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June 30, 2000 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA Josepha Benavides, 81, of Odessa died Wednesday, June 28, 2000, at her daughters residence. She was born March 13, 1919, in Sierra Blanca. She married Ramon Benavides in August 1933 in Midland. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 1, 2000, at St. Anthonys Catholic Church with the Rev. Gilbert Rodriquez officiating. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel. Josepha came to Odessa in 1938 from Midland. She was the previous owner of The Welcome Inn in Odessa. She was a member of St. Anthonys Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband; brother, Mateo Sotelo; and two sisters, Augustina Marmolejo and Erlinda Sotelo. Survivors include her son, Miguel Benavides of Odessa; daughter, Trinidad Lambardia of Odessa; sisters, Lupe S. Benevides of Odessa, Maria S. Diaz of Amarillo and Pilar Hull of Midland; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. (www.wilsonfuneral.com) _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Floyd D. Howell COLUMBUS, Ohio Floyd D. Howell, 73, of Midland, died Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, after a brief illness. He graduated from Clearfield High School and DuBois Business College in Pennsylvania. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II. He founded Howell & Co. Inc., a public accounting firm in St. Marys, Pa. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Midland, Bethesda Lodge No. 64 A.F. & A.M. in Truth or Consequences, N.M., VFW Post No. 4372 in Odessa and Disabled American Veterans. He also served as president of the Booster Club in St. Marys, Pa. Previously, he was very active with the Toastmasters. He was also an avid golfer and Penn State fan. He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Carrie Hummel Howell; sister, Esther M. McDonald; brother, Robert L. Howell; and mother-in-law, Gretchen H. Flegal. Floyd is survived by his wife of 52 years, Nancy J. Howell; children, Floyd D. Howell III and wife, Marianne, of State College, Pa., Patricia Lee Miller and husband, Timothy, of Crestline, Ohio, William M. Howell and wife, Mercy, of Truth or Consequences, N.M., and Penni Howell Chambers and husband, Charles, of Odessa; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandson; brother, Fred L. Howell and wife, Reitus, of Lady Lake, Fla.; sister-in-law, Nancy E. Howell of Huron, Ohio; and numerous nieces and nephews. A private service was held for the family in Columbus, Ohio, followed by cremation. A memorial service will be in Midland and will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Howells memory to the Shriners Burns Hospital, 815 Market St., Galveston, Texas, 77550-2725; or the Shriners Orthopedic Hospital, 6977 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77030-7701. _________________________________________________________________ Doris Florence Tippit SEATTLE Born Jan. 1, 1923, on a stormy night in Tulsa, Okla., Doris Florence Tippit died Friday, June 23, 2000, in Seattle. She moved with her parents at the age of five months to an apartment on First Hill in Seattle. The family moved the following year to Portland, Ore., and a year later to Roseburg, Ore. The following year, her father was transferred to Oakland, Calif. Subse-quently they moved to Healton, Okla., and later to Salt Lake City, where Doris graduated from high school. She graduated from the University of Utah with honors and a major in chemistry. She then began workin Dr. Vincent Kelleys Pediatric Endocrinology lab at the University of Utah Medical School. In 1958, she moved to Seattle to continue her medical technology work in pediatric endocrinology at the University of Washington Medical School, where she retired in 1985. Her father, Howard, died in Salt Lake City in April 1947. Her mother, Florence, died in 1981, but, before her death, she and Doris traveled extensively in the western United States and in Canada during every vacation. Doris was a football fan, and until 1999 was able to go to the Kelleys home and watch the New Years Day bowl games and celebrate her birthday the same day. She was very active in the Ravenna United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and designed and made many of the churchs banners. She accepted Christ as her Savior in 1941 at Centenary Methodist Church in Salt Lake City. Several years ago Doris was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. She is survived by her uncle, Wilbur F. Roberts Sr. and wife, Nettie, of Odessa; aunts, Laverne Roberts of Independence, Mo., and Sue Roberts of Valiant, Okla.; cousins, Judge W. F. "Corky" Roberts and wife, Tonya, of Amarillo, Roy E. Roberts and wife, Linda, of Independence, Mo., Jerry W. Roberts Sr. and wife, Faye, of Odessa and Janice Roberts of Oklahoma City; and also a very special friend, Dorothy Kelley and her family of Seattle; and numerous friends. Memorial service for Doris was at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Avenue NE, in Seattle. Burial was in Salt Lake City, near her parents. Arrangements by Hoffner-Fisher and Harvey Funeral Home of Seattle. Remembrances may be made to Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Avenue NE, Seattle, Wash., 98105, or to the University of Washington, Research on Parkinsons Disease, Department of Neurology, Box 356465, Seattle, Wash., 98195. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.