On July 22nd, Gwen Howell, wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and Nana, passed away at age 90.
Gwen was born in Canada and raised in Finley, Washington by her loving adoptive parents Sarah Jane and Harvey Davis. After attending Riverview High School, she married Tollie Atterberry and raised 3 children in Pasco. In 1973 she moved to North Carolina where she married Osborne King ("OK") Howell, the love of her life. They spent 32 precious years together enjoying time with family and friends, traveling, and retirement. Gwen moved back to Washington after the death of OK, and spent the remainder of her years with family, hosting out of town guests, attending her neighborhood church, and playing cards and bingo several times a week. She was known for her country cooking, 12 inch high meringue pies, bright red lipstick, beautiful head of hair, lovely blouses and her vast collection of big clip-on earrings. At age the age of 79 Gwen was reunited with her birth family from Canada and was overjoyed to find out that she had 7 living siblings; the brothers and sisters she had always longed for!
Gwen was preceded in death by her husband OK Howell, sister Lois Bourgonje, brother Glen Cragg, best friend and sister-in-law Eva Barrickman, husband Robert Daugherty, and granddaughter Tracy Johnson. She is survived by her children, Thelma Johnson (Ron), Mike Atterberry (Susanne) and Bill Atterberry, her step children Jerry Howell (Nelda), Danny Howell (Sandy), and Linda Hollowell, brothers Dennis Cragg and Terry Cragg, sisters Joan Kapeller, Pat Cragg, and Sharon Schulties, 15 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and 6 great great grandchildren. She will be lovingly remembered by numerous nieces, nephews, and family friends that were very near and dear to her heart.
A celebration of Gwen's life will be held on July 31st in Kennewick; Graveside service at Riverview Heights Cemetery at 11:00 am with lunch reception following at Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, 314 W. 1st Ave. In Kennewick. Visitation will be held on Friday evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Mueller's Tri Cities Funeral Home 1401 S. Union St in Kennewick.
Published by & from Jul. 28 to Jul. 31, 2021.
Gwen was born in Canada and raised in Finley, Washington by her loving adoptive parents Sarah Jane and Harvey Davis. After attending Riverview High School, she married Tollie Atterberry and raised 3 children in Pasco. In 1973 she moved to North Carolina where she married Osborne King ("OK") Howell, the love of her life. They spent 32 precious years together enjoying time with family and friends, traveling, and retirement. Gwen moved back to Washington after the death of OK, and spent the remainder of her years with family, hosting out of town guests, attending her neighborhood church, and playing cards and bingo several times a week. She was known for her country cooking, 12 inch high meringue pies, bright red lipstick, beautiful head of hair, lovely blouses and her vast collection of big clip-on earrings. At age the age of 79 Gwen was reunited with her birth family from Canada and was overjoyed to find out that she had 7 living siblings; the brothers and sisters she had always longed for!
Gwen was preceded in death by her husband OK Howell, sister Lois Bourgonje, brother Glen Cragg, best friend and sister-in-law Eva Barrickman, husband Robert Daugherty, and granddaughter Tracy Johnson. She is survived by her children, Thelma Johnson (Ron), Mike Atterberry (Susanne) and Bill Atterberry, her step children Jerry Howell (Nelda), Danny Howell (Sandy), and Linda Hollowell, brothers Dennis Cragg and Terry Cragg, sisters Joan Kapeller, Pat Cragg, and Sharon Schulties, 15 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and 6 great great grandchildren. She will be lovingly remembered by numerous nieces, nephews, and family friends that were very near and dear to her heart.
A celebration of Gwen's life will be held on July 31st in Kennewick; Graveside service at Riverview Heights Cemetery at 11:00 am with lunch reception following at Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, 314 W. 1st Ave. In Kennewick. Visitation will be held on Friday evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Mueller's Tri Cities Funeral Home 1401 S. Union St in Kennewick.
Published by & from Jul. 28 to Jul. 31, 2021.
On July 22nd, Gwen Howell, wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and Nana, passed away at age 90.
Gwen was born in Canada and raised in Finley, Washington by her loving adoptive parents Sarah Jane and Harvey Davis. After attending Riverview High School, she married Tollie Atterberry and raised 3 children in Pasco. In 1973 she moved to North Carolina where she married Osborne King ("OK") Howell, the love of her life. They spent 32 precious years together enjoying time with family and friends, traveling, and retirement. Gwen moved back to Washington after the death of OK, and spent the remainder of her years with family, hosting out of town guests, attending her neighborhood church, and playing cards and bingo several times a week. She was known for her country cooking, 12 inch high meringue pies, bright red lipstick, beautiful head of hair, lovely blouses and her vast collection of big clip-on earrings. At age the age of 79 Gwen was reunited with her birth family from Canada and was overjoyed to find out that she had 7 living siblings; the brothers and sisters she had always longed for!
Gwen was preceded in death by her husband OK Howell, sister Lois Bourgonje, brother Glen Cragg, best friend and sister-in-law Eva Barrickman, husband Robert Daugherty, and granddaughter Tracy Johnson. She is survived by her children, Thelma Johnson (Ron), Mike Atterberry (Susanne) and Bill Atterberry, her step children Jerry Howell (Nelda), Danny Howell (Sandy), and Linda Hollowell, brothers Dennis Cragg and Terry Cragg, sisters Joan Kapeller, Pat Cragg, and Sharon Schulties, 15 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and 6 great great grandchildren. She will be lovingly remembered by numerous nieces, nephews, and family friends that were very near and dear to her heart.
A celebration of Gwen's life will be held on July 31st in Kennewick; Graveside service at Riverview Heights Cemetery at 11:00 am with lunch reception following at Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, 314 W. 1st Ave. In Kennewick. Visitation will be held on Friday evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Mueller's Tri Cities Funeral Home 1401 S. Union St in Kennewick.
Published by & from Jul. 28 to Jul. 31, 2021.
Gwen was born in Canada and raised in Finley, Washington by her loving adoptive parents Sarah Jane and Harvey Davis. After attending Riverview High School, she married Tollie Atterberry and raised 3 children in Pasco. In 1973 she moved to North Carolina where she married Osborne King ("OK") Howell, the love of her life. They spent 32 precious years together enjoying time with family and friends, traveling, and retirement. Gwen moved back to Washington after the death of OK, and spent the remainder of her years with family, hosting out of town guests, attending her neighborhood church, and playing cards and bingo several times a week. She was known for her country cooking, 12 inch high meringue pies, bright red lipstick, beautiful head of hair, lovely blouses and her vast collection of big clip-on earrings. At age the age of 79 Gwen was reunited with her birth family from Canada and was overjoyed to find out that she had 7 living siblings; the brothers and sisters she had always longed for!
Gwen was preceded in death by her husband OK Howell, sister Lois Bourgonje, brother Glen Cragg, best friend and sister-in-law Eva Barrickman, husband Robert Daugherty, and granddaughter Tracy Johnson. She is survived by her children, Thelma Johnson (Ron), Mike Atterberry (Susanne) and Bill Atterberry, her step children Jerry Howell (Nelda), Danny Howell (Sandy), and Linda Hollowell, brothers Dennis Cragg and Terry Cragg, sisters Joan Kapeller, Pat Cragg, and Sharon Schulties, 15 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and 6 great great grandchildren. She will be lovingly remembered by numerous nieces, nephews, and family friends that were very near and dear to her heart.
A celebration of Gwen's life will be held on July 31st in Kennewick; Graveside service at Riverview Heights Cemetery at 11:00 am with lunch reception following at Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, 314 W. 1st Ave. In Kennewick. Visitation will be held on Friday evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Mueller's Tri Cities Funeral Home 1401 S. Union St in Kennewick.
Published by & from Jul. 28 to Jul. 31, 2021.
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