Donald Lee Howard

A visitation service for Donald L. Howard, 79, Cordell resident will be held 6:00 PM till 7:30 PM, Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. He will be laid to rest with a private burial next to his wife, Edna in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Bessie, Oklahoma under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Donald Lee Howard was born November 12, 1935 to Wayne and Anita (Mills) Howard in Anadarko, Oklahoma and passed away in his Cordell home Saturday, December 20, 2014. Mr. Howard spent his young life in Anadarko, Oklahoma and on his ninth birthday his father was killed in an accident and the family moved to Cordell in about 1945. He attended and Graduated from Cordell High School in 1953. He worked for Puckett's food store and Meade's Company in his early years. He married Edna D. Reinschmiedt on February 19, 1956 in Bessie, OK. He was employed with Cordell National Bank until 1970 when he purchased the Chevrolet Dealership and owned and operated Don Howard Chevrolet until he semi-retired in 1981. He worked in the Washita County Court House in the Assessor's Office until his retirement. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, a son, Michael Howard, a sister, Virginia Intermann-Nonast and a brother Gerald Howard. He is survived by a son, Keith Allen Howard, of Palm Springs, CA, a grandson, Justin Howard and his wife, Natalie and two great grandchildren, Aiden Noah Howard, all of Tulsa. He is also survived by brothers and sisters-in-law, Vera Dick, Oklahoma City, OK, Juanita Reinschmiedt, of Clinton, OK, Dwayne and Gladys Pankratz, of Cordell, OK Cork Ross, of Clinton, John and Lillian Neuman, of North Ridge, CA. The family has suggested those wishing to give a memorial contribution may do so to the Peace Lutheran Church Memorial Pavilion at Bessie, OK.