Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....LaPointe, Howard Charles January 19, 2012
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Jan. 2012

Howard Charles LaPointe, 88, passed away Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel (Lee) Marjory, and his brother, 
Rodney.

Howard is survived by his sister, Marilyn (Robert) Schwallier, and his nine 
children; Sharon LaPointe of Williamston, Bruce (Beth) LaPointe of Mt. 
Pleasant, Cathy (Paul) LaPointe Blundy of Ionia, Susan (Gerald) Hagel of 
Lombard, Ill., Jean (Jeff) Neuner of Carmel, Ind., Beth Disbrow of Kalamazoo, 
Steven LaPointe of Glen Ellyn, Ill., David (Heidi) LaPointe of Ionia, and Carol 
Heilman of Ionia; 21 grandchildren: Amanda (Cory) Gahsman, Greg (Tara) 
LaPointe, Christopher Miller and Allison Drake, Allen Blundy, Stefanee Lowery, 
Matthew Rehagen, Kelly (Andrew) Dennis, Christopher, Andrew and Kimberly Hagel, 
Jessica, Krista and Megan Neuner, Kari Beth and Kyle LaPointe, Rachelee, Cassie 
and Heath LaPointe, and Alyssa and Trevor Heilman; and 14 great grandchildren; 
Chase, Delaney and Flynn Gahsman, Logan, Landry and Linley LaPointe, Carly and 
Kayla Parks, Allie and Gavin Blundy, Brooke Blundy-Weatherbee, Caleb 
Weatherbee, Abbey Lowery and Mason Dennis; and many cousins and nieces and 
nephews. 

Howard was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and served in the Philippines during 
World War II. Upon return from service he graduated from Ferris State College 
in 1947 with a Bachelor's degree in accounting.

Howard loved anything to do with numbers, which was handy with his profession 
in accounting and business management at various state agencies. He retired as 
business manager of the Michigan Reformatory in Ionia in 1983. His facility 
with numbers also manifested itself in his love of dominoes and card playing 
(he actually logged over 50,000 solitaire games in a steno pad). Nothing moved 
him faster to the kitchen table than the sound of cards shuffling or dominoes 
being readied for play.

He also had a lifelong love of ice cream, starting with his job at the East End 
Creamery in Grand Rapids, where he learned to scoop and hold five cones at one 
time. He and his wife, Lee, enjoyed taking the family for Sunday afternoon 
drives culminating in cones for all, and later in life he enjoyed bed-lunch 
snacks of ice cream with generous toppings of chocolate syrup.

Howard was an avid small game hunter and fisherman who used these recreational 
skills to good benefit in putting food on the table for nine children. The 
children in turn learned the specialized skills of removing buckshot from game 
and dinner plate fish filleting. And then there was his humor!

A memorial Mass will be held at SS. Peter and Paul Church, 434 High St., Ionia, 
at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. A lunch reception will follow in the 
adjacent church hall.

Contributions in memory of Howard C. LaPointe may be made by check to Cure PSP 
at 30 East Padonia Road, Suite 201, Timonium, MD, 21093, or by email at 
give.psp.org. 

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