Frank passed away on Monday morning, March 23rd of a massive heart attack.  He died in my daughter, Kerrie’s,  arms and I am convinced that he was happy at that last moment and although he never talked about God or his beliefs, he knew that he would be joining his beloved wife, Mary Ann in heaven, she died on March 24th 2007 just 1 day shy of 2 years..   Kerrie had lost both of her grandfathers over 10 years ago and Frank was her adopted grandfather.  Frank recently beat lung cancer and during his treatment, he and Kerrie became very close although all of us felt a strong bond with Frank.  Automated Wireless was Frank’s work family and Mary Ann was his life.   Frank was a Customer Service Analyst for almost 24 years and before that he worked for PetroData in Princeton NJ.  AWE purchased Petrodata in 1985.  I will review Frank’s life and accomplishments but first let me explain why “Gentleman” best described Frank.   He was courteous and reverent to all people.  I never ever heard him speak unkindly about anyone and I never ever heard anyone speak unkindly of Frank.  He loved and cared for animals and we found 3 bags of cat food in his car that he was bringing to the stray animals that I am sure came to Frank for their dinner.  I knew Frank for about 24 years and about 10 years ago, he asked me if he could continue to work and not retire.  I remember telling Frank, as long as you can do your Job, you have a Job and last Monday at age 76, he was doing a great Job as he had for the last 24 years at AWE.   Every customer liked Frank and we are receiving emails and calls, all with the same tone of love and sincere sympathy. Frank rarely stayed overnight on business and would drive for hours to and from a customer in order to be home with his wife each night.   Frank was very knowledgeable about Petroleum Distribution and worked on the formulas and algorithms that were used by the original ICC Main frame System, Petrodata Unix, and E-System.  As Frank was approaching 60 years old, he learned how to program an IBM Main Frame computer in assembly language and was responsible for all the legacy support during the introduction of the AWE E-System.  This would have been a challenge for recent college graduate.   Frank lived in Lawrenceville, a suburb of Trenton NJ, and about a 66 mile compute to our offices in Lake Hopatcong NJ.    If it started to snow, he continued his regular days work, and never used the 66 miles as an excuse to leave early, on the other hand, if it was snowing or storming in the morning, he was the most likely person to be at work and on time.  Take a look at the magazine article from 1966 about Frank Haefeli for a look at his dispatching accomplishment.  Frank was a gentleman and we will miss him.