Mr. Howard "Howie" Hughes

April 8, 1954 - October 31, 2018

****NOTE: Memorial Service Time and Location Listed Below Mr. Howard Hughes passed away suddenly on October 31, 2018 at home. He was born April 8, 1954 in Kalamazoo, MI the son of Willie Hughes and Emma Bates. He received his education in the Kalamazoo Public School system. After high school, he went on to play semi professional basketball overseas. After a couple of years overseas, he came back into the United States to his hometown of Kalamazoo. He was employed with the Douglas Community Center and later became employed with Kalamazoo College, with their dining services, working his way up to being a chef. Howard was a “people person” who enjoyed meeting and greeting the students everyday in in the cafeteria. He also enjoyed attending the volleyball and basketball games at the college. Howard was a avid sports fan who loved to watch collegiate basketball. His favorite teams were the Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons. He was a very outgoing, kind and patient man who would possessed the listening ear of a mentor to some of his co-workers that he worked with. He will be greatly missed by family, friends, coworkers and the students of K-College who’s lives he touched. He is preceded in death by his parents, Willie Hughes and Emma Bates; and 2 brothers, Robert Hughes and Willie Hughes, Jr. He is survived by his sisters, Joan VanTol; Sarah Bloodworth; 2 cousins, Alice Wright and Ivory Coleman; special friends James Meade and Florence Ayers along with several other relatives, friends and his K-College family.