Funeral services for Paul Rollin Howell Sr. will be 2 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2012 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Pastor Ron Dunlap officiating. Visitation will be 1-2 p.m. prior to the service at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill, Missouri. Contributions to the American Legion.
Paul R. Howell Sr., age 73 of Butler, Missouri, died Thursday, May 17. 2012 at V.A. Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born November 3, 1938 to Charles Newman and Josephine Anna Florence Short Howell in Appleton City, Missouri.
Paul is survived by two sons, Paul R. Howell Jr. and wife Connie of Rich Hill, Missouri and James Howell and wife Okie of Adrian, Missouri; a step-son, Robert Wright III and wife Julie of Kingsville, Missouri; two step-daughters, Blanche Boyd and husband Bill of Lee's Summit, Missouri and Linda Urie and husband Doug of Lee's Summit, Missouri; a sister, Shirley Schimmelpfenning and husband Roy of Harrisonville, Missouri; two grandsons, five step-grandchildren and seven step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Artie in 1992; three brothers, Wesley, Donald and Everett; and a sister.
