With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Howard B. Fedrick, 67

The city’s Fine Arts Fiesta has lost one of its board members, King’s College has lost a professor, but most important the area has lost a gentleman.

Howard B. Fedrick of Laflin, a prolific member of the downtown festival who pioneered the fiesta’s Internet audience, and a member of the history department at King’s College, passed away Wednesday at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was 67.

David Kerr, president of the board of the Fine Arts Fiesta, had known Fedrick since they met at a board meeting nearly 25 years ago. He said Fedrick’s lasting impression on those he met in the community was one of unconditional kindness and generosity....
Read entire article at The Times Leader (MD)