005. While Major Andon was wounded and not present at the liberation in 1945, his regiment, the 328th Infantry, was among the units that freed the camps’ prisoners. PRESS FILE
Major Arma “Ham” Andon received a medal from the Austrian government in a ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of two Nazi concentration camps near Linz&
Major Andon was severely wounded in a battle in Serrig, Germany, in March 1945. PRESS FILE
Ham Andon & Marian Phillips
Ham inducted into the NYS Veterans Hall of Fame
Arma "Ham" Andon during his days in the Army. COURTESY SUNDY SCHERMEYER
Arma "Ham" Andon. COURTESY SUNDY SCHERMEYER
Arma "Ham" Andon with his wife, Ruth, daughter Gail, and grandaughter, Sundy, at his 25th Wedding Anniversary party. COURTESY SUNDY SCHERMEYER
A wake will be held for Mr. Andon on Friday, December 16, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6:30 to 9 p.m., at the Westhampton Beach Firehouse on Sunset Avenue. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will host a brief service at 3:30 p.m. Friday, and firematic services will be held at 7 p.m., all at the firehouse.
The funeral service will take place Saturday, December 17, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Westhampton Beach Main Street at 10:30 a.m.
Former Westhampton Beach Village Mayor and World War II veteran Arma “Ham” Andon died this week. He was 97.
Mr. Andon was well known in the Westhampton area, having served as mayor from 1986 until 1994. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army until he was wounded and returned home in 1945. During his time on the East End, Mr. Andon served as the commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5350 for nearly two decades, was an active member of the Rotary Club of Westhampton, and served as a fire commissioner for the Westhampton Beach Fire District, among his many accolades.
“He made a difference wherever he went,” Bill Hughes, the current commander of VFW Post 5350 said on Thursday. “He was one of those guys who made a difference for the better and he was generous beyond what the average person might know about because he did things quietly. He was just a great example of how a human being should live, a fantastic example.”
Services for Mr. Andon are expected to be conducted through Follett and Werner Funeral Home in Westhampton Beach, though they have not been scheduled yet.
on Dec 8, 2016