Howard Winn Foss, Jr

1943 - 2009  (65 years)

• Name	Howard Winn Foss
  Suffix	Jr
  Nickname	Howie
  Born	8 Dec 1943	Somerville, , Massachusetts, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Misc	Mar 2009  [4]
  	12 grandchildren; one great grand daughter
  Died	27 Mar 2009	Salem, , Massachusetts, United States   [3, 4]
  Obituary	Aft 27 Mar 2009	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [4]
  	Murphy Funeral Home
  	Obituary Howard W. "Howie" Foss, Jr. December 08, 1943 - March 27, 2009 Howard W. “Howie” Foss, Jr. age 65 husband of Linda J. (Johnson) Foss died at home late Saturday evening March 27, 2009 following a brief illness. He and his living wife would have celebrated 45 years of marriage in November. Born in Somerville, the son of the late Howard W. and Gertrude (Ernst) Sr., he was raised and educated in both Salem and Peabody. Mr. Foss attended Peabody High School, joined the United States Navy Seabees reserves and went on active duty as soon as he was allowed. Just before he was deployed overseas, he and his wife married. Mr. Foss then served his country proudly with two tours of duty in Viet Nam until being honorably discharged and returning home.  For many years he was employed as a machinist on the North Shore and was later employed by Garelick Farms (West Lynn Creamery) in Lynn for 15 years until becoming ill.  He was an avid motorcycle enthusiast and enjoyed riding his Harley as well as camping in Milo, Maine with his family. Mr. Foss enjoyed tinkering around his home as well as helping other people and could fix anything.  In addition to his wife, Mr. Foss is survived by six children Howard Foss and his wife Diane of Salem, Bernadette Foss and her fiancée Dan Page of Sandown, NH, Matthew Foss and his wife Lynette of Salem, Melinda Farley and her husband Eric of Amesbury, Christopher Foss and his wife Roxanne of Somersworth, NH and  Jason Foss and his fiancée Jennifer Conners of Indianapolis, IN; a brother Ronald Foss of Peabody; two sisters Winifred Donatelli of Peabody and Brenda Delpozzo of Lawrence; 12 grandchildren; one great grand daughter and many nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by a sister Barbara Turner.  His funeral will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. in the Murphy Funeral Home, 85 Federal St., (cor of North St) Salem. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours will be Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. For online guest book or additional information please call 978 744 0497 or visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com.
  Occupation	machinst  [4]
  Buried	Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody, , Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I26337	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Howard Winn Foss,   b. 1 Dec 1905, Somerville, , Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 17 Nov 1988, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Florence Ernst,   b. 1916, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F9388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Linda J Johnson
  Children	1. Howard Foss   2. Bernadette Foss   3. Matthew Foss   4. Melinda Foss   5. Christopher Foss   6. Jason Foss
  Family ID	F26325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Dec 1943 - Somerville, , Massachusetts, United States Died - 27 Mar 2009 - Salem, , Massachusetts, United States Obituary - Murphy Funeral Home - Aft 27 Mar 2009 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Howard Winn Foss Jr (1943-2009) Howard Winn Foss Jr ( 1943 - 2009 ), son of Howard Winn Foss ( 1905 - 1988 ) and Gertrude Florence Ernst ( 1916 - ), marrried Linda J Johnson.

  
  

• Sources

  [S766] Info: Evelyn (Bishop) Smith. [S870] Family: Fields Genealogy. [S2883] Info: Donna (Arnott) Wolfe, e-mail 6 Apr 2017. [S695] Obituaries: General, Howard Foss Jr, Murphy Funeral Home <http://www.murphyfuneralhome.com/home/obituary/348166>, viewed 15 Apr 2017.