Helen Barbara Howe
1923 - 2021 (97 years)
Generation: 1
1. Helen Barbara Howe was born on 20 Dec 1923 in Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa (daughter of John Everett Howe and Clara Josephine Miller); died on 8 Feb 2021 in West Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
Helen B. Anderson, 97, of Sperry, died at 10:49 a.m. Monday, February, 8, 2021 at Great River Hospice House.
Born December 20, 1923, she was the daughter of John Everett and Clara (Miller) Howe. She married Orville F. Anderson January 24, 1948 in Burlington. He died October 4, 2004.
Helen was a homemaker and farm wife. She was a member of Kingston United Methodist Church and Des Moines County Farm Bureau. She enjoyed playing checkers, playing Canasta, and tending to her sizeable garden. She was always ready to help out by bringing lunch out to the fields, and in her younger years, driving tractors to the fields and helping with harvest.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brother Lyman.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222552459/helen-b-andersonHelen married Orville Frederick Anderson on 24 Jan 1948 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Orville (son of Roy Francis Cleatus Anderson and Alice Dorthea Wunnenberg) was born on 19 Jun 1919 in Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 07 Oct 2004 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. John Everett Howe was born on 17 Apr 1888 in Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 1 Jan 1966; was buried in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Other Events:
- _MILT: World War II.
- Census: 1920, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa
- Census: 1930, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa
- Census: 1940, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa
Notes:
Name:
son of Sherman T. Howe and Barbara Ellen Walker
_MILT:
US Army. Private First Class.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17018199/john-everett-howeJohn married Clara Josephine Miller on 20 May 1918 in Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa. Clara was born on 1 Jun 1893 in Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 27 Jan 1977 in Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Clara Josephine Miller was born on 1 Jun 1893 in Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 27 Jan 1977 in Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
The Hawk Eye
Mediapolis (IA) -- Mrs. Clara J. Howe, 83, of Sperry, died at 6 a.m. Thursday, January 27, in Mediapolis Care Center. Born June 1, 1893, in Des Moines county, she was the daughter of William G. and Judith Dean Miller. She married John E. Howe, May 20, 1918, in Kingston. She was a member of First United Methodist church, Kingston, and WSCS.
Surviving: Son, Lyman, and daughter, Mrs. Orville (Helen) Anderson, both of Sperry; one grandchild.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Fry Chapel, Reverend Clarence Burns; Kossuth cemetery. A memorial has been established to First United Methodist church.
Name:
daughter of William Gordon Miller and Judith Ellen Deen
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17018204/clara-josephine-howeChildren:
- 1. Helen Barbara Howe was born on 20 Dec 1923 in Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 8 Feb 2021 in West Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.