Benzie County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Howe, Kenneth E. 
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Cemetery:           Crystal Lake - North
Name:               Kenneth E. Howe

Date Of Photograph: October 26, 2006
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Kenneth E. Howe   b. 1 Jan. 1914   d. 16 Dec. 2003
LTJG US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
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Social Security Death Index  
Name: Kenneth E. Howe 
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX  
Last Residence: 04086  Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States 
Born: 1 Jan 1914 
Died: 16 Dec 2003 
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951 ) 
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Petoskey News-Review (Dec/20/2003)
 Kenneth Edwin Howe
  BATH, Maine - Kenneth Edwin Howe died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at his Hill 
House residence after a brief illness following hip surgery. He was 89.
  He was born on Jan. 1, 1914 in Waldron to James Erwin and Lena Kenney Howe. 
He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years Wilma Mayo Howe who died in 
September 2002.
  Mr. Howe's early education was in a one-room rural school. A graduate of 
Eastern Michigan University, he received his masters' degree from the 
University of Michigan in 1938 and his doctorates in education from 
Northwestern University in 1947.
  He taught high school science and math before assuming administrative career 
positions as: principal of Mt. Clemens elementary school, chairman of the 
department of education at State Teachers College, New Paltz, N.Y., Director of 
Graduate Studies at the National College of Education, Evanston, Ill., and Dean 
of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
  He was president of Greensboro Kiwanis Club, a member of West Market Street 
United Methodist Church, Frankfort United Methodist Church and First Parish 
Church in Brunswick, Maine. During his three years with the United States Navy 
in World War II, he spent one year as education services and training officer 
with the commander of the Western Caroline Islands, being stationed at Peleiu 
in the Palau Islands. In 1951-1952 he served in Japan as educational consultant 
for the allied powers supreme command.
  At the national level he was an officer with the National Congress of Parents 
and Teachers and was invited by the American Association of Colleges for 
Teacher Education to go to India in 1963 to observe the teacher education 
program and inter-cultural exchange programs in India.
  He was a participant in the 1965 White House Conference on Education. His 
continuing interest in near and far east cultures lead him to accept his final 
professional assignments as an Education Consultant for U.S. State Department 
Agency for International Development teams in Kabul, Afghanistan, Ankara, 
Turkey and Saigon, Vietnam.
  He retired from the Foreign Service in 1976 and returned with his wife to 
Frankfort and recently to Topsham.
  In addition to being a Red Cross volunteer, he was an active 10 year Income 
Tax Assistance Program Volunteer for his community. His life-long gardening 
hobby brought to his family and neighbors an endless supply of lovely flowers 
and beautiful landscaping everywhere he lived.
  Survivors include sister, Eunice Marie Kidd of Kennesaw, Ga.; sons, David W. 
Howe of Nashville, Tenn. and Daniel Bo Howe of Pagosa Springs, Colo.; daughter, 
Katherine Howe Totten of West Bath, Maine; five grandchildren; three great 
granddaughters; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
  He was preceded in death by his wife, Wilma; and brother, Everett Bo Howe.
  Services are 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Highlands of Topsham, Maine, 
Lodge living room. Memorial contributions may be sent in memory of Kenneth 
Howe, Class of 1935 to: Eastern Michigan University Foundation-School of 
Education, 1349 S. Huron St., Ypsilanti, MI 48197. Arrangements were made by 
Brackett Funeral Home, Brunswick, Maine.

 


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