Memorial services for Howard will be held on Monday, July 13, 2026, beginning at 10:30 A.M. at Elim Lutheran Church in Marshalltown. Memorials in Howard’s name may be directed to Elim Lutheran Church, Grimes Farm or the Emergency Food Box. For additional information or to send a condolence to the family, please visit www.mitchellfh.com or call 641-844-1234.

Those left to remember and cherish his memory are his wife of 57 years, Carolyn, of Marshalltown; his daughter, Katherine (Donald) Yohn, of Altoona; two grandchildren; brother, Robert (Sandy) Messerer; four nieces and nephews and sister and brother-in-law Audrey and Edward Marlovits.