AUBURN – Howard Justin “Jutt” Clohosey, 77, of Somerset Street, Rumford, died Friday, June 27, at the Hospice House in Auburn.

He was born in Rumford on Sept. 6, 1930, the son of Howard and Ellen (O’Halloran) Clohosey and graduated in 1948 from Stephens High School in Rumford.

Howard served as a staff sergeant with the U.S. Air Force as a flight engineer and crew chief from 1948 to 1952.

He retired as a supervisor in the mechanical maintenance department of Boise Cascade Paper Co. after 43 years.

Howard was a communicant of St. Athanasius-St. John Church and a member of the Napoleon Ouellette Post No. 24, American Legion. He enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid fly fisherman and hunter.

He was married in Rumford on Oct. 23, 1954, to the former Kareen Ann Poulin, who survives of Rumford.

Other survivors include daughters Jennifer Sylvain and husband, Richard “Rick,” of Bedford, N.H., Rhonda Richards and husband, Kenneth, of East Wilton, Justine Higgins-Barrette and husband, Allen, of Sanford, Christine Clohosey of Saco, and Karri Clohosey of Topsham; a brother, James Walter Clohosey of Middletown, Conn.; a sister, Mary Edwina Clohosey of Middletown, Conn.; eight grandchildren, Diana Peselman and husband, Alex, of Newton, Mass., Leah Sylvain of Portsmouth, N.H., David Sylvain of Bedford, N.H., Aerica Richards of New Sharon, Justin Richards of East Wilton, Jeffrey Richards of Rangeley, and Patrick and Liam Higgins of Sanford; and a great-granddaughter, Giselle Peselman of Newton, Mass.

The family wishes to extend sincere thanks to the Hospice House and staff in Auburn for their excellent care and courtesies.