NORWICH – Henry D. Hovick, 91, formerly of Norwich and Burlington, died peacefully on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the NYS Veterans Home in Oxford.
He was born Aug. 12, 1920 in Alversund, Norway, the son of Hans Kundtson and Hannah Katrina (Ekeland) Hovick. He married Margaret Nell Riggle on July 8, 1944 in Bulgar, Pa.
Henry served in the United States Air Force and was a World War II Veteran. He then continued to serve our country in the Army National Guard. Henry retired from Otsego Electric where he had been employed as a lineman for 25 years.
His wife Nell; his children James Alan Hovick, Kathleen Diane Kappauf, and Gail Maureen Bolton; sixteen grandchildren, twenty-five great children; and his sister Erna Dagney Richards survive Henry.
His son Thomas Henry Hovick, his grandson David Bruce Bolton and his sisters Borghild Johnson and Ester Kleppand, predeceased him.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Burlington with Rev. Paul Messner & Assoc. Sandy Shear officiating. Calling hours were on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Houk-Johnston-Terry Funeral Home, Edmeston.
Interment was in the Burlington Green Cemetery.
Contributions may be made in Henry’s memory to St. John’s Lutheran Church, Burlington or the NYS Veterans Home, Oxford.
Funeral Arrangements are under the guidance of the Houk-Johnston-Terry Funeral Home, Edmeston and condolences to the family may be left at the funeral home website, www.hjtfuneralhome.com.