Howard Zack
Photo from Rutland Herald Article

Howard Zack
Photo from Rutland Herald Article

This morning when I opened my email, I had received a sad message. Long time Killington resident and town constable Howie Zack passed away yesterday. He leaves his wife, Pat, and two children, daughter Sarah and son Joe.

The first memories that Mary and I have of "Howie" are probably shared by many "new" Killington residents. When we first came to the area, we drove high performance sports cars. Mary had a fuel injected Thunderbird, I had both a Nissan 300ZX and a gull winged Mitsubishi 3000 GT. We would be tooling down the access road, and coming in the opposite direction would be a pick up truck flashing it's lights with a hand waving out the window. It was Howie telling us to slow down as we were driving through town. Of course he was always right. But instead of a speeding ticket, Howie would give you a friendly smile, and on occasion a stern talking to when you ran into him at the post office later in the day if you were really going fast. Of course that was a simpler time, or so it seemed. Howie was definitely one of the many long term Killington residents Mary and I have become acquainted with who have made living in Killington a pleasure. He will be missed.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at Woodstock Jewish Community Center, Shir Shalom, followed by a celebration of life at 5 p.m. at Killington Events Hall at 3775 River Road in Killington. An obituary for Howard S. (Howie) Zak can be found on the Rutland Herald's web site.