The Chancellor’s Office has received word that Howard Edward Buckingham, 85, of Fort Atkinson, passed away on Monday, Jan. 28, at his home. Howard worked in maintenance for UW-Whitewater from 1979 until 1992.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 1, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson, with the Rev. Michael Duncan and the Rev. Paul Scharrer co-officiating. Burial, with military rites, will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Atkinson.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, at the Nitardy Funeral Home in Fort Atkinson, and at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until the time of the services.
Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider a memorial to Rainbow Hospice of Jefferson, or to St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson.
The Campus Flag will be lowered to half-staff on Friday, Feb. 1, in his honor.