Obituary of Ethel Howell

Ethel Howell, a resident of Mapleshire Care Facility left this earth to be with her Heavenly Father on February 26, 2010. Ethel would have been 95 years young on March 4th.She formerly lived on Hornbeck Road where she resided for over 70 years. Ethel was a member of the Fairview Methodist Church which she attended faithfully until her health failed. She enjoyed the fellowship and friendship that she obtained there. In her better days she enjoyed traveling to the Amish Country, visiting with her sisters in Masontown and working with ceramics. Ethel had a variety of jobs throughout her life but the one she liked the best was playing the role of âGrandmaâ and she did it very well. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Janet Miller of Glen Lyn, VA and one son, Arthur Howell of Morgantown. She also left behind five grandchildren, (multiple adopted grandchildren), eight great-grandchildren, 9 great-great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Garnett Myers and Mrs. Ida Taylor, both of Masontown, WV. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fred, a son, Claude, her step-mother, a grandson and numerous brothers and sisters. Friends will be received at Hastings Funeral Home, 153 Spruce St., Morgantown, from 2-4 & 6-8pm on Monday, and again from 12-1pm on Tuesday, March 2. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home at 1pm. Burial will be held in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Donations may be made in Ethelâs memory to the American Cancer Society, Monongalia Unit, 122 S. High Street, Morgantown, WV 26505