Hope you do not mind me posting this. It has shown up about a dozen times on my FP wall in the last 10 min
Howard Voren, 66 years old, born June 19, 1948, resident of Loxahatchee passed away on June 4, 2015. Born in Philadelphia. Son of George and Minnie Voren. He was a husband to Kathleen Voren, father to Elisha Voren, Stacie (Richard) Maggio, and George Voren, brother to Ilene Voren, grandfather to Mia and Cody Maggio, and later in life a longtime companion and best friend to Laurie Goddard.
He was nationally and internationally know and respected as a pioneer in his field and a successful breeder of exotic parrots. In 1977 he and Kathleen moved from Boston to Loxahatchee, bought land and started a career in aviculture. For almost 40 years Voren's Aviaries was one of the most successful breeding facilities in the United States, raising birds for the pet trade as well as breeding rare and endangered species. He developed hatching and breeding techniques now used worldwide.
He authored several trade books and recently published a memoir. In his early years he traveled the world collecting common species as well as mutations and rare species to breed on his farm.
He enjoyed the country lifestyle loved freshwater fishing in his spare time and became involved in local politics. He loved and cherished his children and was very proud of the adults they became and all of their successes and achievements, including two wonderful grandchildren.
Services will be held on Sunday June 7th at 11:00am at Weiss Memorial Chapel (202 E. Boynton Beach Blvd, Boynton Beach)
An ENORMOUS loss to the parrot community indeed. 
