Jennifer Jo Howard 1969-2010

HOWARD, HAYWOOD, DEVARY, EISENMENGER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/20/2013 at 22:59:57

Jennifer J. Howard
Jennifer Jo Howard the daughter of Larry and Margaret (Haywood) Howard was born November 21, 1969 in Estherville, Iowa. She went home to Heaven to live with the Lord on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at her home in Estherville, Iowa at the age of 40 after a courageous 3 year battle with breast cancer.

Jennifer graduated from Lincoln Central High School in 1988. She then attended South Dakota State University and graduated in 1992 with her degree in early childhood education.
Following College she returned to Estherville and worked at various places including: Martin County West Schools, Laker High Alternative High School, Iowa Lakes Assistant Ladies Basketball Coach, Head Start Preschool Teacher, Iowa Lakes Community College Success Center, Director at Joyful Journey's Child Development Center in Spirit Lake and ELC ASAP and Child Care Supervisor/Program Coordinator. For hobbies, she enjoyed sports, reading and horses. One of her greatest joys in life was working and interacting with children.

Jen attended the Regional Worship Center in Sherburn, Minnesota.

Left to cherish Jen's memory are her parents, Larry and Margaret Howard; sisters, Laura DeVary and her husband, David; Nicole Howard; Kristine Eisenmenger and her husband, Trevor; nieces and nephews, Ali and Kyle DeVary; Justine, Tucker and Josephine Jennifer Eisenmenger; maternal grandmother, Kathryn Haywood and paternal grandfather, Don Howard.

She has been preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Howard Haywood Jr. and paternal grandmother, Eunice Howard.

INTERMENT: East Side Memorial Cemetery, Estherville