~ 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.
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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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