ALICE HOWIE
MONTICELLO - The funeral of Alice D. Howie, 87, was held Monday morning, Sept. 20, at First Presbyterian church with interment in Oakwood cemetery Monticello. Rev. W. Willis Longer officiated.
Mrs. Howie died suddenly of an apparent heat [s/b heart?] attack at her home in Monticello Friday afternoon, Sept. 17.
She was born near Monticello Feb. 1, 1889, the daughter of John A. and Nellie Noble Deischer.
She received her early education in the Jones county schools. A graduate of Monticello high school, she received a degree from Coe college, Cedar Rapids, and taught in Iowa schools.
On April 5, 1916, she married Robert J. Howie in Monticello. The couple farmed near Monticello. After the accidental death of her husband Nov. 1, 1934, she remained on the Howie farm for a few years before returning to the teaching vocation in 1944 and retiring in 1960. Since then she had made her home in Monticello.
Mrs. Howie was a member of Schreiner chapter, OES, Pythian Sisters, Monticello Garden club, Idle Not club, and the League of Women Voters.
Surviving are 4 children: Mrs. John (Ruth) D. Morris of Columbus, Jct., Kenneth D. and Mrs. Janet Motsinger of Monticello and Col. Donald E. of Rockville, Md.
Also surviving are 8 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and 2 sisters, Mrs. Lucille Jackson, Columbus, Mo., and Mrs. Harland (Blanche) Harper, Vinton.
Her husband, a son, Robert, a granddaughter, two brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
Casket bearers were James McLaughlin, Clarence Eberhart, James Eichhorn, Orvin Yeoman, Claude Appleby, Lyle Hosford, Ben Eiben and Paul Black.
ALICE HOWIE
MONTICELLO - The funeral of Alice D. Howie, 87, was held Monday morning, Sept. 20, at First Presbyterian church with interment in Oakwood cemetery Monticello. Rev. W. Willis Longer officiated.
Mrs. Howie died suddenly of an apparent heat [s/b heart?] attack at her home in Monticello Friday afternoon, Sept. 17.
She was born near Monticello Feb. 1, 1889, the daughter of John A. and Nellie Noble Deischer.
She received her early education in the Jones county schools. A graduate of Monticello high school, she received a degree from Coe college, Cedar Rapids, and taught in Iowa schools.
On April 5, 1916, she married Robert J. Howie in Monticello. The couple farmed near Monticello. After the accidental death of her husband Nov. 1, 1934, she remained on the Howie farm for a few years before returning to the teaching vocation in 1944 and retiring in 1960. Since then she had made her home in Monticello.
Mrs. Howie was a member of Schreiner chapter, OES, Pythian Sisters, Monticello Garden club, Idle Not club, and the League of Women Voters.
Surviving are 4 children: Mrs. John (Ruth) D. Morris of Columbus, Jct., Kenneth D. and Mrs. Janet Motsinger of Monticello and Col. Donald E. of Rockville, Md.
Also surviving are 8 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and 2 sisters, Mrs. Lucille Jackson, Columbus, Mo., and Mrs. Harland (Blanche) Harper, Vinton.
Her husband, a son, Robert, a granddaughter, two brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
Casket bearers were James McLaughlin, Clarence Eberhart, James Eichhorn, Orvin Yeoman, Claude Appleby, Lyle Hosford, Ben Eiben and Paul Black.
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