Mabel M. Ingvall Howard 1914-2002

HOWARD, INGVALL, RIGGS, MEAD, DELOSS, HANSEN, WILLISON, WEBER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/14/2012 at 22:18:46

Mabel Howard
Estherville – Funeral services for Mabel M. Howard, 88, of Estherville will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 9 at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel in Estherville with the Rev. Steve Britton officiating. Interment will be held at the East Side Cemetery in Estherville. She died on Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. today at the Good Samaritan Center and from 4-7 pm. at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

She was born on Jan. 16, 1914 in Terril, the daughter of David and Nina M. (Riggs) Ingvall. She received her education in country schools.

On April 10, 1947 she was united in marriage to Ralph Howard in Jackson, Minn. Mabel has lived most of her life in the Estherville area. Ralph died in 1965. In April, Mabel would have been a resident of the Good Samaritan Center 40 years.

She enjoyed playing cards, playing bingo, reading the Bible, crocheting, singing and children.

Mabel was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and a former member of the Estherville Lutheran Church.

Mabel is survived by four sisters, Dorothy Mead and her husband, Don of Sioux Falls, S.D., Lavon DeLoss of Spencer, Evelyn Hansen and her husband, William J. of Ringsted and Florence Willison of Estherville and one brother, Lloyd Ingvall and his wife, Betty of Estherville.

She was preceded in death by her husband; twin brothers, Clarence and Clifford; two sisters, Alice Weber and Laura Hansen and parents.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to the Estherville Good Samaritan Center. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, March 8, 2002)