Redding Record Searchlight; Redding CA; 2006-1-20

Howard Lakey 
ANDERSON -- Howard A. Lakey, 79, of Anderson died Tuesday, Jan. 17,
2006, at his residence.  No services will be held.  Born July 5, 1926,
in Burney, he was a lifelong Shasta County resident.  He served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II and received a Purple Heart for injuries
received in the sinking of the USS Princeton during the Battle of
Leyte Gulf. He was a truck driver, retiring as a wood-chip truck driver
with Hockey Transportation, and was a life member of Anderson Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 9650 and a member of Cottonwood American Legion
Post 746.  Survivors include wife Gayle; sons Howard Jr. of Hat Creek,
and James and Duane, both of Redding; daughters Agnes Ponder of Spokane,
Wash., Julie Humphrey of Citrus Heights and Leslie Quilter of West Jordan,
Utah; stepson Lyn Hall of Salt Lake City; brothers Andrew of Glenburn and
J.K. of Camarillo; sisters Bessie Townsend of Redding, Marce Thornhill
of Chico and Dorcus Atkinson of Lewiston, Idaho; 20 grandchildren; 24
great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.  Arrangements
are being handled by Anderson's Chapel in Anderson.