SYRACUSE – Dorothy Jean “Dot” Howard, 83, of Milford, passed away at 8:05 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at her home.
She was born on April 26, 1935, in Paris, Ky., to George W. and Mabel Johnson Tackett. She grew up in Kentucky and attended Magoffin Baptist Institute in Salyersville, Ky.
She was married on Aug. 13, 1952, in Salyersville, to Silas Howard, who preceded her on Nov. 6, 2004.
She moved to Milford in 1957 from Wabash County and formerly worked at Barth Manufacturing in Milford and Heckman Bindery in North Manchester.
She is a member of the Milford First Brethren Church and Order of Eastern Star in Warsaw.
She is survived by three daughters: Deborah Berkey of Minster, Ohio; Brenda Niles of Milford; and Karen (Marvin) Chupp of Milford; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Betty McGuckin of Leesburg, Fla., and Becky Tackett of Miamisburg, Ohio; and a half sister, Tommi Ruth Stafford of Marysville, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons-in-law, Bruce Niles and Jay Berkey; three brothers: Phillip, Julian and Russell Tackett; and a half brother, Adrian Webb.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse. An OES service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at First Brethren Church, 110 W. Catherine St., Milford, with Pastor Lee Compson officiating.
Private family burial will take place in the Milford Cemetery.
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Memorials to First Brethren Church, P.O. Box 427, Milford, IN 46542; or Goshen Home Care & Hospice, P.O Box 723, Goshen, IN 46527.
To send condolences to the family in memory of Dorothy Howard, visit owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
