Wayne W. HOWARD

HOWARD, FLATEBO, BARTH, LUNDGREN, RUCKER, BONNER, HINTON, BLACK, HOWE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/25/2008 at 14:34:46

CLEAR LAKE - Wayne W. Howard, 70, 608 Eighth Ave. N., Clear Lake, passed away Saturday (March 22, 2008) of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St. in Clear Lake, officiated by the Rev. Dennis Ganz. Burial will be held at the Clear Lake Cemetery with military honors provided by the Clear Lake VFW. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, and then one hour preceding the service. Memorials may be given to the Wayne Howard Memorial Fund.

Wayne was born on Feb. 12, 1938, in Waukon, to George and Iowa (Barth) Howard. After an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy, Wayne made his home in Eagle Grove, where he met and married the love of his life, Mary Flatebo, on March 15, 1958. To this union four children were born: Ricky, Penny, Kim and Stacy. Wayne worked most of his life in heating, air condition and the sheet metal trade. In 1987, he purchased the Town Pump in Clear Lake. He then decided to add a grill and became well- known for his noon specials and one-third pound hamburgers, thus coining the phrase "Hamburger Heaven." His wife Mary and daughter Kim owned and operated the business, with him selling in 1997. He then went to work at Monson Plumbing and Heating, then Martin Marietta until ill heath forced him to retire. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and wintering in Texas. He was an avid Green Bay Packer fan. He was a charter member of the Clear Lake Evening Lions and a member of the Clear Lake VFW.

He is survived by his wife, of 50 years, Mary; son, Rick of Minneapolis, Minn.; daughters, Penny Howard of Ardmore, Okla., Kim (Bill) Lundgren, of Ventura, and Stacy Howard and fiancee Kevin Rucker of Clear Lake; five grandchildren, Jacob Bonner, Kyle Lundgren, Derrick and Detra Hinton and Journey Rucker; two great-grandchildren, Dylan and Bailey Bonner; two brothers Alan (Debra) Howard, Colfax, and Dennis (Linda) Howard, Des Moines; sister, Georgia (Wally) Black, Des Moines; brothers-in-law, Bob (Nancy) Flatebo, of Rockford, Ill, Carrol (Judy) Flatebo, Eagle Grove; sisters-in-law, Joanne (Mark) Howe, Beloit, Wis. and Donna Howard, Des Moines, many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, three brothers, Frank, Larry and Dale, and many aunts and Uncles. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel.

Mason City Globe Gazette, IA
3/24/2008