Howard E DeVoid

Wantage - Howard E. DeVoid, Jr., age 81, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at his residence. Born in Salisbury, Vermont to the late Howard E. DeVoid, Sr. and Jennie (Baker) DeVoid, Howard grew up in Vermont, where he still maintained a summer residence. He had lived in Wayne before recently moving to Wantage two years ago. Mr. DeVoid had served in the United States Marines Corps during the Korean War. He had been employed by American Cyanamid in Wayne as a transportation manager before his retirement. Mr. DeVoid was a graduate of Middlebury-Union High School in Vermont, where he was a 4 year varsity football player, participated in the school choir and band, and was nominated "Most Popular" his senior year. Currently, Mr. DeVoid was a member of the Wantage United Methodist Church and its choir and recently joined the American Legion Post 213 in Wantage. He also continued a love of music and bass singing. Mr. DeVoid was predeceased by his sister, Clara Carroll on June 1, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Jean C. (Brubaker); two sons, Howard E. DeVoid, III and his wife Diane of Wantage and Frank DeVoid and his wife Karen of Clayton, NC; his daughter, Margaret DeVoid of Paterson; his brother, Eugene DeVoid and his wife Suzanne of Prescott Valley, Arizona; 5 grandchildren, Heather Fischer and her husband Ryan, Andrew, Todd, Patrick, and Tyler DeVoid; and his beloved pets, Jacob and Amos. Funeral services along with American Legion services and Military Honors will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015 at the Pinkel Funeral Home, 31 Bank Street (Route 23), Sussex. Friends may pay their respects to the family three hours prior to the funeral service on Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial services will be held at a later date in Vermont. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations may be offered to the Wantage United Methodist Church, Building Fund, 199 Libertyville Road, Wantage, NJ 07461 or to the ALS Association, 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 250, Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.pinkelfuneralhome.com