Helen Kathleen (Howard) Tonche

Family

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1. McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation obituary (also Legacy Remembers https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/michael-howard-obituary?id=57822196): Michael Howard (Nov 7, 1956 – Feb 27, 2025), 68, died at his home in Mount Pleasant SC; born Bridgeport CT to John Joseph Howard and Kathleen Elizabeth Howard (nee Neary); Roger Ludlowe HS, Fairfield CT; Notre Dame 1978 (Air Force ROTC); 'He married the love of his life, Helen Ann Hugo, on December 1, 1984, in New Canaan, CT'; USAF fighter pilot 15 yrs (F-15C, Desert Storm), then Southwest Airlines pilot 28 yrs; raised his children with Helen in Fountain Hills AZ. Survived by 'his loving wife of 40 years Helen Ann Howard (nee Hugo); son, Michael John Howard (Carly); daughter, Mary (Mollie) Catherine Howard; daughter, Helen Kathleen Tonche (Torey); and daughter, Emma Geraldine Howard'; grandchildren Huck Bennett Howard, Jack Oliver Howard, Mateo Torey Tonche. Matches helen-howard-bsb (Helen Howard, child of Norman E. Hugo × Geraldine Tonry Hugo per Williams remembrance) via NYT 1984 wedding of Helen Ann Hugo, daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Norman Hugo of New Canaan, to Capt. Michael Howard USAF.

   McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation obituary (also Legacy Remembers https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/michael-howard-obituary?id=57822196): Michael Howard (Nov 7, 1956 – Feb 27, 2025), 68, died at his home in Mount Pleasant SC; born Bridgeport CT to John Joseph Howard and Kathleen Elizabeth Howard (nee Neary); Roger Ludlowe HS, Fairfield CT; Notre Dame 1978 (Air Force ROTC); 'He married the love of his life, Helen Ann Hugo, on December 1, 1984, in New Canaan, CT'; USAF fighter pilot 15 yrs (F-15C, Desert Storm), then Southwest Airlines pilot 28 yrs; raised his children with Helen in Fountain Hills AZ. Survived by 'his loving wife of 40 years Helen Ann Howard (nee Hugo); son, Michael John Howard (Carly); daughter, Mary (Mollie) Catherine Howard; daughter, Helen Kathleen Tonche (Torey); and daughter, Emma Geraldine Howard'; grandchildren Huck Bennett Howard, Jack Oliver Howard, Mateo Torey Tonche. Matches helen-howard-bsb (Helen Howard, child of Norman E. Hugo × Geraldine Tonry Hugo per Williams remembrance) via NYT 1984 wedding of Helen Ann Hugo, daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Norman Hugo of New Canaan, to Capt. Michael Howard USAF.

2. McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation obituary (also Legacy Remembers https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/michael-howard-obituary?id=57822196): Michael Howard (Nov 7, 1956 – Feb 27, 2025), 68, died at his home in Mount Pleasant SC; born Bridgeport CT to John Joseph Howard and Kathleen Elizabeth Howard (nee Neary); Roger Ludlowe HS, Fairfield CT; Notre Dame 1978 (Air Force ROTC); 'He married the love of his life, Helen Ann Hugo, on December 1, 1984, in New Canaan, CT'; USAF fighter pilot 15 yrs (F-15C, Desert Storm), then Southwest Airlines pilot 28 yrs; raised his children with Helen in Fountain Hills AZ. Survived by 'his loving wife of 40 years Helen Ann Howard (nee Hugo); son, Michael John Howard (Carly); daughter, Mary (Mollie) Catherine Howard; daughter, Helen Kathleen Tonche (Torey); and daughter, Emma Geraldine Howard'; grandchildren Huck Bennett Howard, Jack Oliver Howard, Mateo Torey Tonche. Matches helen-howard-bsb (Helen Howard, child of Norman E. Hugo × Geraldine Tonry Hugo per Williams remembrance) via NYT 1984 wedding of Helen Ann Hugo, daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Norman Hugo of New Canaan, to Capt. Michael Howard USAF.

   McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation obituary (also Legacy Remembers https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/michael-howard-obituary?id=57822196): Michael Howard (Nov 7, 1956 – Feb 27, 2025), 68, died at his home in Mount Pleasant SC; born Bridgeport CT to John Joseph Howard and Kathleen Elizabeth Howard (nee Neary); Roger Ludlowe HS, Fairfield CT; Notre Dame 1978 (Air Force ROTC); 'He married the love of his life, Helen Ann Hugo, on December 1, 1984, in New Canaan, CT'; USAF fighter pilot 15 yrs (F-15C, Desert Storm), then Southwest Airlines pilot 28 yrs; raised his children with Helen in Fountain Hills AZ. Survived by 'his loving wife of 40 years Helen Ann Howard (nee Hugo); son, Michael John Howard (Carly); daughter, Mary (Mollie) Catherine Howard; daughter, Helen Kathleen Tonche (Torey); and daughter, Emma Geraldine Howard'; grandchildren Huck Bennett Howard, Jack Oliver Howard, Mateo Torey Tonche. Matches helen-howard-bsb (Helen Howard, child of Norman E. Hugo × Geraldine Tonry Hugo per Williams remembrance) via NYT 1984 wedding of Helen Ann Hugo, daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Norman Hugo of New Canaan, to Capt. Michael Howard USAF.

3. NYT 1984-12-02 'Helen Hugo Has Nuptials' (read via Internet Archive https://web.archive.org/web/2015id_/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/02/style/helen-hugo-has-nuptials.html): Helen Ann Hugo, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Norman Hugo of New Canaan, Conn., was married there yesterday [1984-12-01] to Capt. Michael Howard, U.S.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Howard of Fairfield, Conn., at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church; Geraldine and Catherine Hugo, sisters of the bride, were maids of honor; bride a Skidmore graduate, electron microscopist at Univ. of South Carolina Medical School; her father chairman of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian; groom Notre Dame alumnus, pilot with 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach SC; his father a guidance counselor at Roger Ludlowe HS, Fairfield. Matches helen-howard-bsb (dau. of norman-hugo-bsb; sisters geraldine-hugo-mohr-bsb and catherine-swan).

   NYT 1984-12-02 'Helen Hugo Has Nuptials' (read via Internet Archive https://web.archive.org/web/2015id_/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/02/style/helen-hugo-has-nuptials.html): Helen Ann Hugo, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Norman Hugo of New Canaan, Conn., was married there yesterday [1984-12-01] to Capt. Michael Howard, U.S.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Howard of Fairfield, Conn., at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church; Geraldine and Catherine Hugo, sisters of the bride, were maids of honor; bride a Skidmore graduate, electron microscopist at Univ. of South Carolina Medical School; her father chairman of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian; groom Notre Dame alumnus, pilot with 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach SC; his father a guidance counselor at Roger Ludlowe HS, Fairfield. Matches helen-howard-bsb (dau. of norman-hugo-bsb; sisters geraldine-hugo-mohr-bsb and catherine-swan).

4. McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation obituary (also Legacy Remembers https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/michael-howard-obituary?id=57822196): Michael Howard (Nov 7, 1956 – Feb 27, 2025), 68, died at his home in Mount Pleasant SC; born Bridgeport CT to John Joseph Howard and Kathleen Elizabeth Howard (nee Neary); Roger Ludlowe HS, Fairfield CT; Notre Dame 1978 (Air Force ROTC); 'He married the love of his life, Helen Ann Hugo, on December 1, 1984, in New Canaan, CT'; USAF fighter pilot 15 yrs (F-15C, Desert Storm), then Southwest Airlines pilot 28 yrs; raised his children with Helen in Fountain Hills AZ. Survived by 'his loving wife of 40 years Helen Ann Howard (nee Hugo); son, Michael John Howard (Carly); daughter, Mary (Mollie) Catherine Howard; daughter, Helen Kathleen Tonche (Torey); and daughter, Emma Geraldine Howard'; grandchildren Huck Bennett Howard, Jack Oliver Howard, Mateo Torey Tonche. Matches helen-howard-bsb (Helen Howard, child of Norman E. Hugo × Geraldine Tonry Hugo per Williams remembrance) via NYT 1984 wedding of Helen Ann Hugo, daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Norman Hugo of New Canaan, to Capt. Michael Howard USAF.

   McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation obituary (also Legacy Remembers https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/michael-howard-obituary?id=57822196): Michael Howard (Nov 7, 1956 – Feb 27, 2025), 68, died at his home in Mount Pleasant SC; born Bridgeport CT to John Joseph Howard and Kathleen Elizabeth Howard (nee Neary); Roger Ludlowe HS, Fairfield CT; Notre Dame 1978 (Air Force ROTC); 'He married the love of his life, Helen Ann Hugo, on December 1, 1984, in New Canaan, CT'; USAF fighter pilot 15 yrs (F-15C, Desert Storm), then Southwest Airlines pilot 28 yrs; raised his children with Helen in Fountain Hills AZ. Survived by 'his loving wife of 40 years Helen Ann Howard (nee Hugo); son, Michael John Howard (Carly); daughter, Mary (Mollie) Catherine Howard; daughter, Helen Kathleen Tonche (Torey); and daughter, Emma Geraldine Howard'; grandchildren Huck Bennett Howard, Jack Oliver Howard, Mateo Torey Tonche. Matches helen-howard-bsb (Helen Howard, child of Norman E. Hugo × Geraldine Tonry Hugo per Williams remembrance) via NYT 1984 wedding of Helen Ann Hugo, daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Norman Hugo of New Canaan, to Capt. Michael Howard USAF.