SALISBURY -- William Lawrence Howard, an ophthalmologist who practiced in Salisbury for 40 years, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, at his home in Salisbury. He was 99.
Born Feb. 13, 1906, on a farm in the Laurel Grove neighborhood of Caroline County, he was the son of the late John W. Howard and Lenora Love Howard. A brother, L. Claude Howard, and a sister, Mary Howard Magee, preceded him in death.
Dr. Howard graduated from Federalsburg High School in 1923 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1927. He taught mathematics and science at Delmar High School for three years before entering the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, where he received his M.D. in 1934.
Following his residency at University Hospital, he began active practice of eye, ear, nose and throat (EENT) in Salisbury in 1937. He became a member of the staff of Peninsula General Hospital at a time when there were only 26 doctors in all of Wicomico County. Declared essential to the community in World War II, he continued to practice EENT until the war ended. He then limited his practice to ophthalmology.
While engaged in medical practice, he was a member of the American and Southern Medical Associations, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, the Maryland Ophthalmologic Society, the Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the Wicomico County Medical Society.
Dr. Howard's civic activities included charter membership in the Kiwanis Club and participation in the Tri-State Sportsman Club, where he served as both secretary and president. He was also president of the North Salisbury Elementary School PTA. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Salisbury for more than 50 years and served on its official board.
He became a member of Delmar Masonic Lodge No. 201 -- AF & AM in 1936 and later became a charter member of Centennial Lodge No. 221 -- AF & AM in Salisbury. He was named an honorary 33rd degree Mason after the second World War. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies of Salisbury and Baltimore, a Shriner in the Boumi Temple in Baltimore and a member of its 100 Club. He served as a Wise Master of the Salisbury Chapter of Rose Croix, a Venerable Master of the Salisbury Lodge of Perfection and as a Grand Tall Cedar.
As a capital venture, he was involved with the late Paul A. Croll in a successful chicken business, the Caroline Poultry Co. in Federalsburg. They later sold the company to Textron Corp.
His first wife of 60 years, Marguerite Freeney Howard, died in 1987. He later married Mildred Hayman Onley.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred H. Howard; three daughters, Lynn H. Howell of Rosemont, Pa., Ann Howard and her husband, Douglas W. Bray, of Tenafly, N.J., and Diana H. Bahna and her husband, Sami Bahna, of Shreveport, La., and a stepdaughter, Linda O. Leishear of Salisbury. Also surviving are five grandchildren, John S. Howell Jr. and his wife, Susan, of Naples, Fla., David B. Howell and his wife, Vicki, of Church Creek, Thomas S. Howell and his wife, Sharon, of Cambridge, Mass., Mark C. DeRussy of Tampa, Fla., and Dana D. Langston and her, husband, Luke of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two stepgrandchildren, Mark H. Leishear of Milton and Kathleen M. Leishear of Salisbury; three great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at St. Stephen's Cemetery in Delmar on Thursday at 11 a.m., prior to interment.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Asbury United Methodist Church, 1401 Camden Ave., Salisbury, Md. 21801; or Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Fla. 33607-1460.
Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home at 501 Snow Hill Road in Salisbury. To send condolences to the family, visit www.delmarvaobits.com.
Originally published August 23, 2005
Born Feb. 13, 1906, on a farm in the Laurel Grove neighborhood of Caroline County, he was the son of the late John W. Howard and Lenora Love Howard. A brother, L. Claude Howard, and a sister, Mary Howard Magee, preceded him in death.
Dr. Howard graduated from Federalsburg High School in 1923 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1927. He taught mathematics and science at Delmar High School for three years before entering the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, where he received his M.D. in 1934.
Following his residency at University Hospital, he began active practice of eye, ear, nose and throat (EENT) in Salisbury in 1937. He became a member of the staff of Peninsula General Hospital at a time when there were only 26 doctors in all of Wicomico County. Declared essential to the community in World War II, he continued to practice EENT until the war ended. He then limited his practice to ophthalmology.
While engaged in medical practice, he was a member of the American and Southern Medical Associations, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, the Maryland Ophthalmologic Society, the Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the Wicomico County Medical Society.
Dr. Howard's civic activities included charter membership in the Kiwanis Club and participation in the Tri-State Sportsman Club, where he served as both secretary and president. He was also president of the North Salisbury Elementary School PTA. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Salisbury for more than 50 years and served on its official board.
He became a member of Delmar Masonic Lodge No. 201 -- AF & AM in 1936 and later became a charter member of Centennial Lodge No. 221 -- AF & AM in Salisbury. He was named an honorary 33rd degree Mason after the second World War. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies of Salisbury and Baltimore, a Shriner in the Boumi Temple in Baltimore and a member of its 100 Club. He served as a Wise Master of the Salisbury Chapter of Rose Croix, a Venerable Master of the Salisbury Lodge of Perfection and as a Grand Tall Cedar.
As a capital venture, he was involved with the late Paul A. Croll in a successful chicken business, the Caroline Poultry Co. in Federalsburg. They later sold the company to Textron Corp.
His first wife of 60 years, Marguerite Freeney Howard, died in 1987. He later married Mildred Hayman Onley.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred H. Howard; three daughters, Lynn H. Howell of Rosemont, Pa., Ann Howard and her husband, Douglas W. Bray, of Tenafly, N.J., and Diana H. Bahna and her husband, Sami Bahna, of Shreveport, La., and a stepdaughter, Linda O. Leishear of Salisbury. Also surviving are five grandchildren, John S. Howell Jr. and his wife, Susan, of Naples, Fla., David B. Howell and his wife, Vicki, of Church Creek, Thomas S. Howell and his wife, Sharon, of Cambridge, Mass., Mark C. DeRussy of Tampa, Fla., and Dana D. Langston and her, husband, Luke of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two stepgrandchildren, Mark H. Leishear of Milton and Kathleen M. Leishear of Salisbury; three great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at St. Stephen's Cemetery in Delmar on Thursday at 11 a.m., prior to interment.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Asbury United Methodist Church, 1401 Camden Ave., Salisbury, Md. 21801; or Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Fla. 33607-1460.
Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home at 501 Snow Hill Road in Salisbury. To send condolences to the family, visit www.delmarvaobits.com.
Originally published August 23, 2005
SALISBURY -- William Lawrence Howard, an ophthalmologist who practiced in Salisbury for 40 years, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, at his home in Salisbury. He was 99.
Born Feb. 13, 1906, on a farm in the Laurel Grove neighborhood of Caroline County, he was the son of the late John W. Howard and Lenora Love Howard. A brother, L. Claude Howard, and a sister, Mary Howard Magee, preceded him in death.
Dr. Howard graduated from Federalsburg High School in 1923 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1927. He taught mathematics and science at Delmar High School for three years before entering the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, where he received his M.D. in 1934.
Following his residency at University Hospital, he began active practice of eye, ear, nose and throat (EENT) in Salisbury in 1937. He became a member of the staff of Peninsula General Hospital at a time when there were only 26 doctors in all of Wicomico County. Declared essential to the community in World War II, he continued to practice EENT until the war ended. He then limited his practice to ophthalmology.
While engaged in medical practice, he was a member of the American and Southern Medical Associations, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, the Maryland Ophthalmologic Society, the Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the Wicomico County Medical Society.
Dr. Howard's civic activities included charter membership in the Kiwanis Club and participation in the Tri-State Sportsman Club, where he served as both secretary and president. He was also president of the North Salisbury Elementary School PTA. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Salisbury for more than 50 years and served on its official board.
He became a member of Delmar Masonic Lodge No. 201 -- AF & AM in 1936 and later became a charter member of Centennial Lodge No. 221 -- AF & AM in Salisbury. He was named an honorary 33rd degree Mason after the second World War. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies of Salisbury and Baltimore, a Shriner in the Boumi Temple in Baltimore and a member of its 100 Club. He served as a Wise Master of the Salisbury Chapter of Rose Croix, a Venerable Master of the Salisbury Lodge of Perfection and as a Grand Tall Cedar.
As a capital venture, he was involved with the late Paul A. Croll in a successful chicken business, the Caroline Poultry Co. in Federalsburg. They later sold the company to Textron Corp.
His first wife of 60 years, Marguerite Freeney Howard, died in 1987. He later married Mildred Hayman Onley.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred H. Howard; three daughters, Lynn H. Howell of Rosemont, Pa., Ann Howard and her husband, Douglas W. Bray, of Tenafly, N.J., and Diana H. Bahna and her husband, Sami Bahna, of Shreveport, La., and a stepdaughter, Linda O. Leishear of Salisbury. Also surviving are five grandchildren, John S. Howell Jr. and his wife, Susan, of Naples, Fla., David B. Howell and his wife, Vicki, of Church Creek, Thomas S. Howell and his wife, Sharon, of Cambridge, Mass., Mark C. DeRussy of Tampa, Fla., and Dana D. Langston and her, husband, Luke of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two stepgrandchildren, Mark H. Leishear of Milton and Kathleen M. Leishear of Salisbury; three great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at St. Stephen's Cemetery in Delmar on Thursday at 11 a.m., prior to interment.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Asbury United Methodist Church, 1401 Camden Ave., Salisbury, Md. 21801; or Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Fla. 33607-1460.
Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home at 501 Snow Hill Road in Salisbury. To send condolences to the family, visit www.delmarvaobits.com.
Originally published August 23, 2005
Born Feb. 13, 1906, on a farm in the Laurel Grove neighborhood of Caroline County, he was the son of the late John W. Howard and Lenora Love Howard. A brother, L. Claude Howard, and a sister, Mary Howard Magee, preceded him in death.
Dr. Howard graduated from Federalsburg High School in 1923 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1927. He taught mathematics and science at Delmar High School for three years before entering the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, where he received his M.D. in 1934.
Following his residency at University Hospital, he began active practice of eye, ear, nose and throat (EENT) in Salisbury in 1937. He became a member of the staff of Peninsula General Hospital at a time when there were only 26 doctors in all of Wicomico County. Declared essential to the community in World War II, he continued to practice EENT until the war ended. He then limited his practice to ophthalmology.
While engaged in medical practice, he was a member of the American and Southern Medical Associations, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, the Maryland Ophthalmologic Society, the Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the Wicomico County Medical Society.
Dr. Howard's civic activities included charter membership in the Kiwanis Club and participation in the Tri-State Sportsman Club, where he served as both secretary and president. He was also president of the North Salisbury Elementary School PTA. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Salisbury for more than 50 years and served on its official board.
He became a member of Delmar Masonic Lodge No. 201 -- AF & AM in 1936 and later became a charter member of Centennial Lodge No. 221 -- AF & AM in Salisbury. He was named an honorary 33rd degree Mason after the second World War. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies of Salisbury and Baltimore, a Shriner in the Boumi Temple in Baltimore and a member of its 100 Club. He served as a Wise Master of the Salisbury Chapter of Rose Croix, a Venerable Master of the Salisbury Lodge of Perfection and as a Grand Tall Cedar.
As a capital venture, he was involved with the late Paul A. Croll in a successful chicken business, the Caroline Poultry Co. in Federalsburg. They later sold the company to Textron Corp.
His first wife of 60 years, Marguerite Freeney Howard, died in 1987. He later married Mildred Hayman Onley.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred H. Howard; three daughters, Lynn H. Howell of Rosemont, Pa., Ann Howard and her husband, Douglas W. Bray, of Tenafly, N.J., and Diana H. Bahna and her husband, Sami Bahna, of Shreveport, La., and a stepdaughter, Linda O. Leishear of Salisbury. Also surviving are five grandchildren, John S. Howell Jr. and his wife, Susan, of Naples, Fla., David B. Howell and his wife, Vicki, of Church Creek, Thomas S. Howell and his wife, Sharon, of Cambridge, Mass., Mark C. DeRussy of Tampa, Fla., and Dana D. Langston and her, husband, Luke of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two stepgrandchildren, Mark H. Leishear of Milton and Kathleen M. Leishear of Salisbury; three great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at St. Stephen's Cemetery in Delmar on Thursday at 11 a.m., prior to interment.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Asbury United Methodist Church, 1401 Camden Ave., Salisbury, Md. 21801; or Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Fla. 33607-1460.
Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home at 501 Snow Hill Road in Salisbury. To send condolences to the family, visit www.delmarvaobits.com.
Originally published August 23, 2005
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