Alice L. Howlett
Alice L. Howlett, 84, of Lawrence, Kansas passed away Thursday November 26, 2009 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, after a brave battle with lung cancer.
Alice had happily celebrated her 84th birthday in October. She was born at home to Leona and Harold Huckleberry in Hickory Creek, Missouri later moving to Kansas City area with her family.
Alice attended Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas, leaving early to get her high school equivalency and go to work to help her family. She did find work that she held in high esteem her whole life. She proudly worked as a riveter at the Bomber Plant in Kansas City during WWII, supporting the war effort with hundreds of other young women across America. Her experiences during this time have appeared in a trade magazine, newspaper articles and in one book. In 1946 she married a dental assistant in Kansas City for many years but finished her career with Radiology chartered in Kansas City. She retired to Trenton, Missouri in 1990, and moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 2007 to be closer to her children and grandchildren.
Alice found much joy in life. As a young mother, she revealed in her children; volunteering in PTA, little league baseball and Campfire Girls. She was artistic and loved to crochet and to paint with oils, as well as being an excellent seamstress. She loved to watch birds and follow the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas CityChiefs. Cooking was always a great passion; she enjoyed reading cookbooks and trying new recipes and truly made family meals delicious and special. She was a founding volunteer of Hospice in Trenton. She liked to travel and had wonderful memories of the times she got to do this with her brother and sisters later in life.
She is preceded in death by her husband and survived by son D. Michael Howlett (Sharla) of Belle Plaine Kansas; daughters Sharon Anderson (Andy) of Wichita, Kansas, Deborah Schmelzle (Bob) of Kansas City, Kansas and Kelly Moore (Bill) of Olathe, Kansas; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and sister, Ozella Scholl (Otis) of Trenton, Missouri.
Mrs. Howlett continued to place the welfare of her family uppermost in her life until her death. She was a special, strong and loving woman who will be missed greatly.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests gifts be made in Alice’s name to Hospice Care of Douglas County, 200 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.
Memorial Services
A memorial service will be held at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee at 1 p.m., Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Friends may call from 12-1 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel.
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I am so sorry about your mom, I can’t tell you how much I wish I could be there with you now.
Love,
Sandy & Robin Mercer
We are so sorry to hear about the loss of Aunt Alice, she will be sadly missed by all. Love you, Cousin Peggy & husband Glenn
Dear Sharon, Debbie, Kelly, and Michael,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your families. I feel truly blessed to have known your mom. She was a lovely lady and she will be missed dearly.
Sincerely,
Laurie Moser
I met Alice when I coordinated a Project LIVELY interview with her for a reporter with the local paper. She was a lovely person and truly a member of the greatest generation.
I am so sorry for your loss.
I met Alice while interning at Project LIVELY. I have lovely memories of her…and remember how much she cared for her family.
Thinking of you in this difficult time,
Moira Ozias
To all who love my Aunt Alice,
I will always remember Aunt Alice for her kind, graceous and loving ways. As my mother’s next oldest sibling and life-long close companion, I’ve often thanked God Aunt Alice was near by and knowing she would do everything she could to help mom.
I’ve often thanked God, too, that I had the great good fortune to be born into such an artistic family. Aunt Alice, as we know, was i delightful artist, as was mom, though their mediums varied. I’m rather artistic myself, or maybe ‘crafty’ would better describe me.
I love anything in the yarn/handwork line, with emphasis on crocheting and quilting.. I’ve made curtains for every room in my house by hand, some rooms more than once – strange hobby!!
Aunt Alice, as noted was a wonderful cook and I can truly say, I’ve greatly enjoyed everything she ever made and served me. I treasure several recipes she’s given me!!
Growing things responded really well to her; like Grandma Massey (Sartain), she had ‘the Touch’. She has given me many plant cuttings, and they are prized additions to my yard!
The world is a poorer place for losing her, but heaven is enriched…..and how glad she and mom must be to see each other and be together again, and this time not for a brief lifetime filled with the conflicts and woes of living, but forever, in perfect joy and harmony. Hallelujah and Amen!
I’ve never sent condolences electronically and hope I didn’t break some rules or something. I loved Aunt Alice all my life and like to think I contain some of her goodness, bestowed by the lady herself, by osmosis, family genes, whatever. God bless us all!!
Sue Brennan.