Howard M. Cyr Jr. ’51

Howard was born June 27, 1930, in Palmerton, Pa., to Howard and Elsie Shippy Cyr.

At Princeton he majored in chemical engineering, belonged to Terrace Club, and roomed with Freeman Jelks and Harry LaViers.

In 1955 he earned a degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, where he met Mary “Honey” O’Halloran. After his two-year Army service in Alaska, they were married and worked thereafter as a team for 43 years in his dental practice in Palmerton.

Howard had a lifelong commitment to community service in his hometown, serving on the borough council, the water authority, the historical society, and the park association, as well as others. He was also active in the Boy Scouts. When he retired in 2000, he began a small masonry business.

Howard battled autoimmune problems for the last 15 years of his life, including celiac disease and lupus. He died of leukemia June 16, 2015.

Services were held in St. John’s Episcopal Church. Howard is survived by his wife, Honey; their six children, Howard III, Mary “Buffy” Roper, William “Billy” ’85 and his wife Linda ’86, Katherine Pascali, Edmund, and Lewis; and grandchildren, including Peppar Cyr ’15 and Tigar Cyr ’20.