Howard L. Hyde

Howard L. Hyde, 102, died January 15, 2022, in South Abington Township, PA.  He was born in Wheeling, WV, to the late Roger and Elsie Hyde and grew up in Calais, ME.

Howard served as a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific during WWII.  While stationed in Australia he met his wife, the former Helen Matthews.  They were married for 67 years until her passing in 2011.

After the war, he attended Wentworth Institute and graduated from Cornell University in 1951 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.  He was a senior architect at Burkavage Design Associates until his retirement in 1987.

Howard was an avid reader, loved classical music, gardening and community service.  He joined the Rotary Club of the Abingtons in 1971 and was still a member and attending meetings until his death.  He was a past President and had been a Board member; he also received three Paul Harris awards.  Howard had served on the Board of Trustees at the Waverly Community House and was involved in the Philharmonic Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Singers' Guild of Scranton Board and chorus, and also drove for Meals on Wheels.

He sang in the choir and was a Junior Warden at the Church of the Epiphany; was on the Board of the Scranton branch of Habitat for Humanity, which he chaired for a number of years; and was on the Board of the Pocono Environmental Education Center.  He also served as chairman of the selection committee for the Belin Arts Scholarship.

Howard lived in Waverly for 34 years, where he learned to make maple syrup and enjoyed showing Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and anyone else how the process was done.  He moved to his final home in South Abington Township in 1997 and lived independently until 2020.

He is survived by his three children, Eloise Hyde, North Abington Twp, PA, David Hyde, Orick, CA and Deirdre Chrzanoski and husband Stanley, North Abington Twp, PA; three grandchildren, Jennifer Breton and husband Joseph, Christopher Hyde, and Ashley Marshall and husband Daniel; and nine great- grandchildren.  Howard was preceded in death by his sister, Elsie Eloise Hopkins.

He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.  He loved to talk about his time in the Pacific during the war and all of the buildings locally, nationally and worldwide that he helped to design.

The family would like to thank the nurses, aides, and staff of Clarks Summit Senior Living that took care of him for the last year; the hospice division of Traditional Home Health Care that looked after him for the last four months.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 21st at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Epiphany in Glenburn.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider memorial contributions to the Church of the Epiphany, Glenburn, PA; Traditional Home Health Care, Dunmore, PA; or Habitat for Humanity.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., 418 S. State Street, Clarks Summit.