Howard, Pauline Maxine

Pauline Maxine Howard, 92, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Home in West Union. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the United Methodist Church, West Union, with the Rev. Scott Keele Kobe officiating. Committal services will be at the Illyria Cemetery, rural Elgin. Friends may call one hour before the service at the church. The Burnham-Wood & S.K. Rogers Funeral Homes, West Union, are in charge of arrangements.

Pauline is survived by three daughters, Georgianna Sweet of Ryan, Linda (Delbert Sr.) Potter of Oelwein, and Dorla (special friend Delbert Suckow) of Postville; one sister Ruth Stephany of Sioux City; one daughter-in-law, Ellen Howard of Hazleton; and one brother-in-law, Edward Fehlahafer of Lanark, Ill.

She is also survived by 18 grandchildren and several great and great-great grandchildren.

Pauline was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; one son, Leo Howard; one son-in-law, Kenny Sweet; one brother, Gerald Boleyn; three sisters, Dorothy Jones, Ula Asmus and Vonda Fehlahafer; one great-granddaughter, Brandy Ratliff; one great-grandson, Clay Rummel; one great great-great-grandson, Kilex McDaniel; and one granddaughter-in-law, Wanda Ford.

Pauline, daughter of Edward and Wilma (Green) Boleyn, was born Aug. 18, 1918, in Elgin, Iowa. She was united in marriage to William “Sam” Howard on Dec. 1, 1934, in West Union. Together the couple spent over 40 years living in Alpha, Iowa. In 1980, they retired and moved to West Union. Pauline helped with the farm work in the early years of their marriage. She also worked for the Elgin Canning Factory and spent time working as a sales clerk. For many years, Pauline worked at the Palmer Lutheran Hospital in West Union, helping in the housekeeping department.

She was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church in Alpha and enjoyed spending time serving on the Methodist Booster Club. As well, Pauline was very active on the Waucoma American Legion Auxiliary serving as a past president. She enjoyed baking and making crafts, then sharing these items with others. For years Pauline helped prepare the “wild game feed” in Hawkeye and Waucoma. She also enjoyed spending her free time helping raise money for the U.S Veterans by selling poppies and rugs.

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