Obituary of Kyle Howard

Kyle William Howard Duke Center, PA Kyle William Howard, 23, of 776 Main St. passed away Tuesday (July 10, 2012) in the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo after a short, courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Born June 10, 1989 in Bradford, PA he was the son of William C. Howard, Jr. and Terrie L. Stives Borkowski. Kyle was a 2007 graduate of Otto-Eldred High School and a 2009 graduate of Triangle Tech in Erie, PA. He began working for Dal Tile Co. in Olean from 2009 to the present. He was an avid hunter and especially enjoyed the sport with his uncle and grandfather. He was also a motorcycle enthusiast and shared the road with his friends and fellow motorcyclists Nate and Cari. As a sports minded person he loved following the Miami Dolphins and reveled in his camaraderie with his friend PJ, who is a Buffalo Bills fan. Overall, he was immensely loved by all his family and friends and they will miss his witty sense of humor and relentless teasing. Surviving are his mother Terrie Borkowski of Duke Center; his father and stepmother William and Mari Kranock Howard of Olean; two brothers Kirk C. Howard of Cincinnati, OH and Kelby L. Howard of Duke Center, PA; three sisters Amanda M. (Wade Smith) Howard of Austin, TX, Cameron E. Howard of Olean and Payton N. Howard of Olean; a maternal grandmother Penny Stives of Duke Center; a paternal grandmother Molly L. Howard of Allegany; paternal step grandparents Michael and Carol Kranock of Jamestown and Diane Capitani of Olean and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He also leaves behind his loving girlfriend Angela Luty of Olean who stood by him so strongly these past ten months. He was predeceased by his maternal grandfather Richard D. Stives and his paternal grandfather William C. Howard, Sr. Friends will be received at the Casey, Halwig & Hartle Funeral Home 3128 W. State Olean on Friday from 2pm to 7pm. Funeral services will be held Saturday (July 14, 2012) beginning with a prayer service at 9:30am in the funeral home. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10:00am in St. Mary of the Angels Church. Rev. Gregory Dobson, pastor, will be the celebrant. Burial will be in St. Bonaventure Cemetery. Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Otto Ambulance Fund, the McKean County SPCA, P. O. Box 113 Bradford, PA 16701 or to the ReHabilitation Center 1439 Buffalo St. Olean, NY 14760. Online condolences may be expressed at oleanfuneralhome.com.