Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Leverett, Howard W.  April 13, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on April 16, 2011
  Howard W. Leverett 
  
  LEBANON Howard Wayne Leverett was born in Greeley, Colo., on July 21, 1922. He 
  was born into a family of five children. He married Frances Marie Parker-
  Fischer on November 20, 1941. Howard joined the Merchant Marines and served 
  proudly on four ships during WWII. They had two daughters, Sharon and Marva. 
  After the war, Howard was a brakeman for the Denver and Rio Grand Railroad and 
  later went to work at the Public Service Company as a boiler operator. At the 
  age of 26, he felt the calling to the ministry and moved his family to 
  Portland, Ore. There he attended Pacific Bible College, now Warner Pacific 
  College. Howard began his ministry at 33 years old as Associate Pastor for the 
  Richmond Church of God in Portland, Ore. He pastored the First Church of God in 
  Roseburg, Ore., for six years, and then in Santa Maria, Calif., where he 
  pastored for 26 years, and retired in 1986. Howard continued his ministry 
  through conducting wedding ceremonies, funerals, and benedictions for the Santa 
  Maria Police Academy graduations. Howard and Marie moved to Lebanon in 2004 to 
  be close to family. They lived at Hearthstone Independent Living for three 
  years and then moved into a new apartment attached to the Rhode's residence in 
  2007. Howard was a man of integrity who lived a life of service to others. He 
  loved fishing, whether it was in a stream on a lake or out in the ocean. His 
  main desire was to be like Jesus and he was a faithful servant of God. Beloved 
  husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and counselor to many, he will 
  be greatly missed. Howard passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. He is 
  survived by daughters, Sharon Unger, wife of Glen Unger of Cranbrook, British 
  Columbia, and Marva Rhode, wife of Ralph Rhode of Lebanon; grandson, Jeffrey 
  Dodge of Eugene, Ore.; grandaughters, Michelle, wife of Jason Allen of Lebanon, 
  and Angela Rhode of Lebanon; great-grandchildren, Benjamin Allen, Colton Allen, 
  and Jayden Dodge; stepgrand-daughters, Debbie Crasweller of Eureka, Calif., and 
  Jennifer Patzer of Calgary, Alberta; and four siblings, Elsie Crane of Monroe, 
  Ohio, Edith Murphy of Denver, Colo., Willard Leverett of Fairview, Texas, and 
  Darlene Kiernan of Blanco, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances 
  Marie, on April 12, 2010, and his grandson, Shelby on July 20, 1993. His family 
  is grateful for his wonderful caregivers: Marva and Ralph Rhode, Michelle 
  Allen, Linda Artz, Karen Simpson, and Julie Leibich, and the wonderful staff 
  members from Pinnacle Health Hospice, Harrisburg, who allowed him to remain at 
  home. There will be a viewing at 9:30 a.m. today, April 16, in the Rohland 
  Funeral Home, 508 Cumberland St., Lebanon 17042 with a funeral to follow at 11 
  a.m. Interment will be in the National Cemetery at Ft. Indiantown Gap on 
  Monday, April 18. 
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on April 16, 2011 
  
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