Obit of Howeth, Carlynn Eloise - Kay County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Ruth Hasten Walsh 16 Dec 2007 Return to Kay County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kay/kay.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Oaklawn Cemetery--Sulphur OK Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, March 9, 2003 Carlynn E. Howeth (nee Carlynn Eloise Janzen) 1927-2003 Carlynn Eloise Howeth, local resident of Cheyenne, lost her courageous fight with cancer Feb. 21 at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Tulsa, Okla., at the age of 75 years. She was born July 12, 1927, in Wichita, Kan., to Henry Carl and Glyndon Eloise (Winkler) Janzen. She spent most of her life in Oklahoma. She was reared and educated in Sulphur, Okla., and was a graduate of Sulphur High School. She was married Oct. 29, 1943, at Ardmore, Okla., to Lesslie Howeth. They had made their home in Tonkawa, Okla., from 1960 through 1974. She had worked as a legal secretary at Conoco Oil Company in Ponca City, Okla., until 1975. In 1977, she and Lesslie moved to Cheyenne. She retired from the state of Wyoming Department of Education where she had been secretary to the director of education. She was a member of the happy Jack Baptist Church, Polka Lovers Club of America, Golden Spike Women's Riding Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Lesslie's U.S. Army 11th Armored Co. B, 55th Battalion Reunion Group. Eloise loved life and was passionate about her love of animals and the outdoors. She loved horses and enjoyed camping and trail riding in the mountains. She enjoyed driving her buggy horse "Daisy" with her dogs always by her side. She was a person who treated friends as family. She was very artistic and spent many hours painting and doing needlepoint. She also enjoyed sewing for her family. She had an appreciation for music and enjoyed dancing. She continued to advance her education by reading and completing college classes. She will continue to be an inspiration of strength and courage to all who knew her. Loving family members include; two sons and daughters-in-law, Lesslie Lynn and Sanrda Howeth of Sumter, S.C., and Roy and Debbie Howeth of Owasso, Okla.; three grandchildren, Amber Howeth of Sperry, Okla., Greg Howeth and his wife Dana of Lahaina, Hawaii, and Shari McAleavy and her husband Billy of Sumter, S.C.; six great-grandchildren, Colton, Brianna, Abbigail, Kassidy,Marcus and Austin; special niece, Letha Stanford and her sons, Lesslie and Cameron; and a host of extended relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lesslie Howeth, and a sister, Elayne Mackey. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Free Will Baptist Church in Sulphur, Okla. Serving as officiating minister will be the Rev. Brad Ransom. Serving as honorary casket bearers will be Johnnie Currie, George McAfee Jr., Jim Beckdolt, Tom Schick, John Williams, Argle Howeth and Rudie Janzen. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation or the local Animal Humane Society. Arrangements and services were entrusted to Mowery Funeral Service in Owasso, Okla. (Carlynn Eloise Janzen Howeth was buried beside her husband in the Oaklawn Cemetery at Sulphur, Murray Co., OK. She was reared by her grandmother Florence Walker Winkler Smith, who taught piano lessons in Sulphur. Florence attended the Methodist church near downtown Sulphur.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Kay County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kay/kay.html