Wake, Service for Charles Howe

Charles R. Howe, of Brewster, NY, died Tuesday June 14, 2016 at Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel, NY with his family close.  He was 82 years old.

Born July 19, 1933 in Staten Island, NY, one of six children to the late Joseph and Ruth (Schumacher) Howe, Charlie graduated from St. Peter’s High School in Staten Island and Fordham University.  He honorably served in the US Army during the Korean War.

Charles and Joan P. Curley were married on October 15, 1960 and moved to their home in Brewster, NY in 1969. Joan predeceased Charlie on March 14, 2016.

Charles was a Vice-President at Emigrant Savings Bank in Manhattan for 35 years before retiring in 1995. He was a Cub Scout Pack Master of Pack #119 in Brewster, NY and a Scout Master of Brewster Troop 1. Charlie was an active parishioner of St. Lawrence O’Toole Church where he served as a Eucharistic Minister.

Charles is survived by his 5 children: Chip and his wife Nancy of Stamford, CT; Mary and her husband Kenneth Rhuda of North Salem, NY; James and his wife Dina of Norwalk, CT; Matthew and his wife MaryAnne of Hopewell Jct, NY; and Joan and her husband Michael Nicholson of Stamford, CT; 11 grandchildren; and his siblings, John Howe, Ruthanne Malnati, Paul Howe and Frances Johnson.

Charles was predeceased by his brother Joseph Howe and his grandson, Michael Howe.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 P.M on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at the Church of St. Lawrence O’Toole, Brewster, NY. Interment will follow at Peach Pond Cemetery, North Salem, NY. He will be waked at Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Avenue, Brewster, NY prior to the mass starting at 12 P.M.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Charles's memory may be made to The Msgr. McCabe Scholarship Fund, Knights of Columbus, P.O. Box 268, Brewster, NY 10509.