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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

NEA/DL Capt. Howard Rotchford

~ IN MEMORY ~
WWII Army Air Corps & Korean War veteran
NEA/DL Capt. Howard ‘Howie’ E. Rotchford
June 2, 1924 ~ February 16, 2013                                       

Captain Howard Eugene Rotchford, age 88, passed away peacefully Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the home of his daughter following a valiant and courageous battle with cancer. Captain Rotchford hired on with Northeast 08-20-1957, and I believe he retired with Delta in 1983 based Boston.


Survived by his wife Elizabeth ‘Betty’, personal condolences may be sent to the family c/o of their daughter Stephanie Arsenault,
P. O. Box 622 , West Dover, VT 05356-0622 ... (802) 464-2077
email: hrotch2@aol.com 

A memorial Mass will be held this Friday, February 22nd at 3:00 PM, at the 
Our Lady of Fatima church located at 96 E Main Street, Wilmington VT 05363.
There will be a service this summer in Sidney, Maine where he will be laid to rest in the family cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to either the Dana Farber Cancer Center or The AstraZeneca Hope Lodge (Jamaica Plains, MA where he and Betty received excellent care) in care of the Covey Allen & Shea Funeral Home, P.O. Box 215, Wilmington, VT 05363.
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Howard E. Rotchford, 88 passed away peacefully Saturday February 16, 2013 at the home of his daughter, Stephanie Arsenault following a valiant and courageous battle with cancer. Howard was born in the Bronx on June 2, 1924, one of two boys born to Matthew and Helen (Freeman) Rotchford. Following high school, he entered college, after a few months he enlisted in the US Army where he served during World War II with the Army Air Corps fulfilling his dream of becoming a pilot. Upon his return from the war he continued his pilot duties serving in the Air National Guard patrolling the Northeast border of the US during the Korean War. He re-entered college and graduated from Colgate University. Howard became a commercial airline pilot first working for Northeast Airline and then Delta from which he retired. He loved playing baseball and had tried out with the then New York Giants, he was offered a position but chose to go to college instead, he was a devoted New York Yankees fan. He enjoyed the family lake house in Sidney, Maine, spending time there every year since the age of two, only to miss two years while he was away with the military. His passion there was fishing in the lake and spending time with his family. After retiring to Florida he joined the Marco Island Veterans of Foreign War. He leaves his wife Elizabeth (Press) Rotchford whom he married June 9, 1951 , son William and wife Tina Rotchford of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, daughters Stephanie and husband Richard Arsenault of Wilmington and Suzanne and husband John Fullerton of Moultonborough, NH, grandchildren Stefanie , Jarrod, Marcel, Jeffrey, Matthew, Patrick, David and Howard. His brother William predeceased him. A memorial mass will be held on Friday February 22 at 3pm from Our Lady of Fatima Church in Wilmington, VT. There will be a service this summer in Sidney, Maine where he will be laid to rest. Memorial gifts may be made to either the Dana Farber Cancer Center or The AstraZeneca Hope Lodge (Jamaica Plains, MA where he and Betty received excellent care) in care of the Covey Allen & Shea Funeral Home, P.O. Box 215, Wilmington, VT 05363. To send the family e-mail condolences, please visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com/

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