Patricia Ann "Pat" Howard

Patricia Ann Howard, one of three children of James Donald Ford and Anne Pearl (Lahey) Ford, was born on June 24, 1952 in Des Moines, Iowa. The family later moved to Malvern, Iowa where Pat attended Chantry Elementary School and later graduated from Malvern High School in 1970.
Jim married Kathryn Ann (Dalrymple) Stogdill on June 15, 1964. Together, Jim and Kathryn raised their four children, Patricia Ann Ford, Gary Allen Ford, Michael James Ford, and Karen Sue Stogdill.
On March 21, 1971, Pat and Charles Edward West were united in marriage in Ames, Iowa. They made their home in Marshalltown, Iowa and their marriage was blessed with three children, Kindra Kay, Jay Donald, and Heather Ann. In 1976, the family moved to Griswold, Iowa and later to the Malvern area in 1977. Pat began working at the Glenwood State Hospital in Glenwood, Iowa, as a Resident Treatment Worker in 1978.
On December 13, 1991, Pat married John Patrick Delashmutt in Reno, Nevada and they made their home in Malvern. John passed away suddenly in March of 1998. Pat continued to live in Malvern and work at the Glenwood State Hospital- Resource Center.
Pat met Paul Wayne Howard of Hastings, Iowa in 1998 and they were married on March 23, 2002. The couple made their home in Hastings along with Pat's dog, Peaches. Pat continued to work at Glenwood Resource Center and help Paul with some office work in his auto body shop business. She enjoyed attending auctions and collecting antiques. Pat and Paul traveled to many parades and car shows to show their restored 1927 Model T Roadster. Her greatest love was being with her family and the cherished time spent with her grandchildren.
Pat and Paul had been married nearly six years when she passed away suddenly on February 11, 2008, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She had attained the age of 55 years, 7 months and 17 days. Pat was preceded in death by her husband John Delashmutt and mother Anne Clow.
Pat is survived by her husband Paul Howard of Hastings, Iowa; children Kindra Copperstone and her husband Jeff of Hastings, Jay West and his wife Shellie of Malvern, Iowa, and Heather West of Valencia, California; father Jim Ford and his wife Kathryn of Malvern; brothers Gary Ford and his wife Jill of Malvern, Michael Ford of Hastings; and sister Karen Marsh of Malvern; grandchildren Weston, Tess, and Evan Copperstone; step grandsons Cameron Baggs and Darion Baggs; brothers-in-law Gary Howard and wife Joanne of Georgetown, Texas and Dale Howard and wife Shirley of Glenwood; sister-in-law Arlene Malone and husband Jim of Council Bluffs, IA; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends