Howard Wheatcroft

Howard G. Wheatcroft passed away peacefully January 27th 2014. He was born April 27, 1920, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and moved with his parents to Montana by covered wagon at the age of two. He was the son of the late John and Mary Wheatcroft.

Howard enlisted in the US Navy just a few days before Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. He served on the USS Maryland and USS Gwinn during during WWII in the Pacific and participated in many of the major beach landings. He was also present at the signing of the surrender of Japan. He separated from the Navy in December 1945 and this was the same month that he married his sweetheart, Eula Grace Williams of Campbellsville, Kentucky, in 1947, he enlisted in the US Army Air Corp which soon became the US Air Force. Howard had a very distinguished career in the USAF reaching the rank of CMSgt, Highest enlisted rank in the United States Air Force. During his Air Force enlistment, he and his family lived in several foreign countries and throughout the United States. He was retired from the USAF in 1969 after 27 years of service to the country.

At retirement, Howard moved his family to Campbellsville, Kentucky, where he started his tax and bookkeeping business and soon opened a H&R Block Tax service. He soon became a district manager with H&R Block which him to Danville, Kentucky. He retired from Block in 1977. He was very active in his church and was a very Godly gentleman.

Howard was predeceased by his wife, Eula and daughter, Sandi Bergman. He is survived by his son, Alan Wheatcroft and Alan's wife Suzie of Bessemer, Alabama who he lived with for the final decade of his life. Howard is also survived by by grandchildren, Alicia Hassman of Westfield Center, Ohio, Amy Snyder of Holly Springs, North Carolina, Daniel Wheatcroft of Tucson, Arizonia, Bob Pruett of Tucson, Tara Sheilds of Palmdale, California and Andrew Bryant of Phoenix, Arizona. He is also survived by six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mr. Howard Wheatcroft will be held at 11 AM Monday at the Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home with burial in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens with full military honors by the Marion County DAV Honor Guard.

The family request visitation from 2 to 5 PM Sunday at the Chapel of the Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home.

Expression of sympathy can be in the form of Gideon Bibles and can be made at the funeral Home.