Effie L. Howard

Effie Howard, 95, passed away Thursday afternoon, January 1, 2015 at the Dunaway Manor/Heritage Center, Guymon.

The daughter of Laura Ollie (McLaughlin) and Asa Worn Buck, Effie Leona Buck was born September 22, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Tulsa schools and graduated from Central High School in 1937. She was united in marriage to Ercell Hobert Haney (Ersh) Howard on October 3, 1937. The Howard family made their home all over the United States and in many foreign countries, following Mr. Howard in pipeline construction. Effie made sure the Howard children were in school and that their current house was a home, complete with curtains, crystal glasses and sterling. Whether in Tulsa or overseas, living in Holland, Scotland, Iran or Brazil, she always knew home was most important.

As the children got into high school, Effie and the children stayed in Tulsa during the school year. Mrs. Howard was a lifelong Methodist and had been a member of Epworth United Methodist Church, and was a member of the Eastern Star. As an outstanding and dependable volunteer at her children's schools, she was honored and served as President of the Tulsa Public Schools Parent Teachers Association.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ersh Howard, who passed away in 1998, and two sisters, Ruth Bowles and Virginia Maxwell. Survivors include a daughter, Sue Ann Howard of Ocala, FL; two sons, David Asa Howard and wife, Nancy, of Guymon; and Dr.Dan Allan Howard and wife, Linda, of Riverside, CA; four grandchildren, Asa Allan Howard and wife, Vicki, of Amarillo, TX: Lisa Brown and husband, Kenneth, of Boys Ranch, TX; Ercela Eifert and husband, Jim, of Ocala; and Bryan Howard of Costa Mesa, CA. She is also survived by five great grandchildren, Sterling Brown of Lubbock, TX; Swasey Brown, 2nd LT, US Army, stationed in Ft. Benning, GA; Carlee, Morgan, and Peyton Eifert of Ocala.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 6th, 2:00 PM, at Memorial Park Chapel with burial following in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, OK. Services are under the care of Mark Griffith Memorial Funeral Home, Tulsa. Local arrangements are being handled by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors of Guymon.

In lieu of floral gifts, memorials may be given to the Heritage Center/Dunaway Manor, 1401 N Lelia, Guymon, OK 73942.