Funeral service for Mrs. Elmena Howell will be held 10:00 am Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at Blanchard St. Denis Chapel. Reverend Wade DeCoste will officiate the service. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in the Pace Community. The family will receive friends from 5pm to 9pm on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Blanchard St. Denis.
Mrs. Howell, 75, of Clarence, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2008. She was born February 12, 1933 to the late Joseph Vercher, Sr and Myrtle Arledge. She was a loving wife, mother and sister and will be dearly missed by her family and friends.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, James Howell; son, Jimmy Howell; brother, John H. Vercher and his wife Sue; sister, Elizabeth Trichel and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Keith Vercher, Morris Davis, Jr., Alfred Bruning, Malcolm Thomas, James Tramel and Welding Howell.