Obituary - Helen Howell

Helen Lucille Howell, 69, Harrisonville, MO, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 22 at the Atkinson Chapel in Harrisonville with visitation from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Harrisonville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Helen Howell Memorial Fund, c/o Atkinson Funeral Home.

Helen was born July 10, 1941 in Harrisonville, MO, the daughter of Elmer and Betty (Drehle) Street. She married Joseph C. Howell on May 24, 1982 in Rich Hill, MO.

Helen was a homemaker and enjoyed being a mother to everyone. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. She attended Grace Tabernacle in Harrisonville.

Helen was preceded in death by her father, a son, James “Jimmy” Parris, a brother, Carl Street and a sister, Joyce Stephens. She is survived by her husband, Joseph, of the home; six sons, Ricky Parris and wife, Sheila, Belton, MO, Doug Bowie and wife, Angela, Harrisonville, MO, Jack Bearce and wife, Crystal, Butler, MO, David Sanders, Harrisonville, MO, Chad Anderson and wife, Courtney, Butler, MO, Adrian Howell and Brittany Graham, Harrisonville, MO; two daughters, Marsha Parris, Grandview, MO and Debbie Feugate and husband, Fred, Harrisonville, MO; one step-daughter, Samantha Copeland, Macon, GA; her mother, Betty Street, Harrisonville, MO; one brother, Roy Street, Harrisonville, MO; 23 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.