ANDREW M SAVIGNANO DIED ON MONDAY SEPT. 1 AT THE NORTH HILL HEALTH CENTER IN NEEDHAM. HE WAS 73 YEARS OLD. BORN IN NEEDHAM, ANDREW WAS THE FOUNDER OF SAVIGNANO ELECTRIC AND RAN THE BUSINESS IN NEEDHAM FOR 37 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1990. IT STILL RUNS IN NEEDHAM TODAY. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE NEEDHAM LYONS CLUB AND HAD A STRONG LOVE OF GARDENING. ANDREW WAS ALSO THE OWNER OF M. R. REALITY AND TRUST OF NEEDHAM. ANDREW WAS THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARGHERITA “MARGY” (MERUSI) SAVIGNANO AND DEAR FATHER OF MICHAEL A AND HIS WIFE IDA OF DEDHAM, STEPHEN P AND HIS WIFE PATRICE OF NAPLES FL, ROBERT N AND HIS WIFE KELLY OF NEEDHAM AND ANDREA ROSS AND HER HUSBAND GARRETT OF NEEDHAM. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH SAVIGNANO OF NEEDHAM AND THE LATE PAUL SAVIGNANO OF MORLEAN IL. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 7 GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FROM THE EATON FUNERAL HOME 1351 HIGHLAND AVE. NEEDHAM (EXIT 19B OFF ROUTE 128) ON FRIDAY SEPT. 5 AT 9:00 AM, FOLLOWED BY A FUNERAL MASS AT ST. JOSEPH CHURCH NEEDHAM AT 10:00 AM. VISITING HOURS ON THURSDAY FROM 2-4 AND 7-9 PM. RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE KINDLY INVITED. BURIAL AT ST. MARY’S CEMETERY IN NEEDHAM. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE JOSLIN DIABETES ASSOC. 1 JOSLIN PLACE BOSTON, MA 02115. ARRANGEMENTS BY