Friends will be received at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM. A funeral home service will take place at 5:30 PM.
Howard "Pots" Hefty, 51, of Tebelt Lane West Hurley died unexpectedly Wednesday December 4, 2010 at HealthAlliance Hospital Broadway Campus. Born April 21, 1968 in Kingston he was the son of the late Harry Kenneth and Hildegard (Ertel) Hefty.
Howie worked for Charles River Laboratories Inc. in the maintenance department. He was previously employed by Kosco , Heritage Energy and Bottini Fuel. Pots was known for his kindness, generosity, and love in so many lives that he was everybody's "Git-R-Done guy". He enjoyed fishing and motorcycle riding. If you became a friend it was for life.
Surviving are His Fiancée Corinne Lapolt and her son Brian Ackert. His sisters Kim Johnson, Karen Cooper and her husband Ken, Harriet Chauncey and her husband Dale, and CarolAnne Smith; his brother Ken Hefty and his wife Paula; nephew and niece Kyle and Kacy Cooper; great nephews Mason, Blake and Kash Cooper; great niece Aurora Cooper. As well as his extended fam...[more]
y Artie Stapleburg, Derrick Brown, Joe Carmody, Tom Long and Frank Mooney.
In addition to his parents he was predeceased by his brother Robin Hefty.
Expressions of sympathy made in the form of contributions to The West Hurley Fire Department- 24 Wall Street West Hurley, NY 12491.