7720180198.jpg &&& ANDREW G. STACKWICZ, a much-honored Philadelphia police officer for 26 years whose last assignment was as a sergeant in the 22nd District, 17th Street and Montgomery Avenue, collapsed and died of a heart attack Monday. He was 57 and lived in East Torresdale. He was also a handyman who loved to tinker around the house, and was a devoted gardener, a history buff who liked to tramp the Gettysburg Battlefield, and a lover of Diamond Beach outside Wildwood Crest, N.J., and the Caribbean islands. Andrew was born in Philadelphia to Henry and Genevieve Stackwicz. He graduated from Father Judge High School in 1969, and the Police Academy in 1982. He was named Officer of the Year by the department in 1987, and was commended for "exemplary devotion to duty" during the Republican Convention in 2000. In October 1982, he was commended by the department for arresting two burglars at a meat plant. He was also honored by American Legion Post 88 for "outstanding service to his community;" by Lodge 5 of the Fraternal Order of Police for "outstanding performance of your duty as a police officer," and by the New Kensington Civic Association and Town Watch, among others. He was a 3rd degree member of the Knights of Columbus and the East Torresdale Civic Association. Andrew liked to chill out at the Jersey shore, where he would walk his dog on the beach. He enjoyed the Caribbean islands but couldn't see wasting time on a cruise ship. He flew to his destinations. "He was a wonderful husband and father," said his wife of 30 years, the former Debra Jerde. He also is survived by two daughters, Katelyn and Jennifer, and a sister, Caroline Bentley. Services: Funeral Mass 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Katherine of Siena Church, 9700 Frankford Ave. Friends may call at 4 p.m. today and at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Burns Funeral Home, 9708 Frankford Ave. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Hero Scholarship Fund, 1617 Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19103. *