Joseph McDowell

Joseph R. McDowell, 79, of Chatham, N.J., died at 4:23 a.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown County, N.J. He was the husband of a former Lincoln resident.

Graveside services, with military rites, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln, with the Rev. Thomas Taylor officiating.

There will be no local visitation. Kerrigan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

A funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in Chatham, N.J., was Friday, May 11. 

McDowell was a freight claims manager for the Southern Pacific Railroad of San Francisco, Calif., and New York City, N.Y. He retired in 1982.

He was a tech sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He was born March 21, 1922, in Orville, Ky.

He and his wife, the former Mary Catherine Ryan, were married 58 years. She survives, in Chatham, N.J.

Also surviving are one son, Jerrold McDowell of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.; three daughters, Patricia Minor of Lexington, S.C., Kay Compton of Byram, N.J., and Marta McDowell Bent of Chatham, N.J.; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Imogene Mason and Condi Coppersmith of Kentucky.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or Carroll Catholic School building fund.

 

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Anthony Howe

Anthony L. "Tony" Howe, 39, of Chestnut died at 12:55 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 18, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Richard Stamm officiating.

Burial will be in Lake Bank Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the funeral home in Mount Pulaski.

Howe was a postal worker in Mount Pulaski.

He was born Dec. 19, 1961, in Lincoln to Keith and Janice (Lowe) Howe. He married Wanda Jean Eckert in Lincoln on Sept. 6, 1985.

Howe is survived by his mother, of Lincoln; three daughters, Tiffany (Joseph) Kretzinger, Traci Howe and Jordan Howe, all of Chestnut; one granddaughter, Skye Kretzinger of Chestnut; his maternal grandmother, Marge Marquis of Mount Pulaski; and one sister, Robina Yvonne (Warren) Ray of Mars Hills, N.C.

He was preceded in death by his father, Keith "Pete" Howe, who died June 3, 1987.

He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Chestnut.

Howe was assistant girls basketball coach at Mount Pulaski Grade School.

Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.

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