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Erma Nancy Flick Howell

Erma Howell Obituary

Howell, Erma Nancy Flick beloved wife of the late "Doc" Ercle R. Howell, Jr., departed this world at age 86 on December 26, 2003. Resident of Bolingbrook for 30 years. Loving mother of sons Ercle Ray Howell, III of Bolingbrook, IL, George Flick Howell of Noblesville, IN and daughter, Erma Russie Howell of Chicago, IL, dear grandmother to Bryan, Emily and Matthew Howell of Noblesville, IN, sister to Beryl E. Bates, El Cerrito, CA, Shirley L. Flick, Millbrae, CA, in addition four loving sisters-in-law Virginia Douglas, Vera Stegall, Margaret Shaver and Mary Walter and cousins, nieces and nephews. Member Bolingbrook Historic Preservation Commission, DAR-Downers Grove Chapter, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) of Greater Joliet. Ice Skating Institute and Election Judge for the State of Illinois, Will County. Memorial Service Wednesday, December 31, 2003, 10:00 a.m. at Friendship United Methodist Church, 305 Boughton Road, Bolingbrook, IN, gathering time at 9:30 a.m. Interment with Mr. Howell at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church, 305 E. Boughton Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 or NAMI of Greater Joliet, 100 S. State St., Rm. 308, Lockport, IL.

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Dec. 28, 2003.

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Vera Stegall

January 13, 2004

I will miss Erma......we talked on

the phone once or twice a month.

She was my friend and I had a great

deal of respect for her. She came

into my life in 1945 when she and

my brother married. But before their marriage, Ercle told me about

being engaged to a beautiful young

lady named Erma. When he told me

that she was an ice skater......well,I had to write her

a letter introducing myself. And I

asked for a picture of her in her

skating outfit.......she was so

surprised to be hearing from Ercle's

little sister and answered my letter

promptly. I was so happy to receive

that letter and a picture of her in

her skating outfit too. I thought

she was so pretty and she really was. Ercle was impressed that I had

written to her......I felt that I

already knew her when I first met

her when they came to Charlotte after their wedding and honeymoon.

I will never forget Erma......she

was my hero when I was a teenager.

She was a wonderful person and I

will treasure the memory of her over

the years.

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