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Joyce Howell

June 29, 1943-Nov. 14, 2017

Joyce Howell, 74, Bert-

hold, ND, died Tuesday,

November 14, 2017 in a

Minot hospital. Her fun-

eral: will be Monday, No-

vember 20, 2017 at 11

a.m. at Zion Lutheran

Church, Berthold. Burial:

will be at Sunset Memori-

al Garden in Minot. Visi-

tation: is Sunday, No-

vember 19 from 1 p.m. to

4 p.m. at

Springan-Stevenson Fun-

eral Home, Stanley.

Joyce Marie Howell was

born June 29, 1943, to

James and Margaret (Jen-

sen) Nielsen in Stanley,

ND. She was raised on the

family farm north of town.

Joyce graduated from

Stanley High School in

1961.

On August 12, 1962,

Joyce married Ernest

Howell in Stanley. They

had four children and

raised them in various

places until moving to the

family farm near Tagus.

In her earlier years,

Joyce worked in the

kitchen at St. Joseph’s

hospital and other various

jobs. Once they moved to

the family farm, she

stayed home with the kids

until they were older. She

then worked at Barb’s

Cafe in Berthold and for

Tri City Cares in New

Town. She semi-retired in

1999 but did seasonal

cooking for Bock Eck-

mann farms until she

started having health trou-

bles.

Joyce loved to cook and

bake and was well known

for her lefse. People

would order lefse from

her every year. She loved

going to her

grandchildren’s activities

as much as she could. She

also loved to read.

She had a special

friendship with her neigh-

bor, Darlene Myers. In the

early years they got to-

gether 2-3 times a week

for coffee, but as they

aged, it became 2-3 phone

calls per day!

Joyce was a member of

Zion Lutheran Church in

Berthold. When her chil-

dren were younger, she

was a leader of Farmers

Union youth group. She

was also the secretary for

Kickapoo Township for

many, many years.

Joyce is survived by her

children: Terry (Paula)

Howell, Tim Howell,

Todd Howell and Tammy

(Dave) Carico; grandchil-

dren: Cody (Hope)

Howell, Casey (Kim)

Howell, Cydney (Joe)

Howell, Cari Howell, Stet-

son Carico, Kylee Carico,

Nathan Carico and Chris-

tian Carico;

great-grandchildren: Park-

er Howell and Fynleigh

Kunza; sister, Marge

Apeles; and sister-in-law,

Clarice Abrahamson.

She was preceded in

death by: her parents and

husband.

Online condolences

may be shared at

www.springanfuneral

home.com