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Alan Gustafson was a wizard with a welding torch, a craftsman with “old-man strength and old-man knowledge.”

He was a faithful member of the group of friends who called themselves the League of Gentlemen and a loving husband to his wife, Jessica.

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And for a cruelly short time, he was also a doting dad to the couple’s son, Harvey, who was born just weeks after Gustafson was diagnosed with ALS in July 2015.

Gustafson died Saturday from the effects of the muscle-wasting neurological disease.

“He was a master. He could do anything with metal,” Jessica said Monday. “He used a lot of really traditional methods — old school methods. Al was like a different generation of guy.

“He was only 39, but he had old-man strength and old-man knowledge.”

“We all had people in our lives who pass away and people say nice things about them, but the overwhelming thing that people are saying or posting on Facebook is that Al is one of THE best guys you could ever meet in your life,” said Peter Joynt, one of Gustafson’s best friends.