Howard K. Schoenwetter, Ph.D.

SCHOENWETTER, RENEHAN, RICHARDS, MITCHELL, MILLS, LENIHAN, LUDEKE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/10/2010 at 22:33:41

The Garner Leader & Signal -- Iowa
December 14, 2005

Hancock County native, Dr. Howard K. Schoenwetter, 83, of Rockville, Maryland, an electrical engineer for the National Bureau of Standards for 24 years, died on Monday, November 7, 2005, of complication from pneumonia at the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville. Mr. Schoenwetter also suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Howard Schoenwetter, the son of George and Mary (Ludeke) Schoenwetter, was born on January 22, 1922, on the family farm in Liberty Township. He graduated from the Klemme High School in 1940. On February 3, 1945, he married Marjorie Richards at her parents' home in Alexander. He served in the Army Signal Corps and was stationed in Guam at the end of World War II. He graduated from the University of Iowa and received a master's degree in physics from Georgia Tech in 1950, a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1955 and a doctorate in electrical engineering from George Washington University in 1972. He held a number of positions in the electronics field before joining the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He worked in the electronic systems division where he designed and developed high-speed circuitry. He published numerous technical papers and received several awards for his work. Dr. Schoenwetter lived in Bethesda, Maryland for 37 years before entering the National Lutheran Home in 2002.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Marjorie Schoenwetter of Rockville; three daughters, Barbara Renehan of Rockville, Carol "Kitty" Mitchell of San Antonio and Nancy Mills of Oakton. He is also survived by a brother, Homer (Ada) Schoenwetter of Garner; sister, Mildred Lenihan of Tucson, Arizona; one sister-in-law, Carol Richards of Alexander; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.