Horace T. Howland

Horace Tomlinson (“Tom”) Howland, Jr, 71, of Church Street, Marlow, N.H., died November 21 at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene of natural causes.

He is the father of Peter Williams Howland of Newtown.

Mr Howland was born November 27, 1928, in New Rochelle, N.Y., the son of Horace an Adelaide (O’Connor) Howland. He had been a New Hampshire resident since 1982.

A graduate of Isaac Young High School and the Pratt Institute of Art, Mr Howland was employed by the McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., of New York, N.Y., for 43 years, first as a commercial artist and illustrator and later as the promotions director of several high-technology trade publications, including Byte, Electronics, Nucleonics, and Scientific Research. In 1986, he was recognized for 40 years of outstanding service there.

An American foreign war veteran, he served in Germany from 1951-1953 as a special agent to the Counter Intelligence Corps during the Korean conflict.

After retiring from McGraw-Hill in 1989, he further pursued his longtime interest in antiques and Americana, as manager of the Antiques Collaborative in Quechee, Vt., and as proprietor of the Alstead Group. Alstead, N.H., and Howland House Americana. He was also a lifetime member of the Walpole (N.H.) Historical Society and the Marlow (N.H.) Historical Society, where he was also a past president. In Marlow, he was also a lodge member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

For the past 20 years, Mr Howland served as a contributor, trustee, and founding member of the Iroquois Indian Museum, Schohaire, N.Y., with his life-long friends John and Katherine Ferguson, and his wife, Marilyn Crosson Howland. Mr Howland, a lover of jazz, classical music, classic movies, and genealogy, was also a tenth generation descendant of Henry Howland, one of the original Plymouth colonists.

He also is survived by his wife, Marilyn A. (Crosson) Howland of Marlow, N.H.; a son, James Thaddeus Howland of Peterborough, N.H.; a daughter, Susan Elizabeth Whitty of Lynbrook, N.Y.; a grandson, Thomas Whitty, Jr; two sisters, Constance (Howland) Manning of Tarrytown, N.Y., and Katherine Sally Howland of Richmond, Va.; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

His eldest son Christopher Aubrey Howland, of New York, N.Y., a commercial artist in the publishing field and also a former McGraw-Hill employee, died May 4 in Newtown, at age 43.

 Mr Howland’s father, Horace T. Howland, Sr, also worked for McGraw-Hill, making the Howlands the only family, other than the McGraws or Hills, to have three succeeding generations employed by the company.

A memorial Mass is planned for 10:45 am Saturday, December 2, at Blessed Sacrament Church in New Rochelle, N.Y., to be followed by burial at the Beechwood  Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 104 Middle Street, Manchester, NH 03101; or to the Iroquois Indian Museum, PO Box 7, Howe Cave, NY 12092.

The Foley Funeral Home, 49 Court Street, Keene, N.H., is in charge of arrangements.

The Newtown Bee         December 1, 2000