Robert Fowler Howcroft 87, of Petersburg died Saturday February 14, 2009 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Adelheid Howcroft, daughters, Lorraine Clark, Shirley Henderson and husband Paul, son Peter Howcroft and wife Cynthia; grandchildren, Mathew Howcroft, Megan Howcroft; sister in-law, Ingeborg Bilezerian, Waltraud Schweiger, sister Bertha Mae Prescott, brother, Jack Howcroft, devoted friend Renate De Soto, Art Long, cousins Dian Pratt, Alfred Bilezerian. A memorial service well be held Friday February 20, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Home and Crematory 2033 Boulevard, 23834, with the Reverend Gene C. Tatum officiating. Burial will be Private.