Grace Howard

Grace Pauline Howard, one of eight daughters of William Jessie. and Gertrude Olive (Ralston) Murray, was born October 16, 1908 in Lebanon, Kansas. She attended school at Osawatomie, Kansas and later earned her graduate equivalency diploma. Following school, Grace moved to Sidney, Iowa and lived with her aunt and Uncle T. W. Iiams while working at the Nebraska City Canning facility. As needed, Grace in the Sidney Rodeo Office for her uncle.
In 1932, Grace and Lee Jones were married in Shenandoah, Iowa. They established a home in Sidney and were blessed with daughter Elaine.
Grace and Carl Adle were married in 1953 and established their home in Sidney. Grace was a homemaker and did some housekeeping for others. Carl died in 1963. Shortly after Carl's death, Grace began working for the foster grandparent program at the Glenwood state Hospital School. It was here she met another foster grandparent, Lyle Howard of Emerson, IA. They were united in marriage on August 1, 1971 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale at Nashua, Iowa. Grace and Lyle made their home in Emerson and were married only four years when Lyle died on November 13, 1975. Grace continued to live in their Emerson home.
Grace died following a brief illness at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa on April 30, 2003. She had attained the age of 94 years, 6 months, and 14 days.
Grace was preceded in death by her parents, husbands Carl Adle and Lyle Howard, sisters Maude Johnson, Gertrude Hoffann, Melba Murray, Maxine Saltzman, Dean Watson, and AHazel Woods.
Grace is survived by her daughter Elaine Pierce and her husband Lewis of Beaumont, TX; sister Ruby Watson of Baldwin City, Kansas, Granddaughter Teresa Sjulin and husband Bill of Ames, IA; grandson Tom Pierce and wife Stacey of Mooresville, NC; seven great grandchildren, Shawn, Kelly, Kara, and Kim Lavallee, Faith Ann Plumtree, Dalton and Colton Pierce; two great-great grandchildren, Tyler Carter and Alexis Plumtree; nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.