This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howard, Tatchell, Sample, Willoughby, Hoyt, Catanese, Proper Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12020 Message Board Post: PJ: Sat. 9/17/2005: Stockton: Everett R. “Chat” Howard, 74, of Barnes Road, died Thursday Sept/.15, 2005 in Brooks Memorial Hospital, Dunkirk. He was born Jan. 21, 1931 in Stockton, the son of Russell E. and Velma B. Tatchell Howard. He was a 1949 graduate of Cassadaga Valley Central School, and was a self-employed dairy farmer, cattle trucker and livestock mineral salesperson. He had also assisted with the cattle auctions at Kimballstand and Sherman. He was a life member of and past president of the Stockton Volunteer Fire Department and served for 15 years as the Stockton fire district commissioner. He was also a 2000 recipient of the Stockton Volunteer Fire Co.’s James Akin Memorial Fireman of the year. He was also a member of the Stockton Grange, the Stockton Kitchen Konference of the Farm Bureau, and the 4-H Dairy Steer Committee. “Chat” enjoyed county and state fairs, breakfast with the guys and was an avid supporter of the 4-H meat animal sales. Everett was born, raised and continued to live at the family homestead until his death. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Lona Sample Howard, whom he married Aug. 27, 1960; five daughters: Linda Willoughby of Cassadaga, Barbara Hoyt of Ashville, Carolyn Howard of Youngsville, Pa., and Betty Catanese and Debra Howard, both of Stockton; nine grandchildren: Allyson and Alycia Willoughby, both of Cassadaga, Jennifer Hoyt of Ft. Benning, Ga., Jonathan, Patricia and Lauren Hoyt, all of Ashville, Courtney Proper of Youngsville, and Hope and Garrett Cantanese, both of Stockton. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Stockton.