Linda Lee Howe, 52, Manly, Iowa, died Wednesday, April 10, 2002, in her home after fighting an 11-year battle against cancer.
Services were Friday, April 12, at Bethel United Methodist Church in Manly. The Rev. Robert Cumings officiated. Burial was in Tracy Memorial Cemetery, Tracy.
Linda Strand was born to Bud and Shirley Strand on April 27, 1949, in Redwood Falls. Following graduation from Tracy High School she attended Moorhead State College, Moorhead, graduating in 1971.
She married Jerry Howe on Aug. 7, 1971, in Tracy. She taught school in Ruthton, Olivia and Tracy. They moved to Estherville, Iowa, where she was a substitute teacher. In 1985 they moved to Manly where she had been a teacher in the North Central Community Schools.
Mrs. Howe was an active member of United Methodist Church in Manly. She originated the Mini-Choir and served as the choir director. She also played in the Joyful Ringers bell choir and sang in choir. She was a member, president and treasurer of EntrŽ Nous Circle and a member of United Methodist Women. She was an active member of the National Education Association, Iowa State Education Association and North Central Education Association (currently serving as the local secretary and treasurer). She had great love for her Title I and Reading Recovery students. She enjoyed reading, sewing, cross stitching and collecting children's books.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry Howe, Manly; one daughter, Sarah Howe Ruley and her husband, Jeff, North Mankato; her mother, Shirley Strand, Tracy; four brothers, Dwayne (Rita) Strand and children, Ryan, Anna and Leah, Granite Falls, Randy (Lisa) Strand and children, Brittni, Reid and Dru, Adrian, Terry (Carol) Strand and children, Jay and Donald, Tracy, and Bradley Strand and special friend, Julie, Marshall; three sisters, Vickie (Steve) Larson and daughter, Sadi, Kelli (Brian) Gerry and children, Jennifer, Matthew and Nathan, all of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Barbara (Richard) Visker and children, Jason, Michael and Meghan, Pipestone; her mother-in-law, Dorothy Howe, Tracy; and a host of friends.
Mrs. Howe was preceded in death by her grandparents, her father, her father-in-law, Clarence Howe, and other friends and relatives.
Her family requests memorial contributions be made to Hospice of North Iowa, North Central Education Association Scholarship Fund or the Bethel United Methodist Scholarship Fund.
Bride Colonial Chapel, Manly, was in charge of arrangements.