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HOWE, Elinor M.
Eaton Rapids
Age 59, died Sunday, November 19, 1989 at the Eaton Rapids Community Hospital. Mrs. Howe was a graduate of Redford
High School in Detroit in 1946. She worked for the Speigel Company from 1946 to 1951 and later became Director of Purchasing
for the Crown House of Gifts in Ann Arbor until 1975. At that time, she was a member of the Michigan Retailers Association
and was a member of the Group that formed Ideations. Elinor and husband, Walt moved to Eaton Rapids in 1972 and founded Howe
Distributing Company. Surviving are her husband, Walter; 2 sons and their wives, Michael and Margie and Doug and Mary; 4
grandchildren, Larry, Loni, Danny and Michael HOWE, all of Eaton Rapids; 2 sisters, Dorothy BROWN of Garden Grove, CA and
Joe and Joey JIORDANO of Prudenville; 2 brothers, George and Ginnie BROWN of Ypsilanti and Elmer BROWN of Baldwin; several
nieces and nephews and special friend, Darlene MILLER. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 22, at 2 p.m. from
the Skinner Funeral Home in Eaton Rapids. Interment will be in the Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday and
Tuesday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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Elinor M. HOWE
Elinor M. Howe age 59 of Eaton Rapids died Sunday, November 19, 1989 at the Eaton Rapids Community Hospital.
Mrs. Howe was a graduate of Redford High School in Detroit in 1946. She worked for the Speigel Company from 1946 to 1951 and
later became Director of Purchasing for the Crown House of Gifts in Ann Arbor until 1975. At that time, she was a member of
the Michigan Retailers Assoc. and was a member of the Group that formed Ideations. Elinor and husband, Walt moved to Eaton
Rapids in 1972 and founded Howe Distributing Company.
Surviving are her husband, Walter HOWE; 2 sons and wives, Michael and Margie HOWE of Eaton Rapids, Doug and
Mary HOWE of Eaton Rapids; 4 grandchildren, Larry, Loni, Danny and Michael HOWE, all of Eaton Rapids; 2 sisters, Dorothy
BROWN of Garden Grove, CA, Joe and Joey JIORDANO of Prudenville, MI; 2 brothers, George and Ginnie BROWN of Ypsilanti and
Elmer BROWN of Baldwin; several nieces and nephews and special friend, Darlene MILLER.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 22, at 2 p.m. from the Skinner Funeral Home with the Rev.
Steven Klink officiating. Interment will follow at the Rosehill Cemetery in Eaton Rapids. Visitation will be Monday and
Tuesday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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