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Service:
Graveside Service at Oak View Cemetery in Armington,
at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 20, 2023
Funeral home:
Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Mary E. Howard, 95, of St. Cloud,
Fla., formerly of Armington and Bloomington, died at
7:30 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2023, in her home.
A Graveside Service will be held at Oak View
Cemetery in Armington, at 11:00 a.m. on Friday,
January 20, 2023. Friends and family are invited for
a light lunch at Armington Christian Church
following the service.
Mrs. Howard was born July 13, 1927, in Decatur, a
daughter of J. Edgar and Carmen Leonard. She married
Morris Albert Howard on June 7, 1947, in Minier.
They were blessed with 51 years of marriage before
his death in 1998.
Survivors include two daughters, Kathleen (Paul)
Peelman and Brenda Harmon, as well as five
grandchildren: Joshua Morris Peelman, Keith Leonard
(Cory) Harmon, Mary Kathleen Harmon Macias, Kelly
David (Alicia) Harmon, and Kasey Howard (Jenny)
Harmon. She is also survived by eight
great-grandchildren: Mary Macias, Braxton Macias,
and Wyatt (Mary) Macias; McKayla Spencer, Clayton
Harmon, and Kaylee (Kelly) Harmon, and Luke Harmon
and Lyla (Kasey) Harmon, as well as three nieces and
four nephews. |
She was preceded in death by her
parents, and brothers James T. Leonard, John (Jack)
Leonard, and Phillip J. Leonard; one sister, Emily
S. Guettler; and son-in-law, Paul Peelman.
Mrs. Howard, a graduate of Lincoln High School,
continued her education at Lincoln College and
Illinois State (Normal) University, earning a
Master’s degree in education.
Mrs. Howard taught 3rd and 4th grades in Minier for
30 years, before retiring from the Olympia School
District in 1987. She was an amazing and loving
mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, very
much beloved by her entire family. She was a member
of Kissimmee Christian Church in Kissimmee, Florida.
Local arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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