ROCKLAND - Colonel Willard F. Howard, 84, of Rockland, formerly of Union, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at Maine Medical Center. He was born June 6, 1920, the oldest son of John Lowell and Addie Kennedy Howard of Union. Mr. Howard graduated from Union High School, joined the U.S. Army in 1939, serving in the European theater during World War II. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge under General George Patten. He received the Purple Heart for wounds in battle. He continued his military career after World War II in the U.S. Army Reserves for a total of 32 years service, retiring with the rank of full Colonel. He was a rural mail carrier for 28 years with the Union Post Office.
He is predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Beatrice (Betty) Rich Howard; parents, sons, James Alan Howard and Jerome Adrian Howard; daughter-in-law, Joan Verrill Howard; sisters, Edith Levensaler and Norma Holden.
Survivors include his special friend, Marion Hall and her family, of Rockland; brother, Warner Howard of Jefferson; daughter, Judith Grinnell of Union; grandchildren, Jennifer Grinnell of Raleigh, N.C., James Howard Jr., of Rockland, Jason Howard of El Cerrito, Calif., Jay Howard of Goose Creek, N.C.
A committal service will be held at the original Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery Chapel, Civic Center Drive, Augusta. (Bangor Daily News 11/23/2004)
He is predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Beatrice (Betty) Rich Howard; parents, sons, James Alan Howard and Jerome Adrian Howard; daughter-in-law, Joan Verrill Howard; sisters, Edith Levensaler and Norma Holden.
Survivors include his special friend, Marion Hall and her family, of Rockland; brother, Warner Howard of Jefferson; daughter, Judith Grinnell of Union; grandchildren, Jennifer Grinnell of Raleigh, N.C., James Howard Jr., of Rockland, Jason Howard of El Cerrito, Calif., Jay Howard of Goose Creek, N.C.
A committal service will be held at the original Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery Chapel, Civic Center Drive, Augusta. (Bangor Daily News 11/23/2004)
ROCKLAND - Colonel Willard F. Howard, 84, of Rockland, formerly of Union, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at Maine Medical Center. He was born June 6, 1920, the oldest son of John Lowell and Addie Kennedy Howard of Union. Mr. Howard graduated from Union High School, joined the U.S. Army in 1939, serving in the European theater during World War II. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge under General George Patten. He received the Purple Heart for wounds in battle. He continued his military career after World War II in the U.S. Army Reserves for a total of 32 years service, retiring with the rank of full Colonel. He was a rural mail carrier for 28 years with the Union Post Office.
He is predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Beatrice (Betty) Rich Howard; parents, sons, James Alan Howard and Jerome Adrian Howard; daughter-in-law, Joan Verrill Howard; sisters, Edith Levensaler and Norma Holden.
Survivors include his special friend, Marion Hall and her family, of Rockland; brother, Warner Howard of Jefferson; daughter, Judith Grinnell of Union; grandchildren, Jennifer Grinnell of Raleigh, N.C., James Howard Jr., of Rockland, Jason Howard of El Cerrito, Calif., Jay Howard of Goose Creek, N.C.
A committal service will be held at the original Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery Chapel, Civic Center Drive, Augusta. (Bangor Daily News 11/23/2004)
He is predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Beatrice (Betty) Rich Howard; parents, sons, James Alan Howard and Jerome Adrian Howard; daughter-in-law, Joan Verrill Howard; sisters, Edith Levensaler and Norma Holden.
Survivors include his special friend, Marion Hall and her family, of Rockland; brother, Warner Howard of Jefferson; daughter, Judith Grinnell of Union; grandchildren, Jennifer Grinnell of Raleigh, N.C., James Howard Jr., of Rockland, Jason Howard of El Cerrito, Calif., Jay Howard of Goose Creek, N.C.
A committal service will be held at the original Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery Chapel, Civic Center Drive, Augusta. (Bangor Daily News 11/23/2004)
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