Lenna S. Howerton Obituary (1938

Lenna Howerton was born November 27, 1938 to Emory and Alice Thomas in Las Animas, Colorado and died peacefully in Cle Elum, WA on December 11, 2020. Lennas greatest joy was having children; Richard Howerton, Mary Walling (Dale), Pamela Leinweber (Larry), David Howerton, Deborah Woods (Terry), Carol Parsons (Rick), and Eugene Dickens. She was also a very proud grandmother of 13 and great grandmother of 19! Lenna was born in Las Animas, CO where she grew up on a homestead with her eight sisters, one brother, and attended a one room schoolhouse. She moved to Washington state in 2014 but her heart remained in Colorado where she had lived for 75 years. She married Howard Howerton on May 27, 1957 and were together for 49 years until his passing in 2006. After working 29 years as an Administrative Assistant, Lenna retired from the VA Hospital in Fort Lyon, CO in 2000. After retirement you could find Lenna meeting with a local craft group, attending a weekly Bible study, going to exercise at the local Sr. Center or working on her latest quilt project. Lenna is survived by her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and five sisters. Her husband, parents, and three sisters left this earth before her. A memorial service will be held later this spring in Colorado. Please consider a memorial donation to Ruths Home, LLC 304 E 3rd St. Cle Elum, WA., 98922 who so graciously cared for her over the past 4 years or to the Bent Co. Historical Society 560 Bent Ave., Las Animas, CO., 81054 where her history began.