Dennis Clay Howe

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Posted By: Ed Hintermeister (email)
Date: 8/1/2008 at 13:25:14

Obituaries

Dennis Clay Howe 18 April 1950 – 19 Oct 1967
Terri Leigh Day 7 March 1953 - 19 Oct 1967
Teresa Arlene Hall 5 Sept. 1952 - 19 Oct 1967

THE MUSCATINE JOURNAL
Friday, October 20, 1967
(Picture of wrecked car - Smashed Wreckage of Auto in Which Trio Died)

Rites Set For 3 Teen - Agers

2 Youths Escape Car-Truck Crash

A car and truck crash on, Highway 22, two miles west of Muscatine, brought tragedy into three Muscatine families Thursday night.

Services have been set for the three Muscatine teen-agers killed in the crash. A fourth youth in the car was not seriously injured.

Dead are:
Dennis Clay Howe, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Howe, 915 E. 6th St. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the First Methodist church. Friends may call starting Sunday at the Ralph J. Wittich funeral home.

Terri Leigh Day, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Day, Rt. 2. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian church. Friends may call at the George M. Wittich funeral home parlors from 7 to 9 p. m. today, and after 1 p.m. Saturday at the church until service time.

Teresa Hall, 15, daughter of Mrs. Phyllis Gray, 616 Cedar. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the First Methodist church. Friends may call starting at noon Saturday at the Riley funeral home.

The injured youth is Michael W. Koester, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Koester, 621 Climer. He was being held for examination this morning at Muscatine General hospital, but his injuries were not believed to be serious.

Driver of the truck was Mark F. Elder, 18, Rt. 1, Nichols. He escaped with minor injuries and was not hospitalized.

Reconstructing the accident, Deputy Sheriff William Cole said Elder was driving toward Muscatine on Highway 22 with a load of soybeans. The Howe car was approaching Highway 22 on County Road O, at about 8:45 p.m.

Cole related that persons in another car on County Road O said the Howe car apparently stopped at the intersection and then pulled out in front of the truck.

Hit broadside on the left, the top of the car was virtually peeled open in the grinding crash. Both vehicles went into the ditch on the East side of the highway.

The 1958 Chevrolet was owned by the Howe boy and he was believed to be the driver.

Dennis Howe and Terri Day were apparently killed instantly in the crash. They were taken to Muscatine General hospital in the Riley ambulance and pronounced dead on arrival.

Teresa Hall, who had first been taken to Muscatine General hospital, was transferred by ambulance to Iowa City but died several minutes before reaching the University hospital. She was pronounced dead there.

Soybeans spilled on the highway were cleaned away by the highway maintenance crews and the sheriff's department controlled traffic for several hours.

Muscatine County Sheriff Richard Oppelt said at the scene that the three deaths increased the county highway accident fatality roll to 12 for this year.

(Picture of Teresa Hall)
Funeral services for Teresa Arlene Hall, 15, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at First Methodist church, with the Rev. Thomas E. Hotle officiating.

The body is now at the Riley funeral home w here friends may call starting Saturday at noon. Interment will be at Greenwood cemetery.

Teresa was the daughter of Phyllis Hall Gray, 616 Cedar St., and Donald L. Hall of Denver, Colo. She was born Sept. 5, 1952, and was a life resident here.

A ninth grader at Central Junior High school, Teresa was a member of the First Methodist Church and the Methodist Youth Fellowship.

Surviving are the parents, Mrs. Phyllis Gray of Muscatine and Donald L. Hall of Denver; two brothers, Michael Dean Hall, 17, and Dennis Arthur Hall, 12, and a hall-brother, Rickey Joe Gray, 9, all at 616 Cedar; a sister, Kandis Kay Hall, 13, and a half-sister, Lynne Annette Gray, 7, both of 616 Cedar St.; also a half-brother, Donald Hall, 12, and two half-sisters, Diane Hall, 7, and Deborah Hall, 5, all at Denver.

Other survivors are the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Griffin of Wapello; and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Eva Hall, 707 E. 7th St., Muscatine.

(Picture of Dennis Howe)
Services for Dennis Howe will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the First Methodist church with Dr. J. Henry Teele officiating.

The body is at the Ralph J. Wittich funeral home, where friends may call starting Sunday. Interment will be at Memorial Park cemetery.

Dennis was a senior student at Muscatine High school, and had been a Muscatine resident most of his life. He was born April 18, 1950, at Newton, the son of Roland and Phyllis Reynolds Howe.

Surviving are the parents; one brother, Stephen, Muscatine; and a sister, Shelia Howe, Muscatine.

TERRI LEIGH DAY
Services for Terri Leigh Day, 14, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian church with the Rev. Telford Dindinger officiating.

Interment will be at Greenwood cemetery.

Friends may call at the George M. Wittich funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m, today and after 1 p.m. Saturday at the church parlors until the time of service.

Terri was born March 7, 1953, at Muscatine, and was a life resident here. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church, the Prep-In-Act Corps at the church, the Bloomington Best 4-H club, and attended 9th grade at West Junior high.

Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Day Sr., Rt. 2; one brother, Donald S. Day Jr., with the U. S, Air Force in Virginia; two sisters, Randi Day, in nurses training at St. Luke's hospital, Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Don (Deborah) Riley of Keokuk; and two grandmothers, Mrs. Fern Simpson and Mrs. Jennie S. Day, both of Muscatine.