Person:Howard Osterhout (1)

Military Service: WWII, US Army

Obituary from Sullivan County Democrat

Howard L. Osterhout Ret. Businessman, 74 Howard L. Osterhout of Loch Sheldrake, the retired owner of Osterhout Excavation, died Monday, October 2, 2000, at his home. He was 74 years of age. The son of the late Eugene W. and Alva Krum Osterhout, he was born Octrober 26, 1926, in Bittersweet. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, with service in the Phillipines, Mr. Osterhout was a life member of the Loch Sheldrake Fire Department and a former member of the Loch Sheldrake and Hurleyville Rod and Gun Club. In a family statement, it was said, "He was a very sweet, loving man. He will be greatly missed by all whom he loved." He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Dorothy Osterhout, at home; two sons and daughters-in-law, Glenn and Paula Osterhout and Earl and Suellen Osterhout, all of Loch Sheldrake; two daughters and sons-in-law, Ellen and Mike Ward of Loch Sheldrake and Marlene and C. Alton "Al" Dauch of Greensburg, Kty.; a sister, Amy Garber of Bradley; four grandchildren, Timothy and Casey Ward and Samantha and Brittney Osterhout; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a daughter, Pauline Osterhout; three sisters, Florence Conklin, Marguerite Hotchkin and Dorothy Slater; and two brothers, Eugene and Vernon Osterhout. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Colonial Memorial Funeral Home in Woodbourne. Interment was made in the Sullivan County Veterans Cemetery in Liberty. Memorial contributions may be made to the Loch Sheldrake Fire Department, P.O. Box 1005, Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. 12759 or to Hospice of Orange and Sullivan, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, N.Y. 12550.

1. ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
2. ↑ town of Neversink