Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Howard, Russell E. October 23, 1972
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The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, October 24, 1972
Russell E. Howard, 52, of 2509 North Harwood road suffered a fatal heart 
attack at his residence late Monday afternoon and was pronounced dead on 
arrival at Ionia County Memorial Hospital.  

He was born in Berlin township, March 7, 1920, the son of Frederic and Belle 
Smith Howard.  He attended and graduated from Ionia high school in the class 
of 1938 and graduated from Michigan State University in a two years 
agricultural short course in 1940 and worked on the Carl Allie Stuart farm 
near Saranac until 1945.

He was married to Dorothy Aldrich June 9, 1945 in Berlin Center church.  They 
made their home on West Tuttle Road where he was engaged as a self-employed 
farmer and lived there until moving into their new home on Harwood in 1970.  
He retired from active farming a few years ago.  He was a member of LeValley 
Methodist church and a committeeman for troop 85 of Boy Scouts and has been 
active several years in both Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.  

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, one son, Keith at home; one sister, Ruth 
Howard of Kalamazoo.  

Funeral services will be Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock from LeValley 
Methodist church with the Rev. Donald Fry officiating.  Interment will be in 
Balcom cemetery.  The family will meet friends and relatives at Leddick 
Funeral home Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.  A memorial fund 
has been established for LeValley Methodist church or Troop 85 of Boy Scouts.



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