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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271533
Title: Dennis Howard
Date: 10/27/1948-12/29/2016
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Inscription/Marks: 10/27/1948
Summary: Dennis Howard was a man who loved the Lord, was utterly devoted to his family, was generous to a fault and embraced life with passion. Dennis walked into the arms of his precious Savior on Dec 29, 2016, at his home in Hettinger after a sudden heart attack. Born in Glendive, Montana on October 27, 1948, to William Arthur and Bette Lou (Boese) Howard, he was the eldest of five sons and attended Richey schools and later Dickinson High School where he began his life-long hobby of ham radio, which he was active in until the present. A highlight of his ham career was teaching his grandsons the art and seeing all four of them become licensed radio operators earlier this year. In Dickinson, Dennis met and married his beloved Ruth Viland on February 14, 1975. The couple lived in Glendive where they were blessed with two sons, Wade and Derric. They also lived in Denver and Bismarck while Dennis worked for AT&T, and retired to Hettinger recently to be close to children and grandchildren. Dennis loved to give. He was a fervent supporter of Trails End Ranch Bible Camp in Montana and Jungle Aviation And Radio Service. He sang throughout his life at every opportunity, be it in concert, choir or around the dinner table with family. He loved to spend weeks in the fall in his “other office” -- driving grain cart for his farming brothers-in-law near Wahpeton, where he would eagerly welcome any of his great-nieces to ride with him. He delighted in treating his kids and grandchildren to family trips to the Oregon Coast and dazzling them with his kite flying. He was "silly Papa" to his granddaughters who he engaged in fun and games with on Facetime, due to their living overseas. And he couldn’t get enough of giving his grandsons Legos. Dennis would want those who miss him to know he’s with the Lord, and is finally learning what heaven is really like after having repeatedly read and lead Bible studies on Randy Alcorn’s book Heaven. Those who know him well already know he’s singing there! Dennis was preceded in death by his parents, William and Bette; his parents-in-law, Viar and Alma Viland; and a brother, Nathan Howard. He will be dearly missed by his wife of 41 years, Ruth, of Hettinger; his sons, Wade and Kerri of Hettinger, and Derric and Amanda of Hampshire, England; grandchildren Isaac, Levi, Luke and Elijah Howard of Hettinger and Emma and Alice Howard of Hampshire, England; brothers Joel and Betsy Howard of Meridian, ID, Phillip of Cascade, MT, and Jon and Cecile of Lake Worth, FL, and sister-in-law Joliene of Billings, MT; brothers and sisters-in-law Dave and Donna Viland of Bloomington, MN, Reuben and Beth Viland of Valley City, ND, Eldon and Betty Hermunslie of Wahpeton, ND, Tom and Sue Viland of Walcott, ND, and Tim and Evonne Viland of Wahpeton, ND; many nephews, nieces and great-nephews and great-nieces; and a large community of ham radio operators that he interacted with regularly. Memorial donations may be made to Trails End Ranch in Ekalaka, MT. The Funeral Service for Dennis Howard, age 68 of Hettinger, was held at 1:30pm MT, Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Hettinger Lutheran Church in Hettinger, ND with Pastor Brad Burkhalter, officiating. Burial was in the Hettinger Cemetery. A family service was held at 7:00pm on Tuesday evening, January 3, 2017 at the Centennial Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger. Visitation was on Tuesday from 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Centennial Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger.
Red ID: FND_I_79029 Image ID: 524726 Image Notes: FND001 271533

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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