Gene S. Howell passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at his home in Nevada, Ohio.
Gene was born January 10, 1933, in Carrs, Kentucky, to the late Charles Wesley and Mary Maude (Cropper) Howell. He was married to his first-grade sweetheart, Bonnie Stamm Howell, for 66 years.
In Gene’s ninety years, he wore many hats. He was a tobacco/dairy farmer when called upon to serve his country. He served two years in the Army stationed at Camp Roeder, Salzberg, Austria, and was a lifetime member of the AMVETS Post #27 and the American Legion Post 181. Gene retired from Galion Iron Works, the makers of road rollers and graders as a journeyman welder with 22 years of service. Following retirement from the Iron Works, Gene built and operated Foxfire Campground for many years.
Gene was of the Christian faith and attended Wayside Chapel. He was a boy scout leader that accompanied two troops of scouts to the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch in New Mexico, he sold real estate for Century 21, and was a minuteman for the Bucyrus Fire Department.
Gene enjoyed time spent with his family, traveling, working with wood, and watching the Kentucky Wildcats basketball games.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie; four sons, Stanlee B., Aaron K. (Sharon), Harold R. (Melanie), and Wesley C. Howell, all of Bucyrus, Ohio; five grandsons; two granddaughters; two great-grandsons; six great-granddaughters; and numerous relatives and friends who will miss him and cherish memories of the past.
Gene was from a large loving family and was preceded in death by ten siblings, Oleta Polley, Roy Howell, Doris Mackey, Warner Howell, Beatrice Vergne, Alice Howell, Harry Howell, Bernard Howell, Betty Barrett, and Fern Henderson.
Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Dickerson Funeral Home in Vanceburg with Pastor Wyler officiating. Burial will follow in Lewis County Memory Gardens at Black Oak.
Friend may visit after 1:00 p.m. until the service hour Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials be made to Wayside Chapel, 2341 Kerstetter Rd., Bucyrus, Ohio, or to Avita Hospice.
Expressions of sympathy can be left at www.munzpirnstill.com.
