ARGYLE TOWNSHIP – Howard Wesley Hatch, 73, my husband, the love of my life and my best friend of 42 years, died July 13, 2010, from a heart condition that he had dealt with for 25 years. He was born Dec. 18, 1936, in Argyle, the son of Maurice and Marion (Bowley) Hatch. How does his family describe the loss of a man who encouraged his wife to do whatever she wanted and a son who was given all the love and support to become the man that he did? We will miss his optimism about facing each day with a promise of a better tomorrow. How we will miss his calming demeanor when everything seems to be falling apart, especially on those snowy nights when equipment failure was a given. We will miss those evening conversations over a cup of coffee and just the joy in being in each other’s company. He served in the U.S. Army and a tour of duty in Germany during the build up of the Berlin Wall in 1962. He worked at the U.S. Air Force Refueling Station, Argyle, for more than 30 years. He plowed the roads in Argyle until he could no longer breathe, and only then did he feel it was time to give it up. He cut and hauled pulp wood in his early years before changing over to a small gravel business. He also served as the town fire warden for more than 20 years. Howard is survived by his wife, Donna (Amero) Hatch; and his only child, Wesley Howard Hatch and his wife, Melisa (Sanborn) Hatch, and their son, Howard’s only grandchild, Colby Wesley Hatch, of Argyle. He is also survived by his sister, Dorothy (Hatch) Jordan of Argyle; brother-in-law, Howard White of Alton; father-in-law, Alton Amero of Alton; sister-in-law, Joyce (Amero) Smith and her husband, Ralph, of Jonesport; sister-in-law, Jane (Amero) Albert and her husband, Gary, of Bridgeton, N.J.; brother-in-law, Greg Amero and his wife, Ann, of Argyle; his best friend, Richard Seger of Milford; many nieces and nephews, who marveled at his courage and endurance. Howard was predeceased by his parents; his sister, Madeline (Hatch) White; nephew, Ronald Jordan; mother-in-law, Waneta Amero; sister-in-law, Majel (Amero) Lanham; and his childhood buddy, William “Billy” Murray. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, July 16, at Cedarvale Cemetery, Argyle. In lieu of flowers, please think of Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Pallative Care Program, P.O. Box 404, Bangor, ME 04401. Services entrusted to Birmingham Funeral Home. Notes of condolences may be left at www.birminghamfuneralhome.com. I will look up every night and I will see you light the light, where you will watch for me to join you someday soon. We will go looking through the stars for the heaven that is ours, and I know we will find it soon somewhere just beyond the moon. You will sit there by a star and you will watch me from afar till you see me walking toward you someday soon. Then together hand in hand we will find our promised land and we will settle down forever just beyond the moon. <
HOWARD WESLEY HATCH
