Lynn Howe, 80
Lynn W. Howe, 80, of Brandon, died Aug. 13, 2017, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls.
Graveside services were Aug. 18 at Brandon Lutheran Cemetery.
Lynn Wesley Howe was born Nov. 11, 1936, to Otto and Leona (Shields) Howe on the family farm in Golden Butte. His grandmother was the midwife. When Lynn was 2 years old, the family moved to the farm where he was raised.
He graduated from Hettinger High School in 1954 and received his Bachelor’s degree in agriculture in 1959 from North Dakota State College. He honorably served in the National Guard, then went to work for the Department of Agriculture in Portland, Ore., Minneapolis, Minn., Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, Calif. He retired at age 56 and went into ranching in 1992 near the family farm.
Lynn was united in marriage to Gayle Gomer on Sept. 7, 1997. They remained in Hettinger, N.D., until making their home in Brandon in 2002.
He is survived by his wife, Gayle, Brandon; step-daughters, Deborah (Gordon) Bourne, Canton, DeVonna (John) Murrin, Long Beach, Calif., and Barbara (Mark) Sperlich, Brandon; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brothers, Don Howe and Dorwin (Isabelle) Howe, Hettinger, N.D., Norman (Betty) Howe, Spearfish, and Arlo (Erkle) Howe, Bismarck, N.D.; and sisters, Joyce Blake, Seattle, Wash., and Kay (Don) McCarthy, Sitka, Alaska.
Lynn was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Maxine Tait, West Linn, Ore.; infant brother, Alfred Omi Howe; and step-daughters, Stephanie (Quail) Gray and Darla Quail.
Memorial donations may be made to Dougherty Hospice House or to Therapy Dogs International.
