Alan Fraser Howe

Alan Fraser Howe son of the late Wallace and Esther Howe died April 23, 2010.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Ellen McCarthy Howe, his sister, Carol Hagen, his three children, Peter Howe (Beaver Creek, CO.), Susan Cushing (Bellingham WA.), Sally Howe, (Rutland MA.), and former wife and friend, Nancy Howe of Rutland MA. He is also survived by his five step-children, Timothy Trafton (Swans Island, ME.), Margaret Trafton and her wife Debra (Ashburnham, MA.), Sarah Trafton Gary (Gardner, MA.), Amy Trafton-Fitzgerald (Princeton, MA.), Matthew Trafton (Rutland, MA.), eleven grand-children, three great grand-children, two daughters-in-law, nine brothers-in-law and three sisters-in-law.

Alan graduated from WPI where he was the captain of the tennis team. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the U.S. Navy and stationed in the South Pacific. Alan retired from Norton Company in Worcester, he was employed there for 37 years. He and his friend Marshall Greene built 30 tennis courts in MA. Al also built 3 tennis courts on Swans Island in Maine for his family. He was very active in the Worcester Pee Wee League. He was a founder of the Pine Hill Tennis Club and on the Labor Day Tennis Committee for 32 years.

Friends and family are invited to celebrate Al's life on May 8, 2010, 2-4 p.m.at his home located at 7 Hubbardston Road. Donations may be sent to The Dan Hart Memorial Court, P.O. Box 58, Princeton, MA. 01541.