Howard Lee Burkhardt

Howard Burkhardt, born on April 8, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio, departed this Earth on May 14, 2024. Howard graduated from Bedford High School in 1962 and served in the US Army from 1965 to 1967. In 1969, he married Mary Ann Majoros and they spent 55 years together. They raised one son, Michael, in Mentor, Ohio, where Howard resided at the time of his passing.

Howard loved to spend time at the beach and to cruise the Caribbean. He also enjoyed good food and drink with family and friends, and was a lifelong Ohio State football fan. He became interested in Amateur Radio in the 1970s and in home computing in the 1980s, hobbies that kept his interest until the very end.

Howard began his professional career as a machinist, and was a union steward. He left the factory floor to move into the world of information technology, where he worked first as a programmer, and later as a system administrator.

Howard was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Burkhardt and Madaline Derecskey; sister, Marsha Adkins, and son Stephen Burkhardt. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Burkhardt; his son, Michael Burkhardt; daughter-in-law, Marlene O’Neil; granddaughters, Elizabeth and Abigail Burkhardt; and sister, Brenda Fisher.