HOWELL, Parvin D. 1882 - 1963

HOWELL, GREGORY, THOMPSON, THOMSON, METZ, NEWELL, CRAFTON, ZUMDOME, VOLKMANN, RAYMOND

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 11/19/2002 at 20:42:33

From the FAIRFIELD LEDGER, Mon., Feb. 25, 1963.

PARVIN HOWELL RITES TUESDAY.

Last rites will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Parvin HOWELL, well known Jefferson County resident who died Saturday at the Jefferson County Hospital after a lengthy illness. The services tomorrow will be at the Glasgow Methodist church with the Rev. Max Volkmann in charge. Burial will be in the Glasgow cemetery. The body will be taken from the Raymond Funeral Home to the church at Glasgow at 11 a.m. the day of the services.

Parvin D. HOWELL, 80 was born and lived his entire life on the same farm near Glasgow. He was born Sept. 26, 1882 at the HOWELL farm home near Glasgow, the son of Albert and Drusilla GREGORY HOWELL. He was reared and educated in the Glasgow community and attended the Glasgow school. On Feb. 11, 1911, he was united in marriage to Helen THOMPSON (sic - THOMSON) who survives. He lived his entire life on the home farm. In addition to his wife, HOWELL is survived by the following children: Mrs. Kenneth METZ, Fairfield; Mrs. Kenneth NEWELL, Des Moines; George HOWELL, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Pete CRAFTON, Fairfield; Mrs. Leo ZUMDOME, Ft. Madison; and Thomas M. HOWELL, Lockridge. Other survivors include a brother, Thomas N. HOWELL, Lockridge, former sheriff of Jefferson county; 12 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two brothers.

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Admin. note: The spelling of Parvin's wife's maiden name should be THOMSON, according to a descendant. September, 2011.