Howells, Deborah Kay

Deborah Kay Howells
Sept. 1, 1952-April 30, 1981


Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 2, 1981, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Deborah Kay Howells, 28, of Ludington, formerly of Niles, died Thursday evening in the Memorial Medical Center in Ludington from injuries suffered in an auto mishap.

She was employed as a planner-coordinator for the Mason County Intermediate School District in Ludington.

A 1970 graduate of Niles high school and a 1974 graduate of Grand Valley State College, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Niles, the Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education, a member of the Council for Exceptional Children and a member of the Association of Physically Handicapped.

She was born Sept. 1, 1952 in Niles and had lived in the Ludington area for the past six years.

She was the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Alfons A. Verwilst of Niles and the late Thomas E. Howells.

Survivors include her grandparents are Mr.and Mrs. John Weaver of Niles; a brother, David Howells of Ann Arbor, two stepbrothers, Michael Verwilst of Rochester and Richard Verwilst of South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Jan Marshall of West Lafayette, Ind., two step-sisters, Mrs. Nancy Queen, of Saratoga, Calif., and Mrs. Carol Eckstein of Menominee.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian Church in Niles. The Rev. William J. Fuerstenau will officiate.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.

The family suggests that memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.