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Angelene Elizabeth Wheatley Howard
Posted 6/25/07
Angelene Elizabeth Wheatley Howard SEAFORD, Del. - Angelene Elizabeth Wheatley Howard, 89, died Friday, June 22, 2007 at Ruxton Health of Denton. She was born March 3, 1918 in Galestown to the late …
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Angelene Elizabeth Wheatley Howard
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Angelene Elizabeth Wheatley Howard
SEAFORD, Del. - Angelene Elizabeth Wheatley Howard, 89, died Friday, June 22, 2007 at Ruxton Health of Denton.
She was born March 3, 1918 in Galestown to the late Nellie Bowman and Julius Wright Wheatley.
She attended the one-room school in Galestown and then graduated from Hurlock High School in 1934. She took a number of courses in international cooking, hotel management and related subjects. She was the office manager at Continental Can Co. in Hurlock for 8 years. She then went to Washington, D.C. during World War II where she worked with the Air Transport Command until the end of the war. She then worked for almost 40 years for law firms in DC, 35 years of that time was with the law firm of Klagsbrunn & Hanes and its successor firms, retiring in 1983.
In Washington she was an active member of the Historic New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and its various women"s groups.
In 1970 she married George Rogers Howard of Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia. They moved to Seaford in 1984 where they joined St. John"s United Methodist Church. There Mrs. Howard was a member of the United Methodist Women"s Esther Circle and St. John"s Prayer Chain in which she remained active until her death.
Mrs. Howard volunteered for a number of years with Delaware Hospice, was active in the Seaford Republican Women"s Club and the Delaware Federation of Republican Women, as well as the Emmaus Community.
She loved to travel and did so extensivelly, both in the United States and aboard.
She is survived by her sister, Janice Moore of Hurlock; a niece and nephew, Joyce Spratt of Hurlock and Ronald Moore of Harrisburg, Pa.; a special great-niece, Lisa Schmitt of Federalsburg and a special great-nephew, Scott Reagan of Seaford. She is also survived by a stepdaughter, Mariann Howard Arms and her husband of Dalton, Ga.; a stepson, George Rogers Howard Jr. of Kennett Square, Pa. and his wife, Sharon O"Melia and five stepgrandchildren, as well as a very close cousin, Cynthia Shiles of Seaford.
A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Front and King streets, Seaford. Burial will be in the Galestown Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to St. John"s United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 299, Seafoard, DE 19973 or to the Christian Children"s Fund, P.O. Box 26507, Richmond, VA 23261 or to the charity of your choice.
SEAFORD, Del. - Angelene Elizabeth Wheatley Howard, 89, died Friday, June 22, 2007 at Ruxton Health of Denton.
She was born March 3, 1918 in Galestown to the late Nellie Bowman and Julius Wright Wheatley.
She attended the one-room school in Galestown and then graduated from Hurlock High School in 1934. She took a number of courses in international cooking, hotel management and related subjects. She was the office manager at Continental Can Co. in Hurlock for 8 years. She then went to Washington, D.C. during World War II where she worked with the Air Transport Command until the end of the war. She then worked for almost 40 years for law firms in DC, 35 years of that time was with the law firm of Klagsbrunn & Hanes and its successor firms, retiring in 1983.
In Washington she was an active member of the Historic New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and its various women"s groups.
In 1970 she married George Rogers Howard of Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia. They moved to Seaford in 1984 where they joined St. John"s United Methodist Church. There Mrs. Howard was a member of the United Methodist Women"s Esther Circle and St. John"s Prayer Chain in which she remained active until her death.
Mrs. Howard volunteered for a number of years with Delaware Hospice, was active in the Seaford Republican Women"s Club and the Delaware Federation of Republican Women, as well as the Emmaus Community.
She loved to travel and did so extensivelly, both in the United States and aboard.
She is survived by her sister, Janice Moore of Hurlock; a niece and nephew, Joyce Spratt of Hurlock and Ronald Moore of Harrisburg, Pa.; a special great-niece, Lisa Schmitt of Federalsburg and a special great-nephew, Scott Reagan of Seaford. She is also survived by a stepdaughter, Mariann Howard Arms and her husband of Dalton, Ga.; a stepson, George Rogers Howard Jr. of Kennett Square, Pa. and his wife, Sharon O"Melia and five stepgrandchildren, as well as a very close cousin, Cynthia Shiles of Seaford.
A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Front and King streets, Seaford. Burial will be in the Galestown Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to St. John"s United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 299, Seafoard, DE 19973 or to the Christian Children"s Fund, P.O. Box 26507, Richmond, VA 23261 or to the charity of your choice.
