{"id":1311,"date":"2017-04-29T15:29:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T19:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2017-04-29T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T19:29:31","slug":"obituary-notice-thomas-buzz-b-howlett-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1311","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice &#8211; Thomas &#8220;Buzz&#8221; B. Howlett, Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SILVER CREEK:\u00a0 Thomas &#8220;Buzz&#8221; B. Howlett, Sr., 62, of Robinson Street, Silver Creek, died Friday, April 28th, 2017, at Buffalo General Hospital.\u00a0 He was born in St. Mary&#8217;s, PA on October 13, 1954, the son of Betty (Gee) Howlett, of Silver Creek and the late Charles Howlett, Sr.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Howlett served in the U.S. Marines as a Pvt during the Vietnam War and earned the National Defense Service Medal, Rifle Marksman Badge and Pistol Sharpshooter Badge.\u00a0 He worked as a Cooks Helper for the former Carriage House, Fredonia, for 12 years retiring in May 2012.\u00a0 Mr. Howlett enjoyed hunting, fishing, hockey and was an Assistant Leader for Boy Scout Troop #252, Silver Creek.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include his wife Cynthia J. (Grisanti) Howlett, of Silver Creek, whom he married May 14, 1994, in Sheridan, a daughter, Belinda (Brian) Johnson, of Cherry Creek; a son, Thomas Howlett, Jr., of Silver Creek; two sisters, Charlene (Charlie Clark) Bell, of Sheridan; Penny (Barry) Davis, of Silver Creek; two brothers, Charles (Donna) Howlett, Jr., of Dunkirk; and Randy (Wendy Jones) Howlett, of Fredonia.\u00a0 Also surviving are 2 grandchildren Cassie &amp; Dominick and several nieces &amp; nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Friends are welcome to call at Riles &amp; Woolley Funeral Home, 39 Main Street, Forestville on Monday, from 2-4 &amp; 7-9 PM, from where Funeral Services will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o&#8217;clock, with Rev. Bruce M. Ellis, pastor of the Forestville Wesleyan Church, officiating.\u00a0 Interment will follow in Forestville Cemetery, where graveside military services will be conducted by members of J. Carter Knapp American Legion Post #953, Forestville.<\/p>\n<p>The family suggests memorials may be made to Chautauqua Hospice &amp; Palliative Care, 20 W. Fairmount Avenue, Lakewood, NY 14750.\u00a0 To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Usflag.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1218\" alt=\"usflag\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Usflag.gif\" width=\"102\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Marine-Corps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-295\" alt=\"Marine Corps\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Marine-Corps-150x150.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Marine-Corps-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Marine-Corps.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SILVER CREEK:\u00a0 Thomas &#8220;Buzz&#8221; B. Howlett, Sr., 62, of Robinson Street, Silver Creek, died Friday, April 28th, 2017, at Buffalo General Hospital.\u00a0 He was born in St. Mary&#8217;s, PA on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}