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Amber Jo Howardson Nov 10 2007
Funeral services for Amber Jo Howardson, age 24, of Watertown, SD will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 in the New Life Evangelical Free Church, Watertown, SD. Pastor John Grunditz will officiate. Amber passed away on November 10, 2007 at her parents’ farm in Clark, SD. Burial, with a 2:00 p.m. committal service, will be in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Clark, SD. Honorary pallbearers will be the LATI Medical Assisting students and instructors. Active pallbearers will be: Troy Adolph, Wade Harkema, Ger Schied, Dave Fossum, Pat Tingle, and Todd Allerdings. Music will be provided by Sue Heavey, pianist and Mike Highman, soloist. Visitation will be in the Crawford Funeral Chapel, Watertown, SD on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday preceding services at the church. The family is requested to meet at the church by 10:30 for a prayer service. Amber was born on September 14, 1983 at Watertown, SD to Henry and Jane (Lynch) Howardson. She grew up on a farm southwest of Clark and lived there until graduating with honors from Clark High School in 2002. She attended SDSU from 2002 to 2007, graduating with honors and earned a degree in Business Economics in May of 2007. She was diagnosed with leukemia on November 7, 2005 and received a successful bone marrow transplant on April 13, 2006. In September of 2007, she moved to Watertown, SD and enrolled in the Medical Assisting Program at LATI. She absolutely loved this program, her classmates, and instructors. She also enjoyed reading, history, and current events. Amber was generous and had a zest for life. She had a special gift of using humor to touch those around her. She dearly loved her family and friends, enjoyed learning and celebrating life. She loved visiting the farm and spending time with her favorite cats. One of her special treasures in life was her collection of monkeys given to her throughout the past two years. Amber is survived by her parents, Henry and Jane Howardson of Clark, SD; her maternal grandmother, Elisabeth Lynch of New Hampton, IA; two sisters: Amy Howardson of Watertown, SD and Erin Howardson of Kalispell, MT, and her “adopted” sister, Lorna Hofer of Watertown, SD. She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Beth Howardson, and her grandparents: I.A. and Edna Howardson and Harry Lynch.

Amber Jo Howardson
Nov 10 2007

Funeral services for Amber Jo Howardson, age 24, of Watertown, SD will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 in the New Life Evangelical Free Church, Watertown, SD. Pastor John Grunditz will officiate. Amber passed away on November 10, 2007 at her parents’ farm in Clark, SD.

Burial, with a 2:00 p.m. committal service, will be in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Clark, SD. Honorary pallbearers will be the LATI Medical Assisting students and instructors. Active pallbearers will be: Troy Adolph, Wade Harkema, Ger Schied, Dave Fossum, Pat Tingle, and Todd Allerdings. Music will be provided by Sue Heavey, pianist and Mike Highman, soloist.

Visitation will be in the Crawford Funeral Chapel, Watertown, SD on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday preceding services at the church. The family is requested to meet at the church by 10:30 for a prayer service.

Amber was born on September 14, 1983 at Watertown, SD to Henry and Jane (Lynch) Howardson. She grew up on a farm southwest of Clark and lived there until graduating with honors from Clark High School in 2002. She attended SDSU from 2002 to 2007, graduating with honors and earned a degree in Business Economics in May of 2007. She was diagnosed with leukemia on November 7, 2005 and received a successful bone marrow transplant on April 13, 2006. In September of 2007, she moved to Watertown, SD and enrolled in the Medical Assisting Program at LATI. She absolutely loved this program, her classmates, and instructors. She also enjoyed reading, history, and current events. Amber was generous and had a zest for life. She had a special gift of using humor to touch those around her. She dearly loved her family and friends, enjoyed learning and celebrating life. She loved visiting the farm and spending time with her favorite cats. One of her special treasures in life was her collection of monkeys given to her throughout the past two years.

Amber is survived by her parents, Henry and Jane Howardson of Clark, SD; her maternal grandmother, Elisabeth Lynch of New Hampton, IA; two sisters: Amy Howardson of Watertown, SD and Erin Howardson of Kalispell, MT, and her “adopted” sister, Lorna Hofer of Watertown, SD.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Beth Howardson, and her grandparents: I.A. and Edna Howardson and Harry Lynch.

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