Glen Leroy Howerter was born on 3 April 1926 in Smithfield, Fulton Co., IL. He married
, on 25 September 1948 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA. Glen Leroy Howerter died on 31 December 2002 in Peoria, Peoria Co., IL,
OBITUARY - Canton Daily Ledger, January 2003
Glen Howerter
Glen L. Howerter, 76, of 351 West Oak Street, Smithfield, died at 3:20 p.m. December 31, 2002, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.
He was born April 3, 1926, in Smithfield, to Elra and Alice (Hammond) Howerter. He married Marla J. Sherwood on September 25, 1948, in Santa Ana, California. She died November 16, 1996.
He was also preceded in death by one son, Bruce Howerter, and one sister.
Surviving are one son, Larry E. (and Marcy) Howerter of Monroe City, Missouri; one daughter, Debbi (and Randy) Inman of Marquette Heights; two brothers, Robert Howerter of Smithfield, and Harold Howerter of Washington; two sisters Willodane Esmond of McHenry and Maxine Arnette of Fairfax, Va.; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Dorla Helle of Cuba.
He had worked at Caterpillar Inc. for 33 years, retiring in 1978, and also had worked as a school bus driver for Cuba School District.
He was a World War II Navy veteran and was a member of Harold C. Hoopes American Legion Post 17 in Ipava.
Services were held January 4 at Henry-Lange Memorial Home in Cuba, the Rev. Layton Malone officiating. Burial was in Baughman Cemetery in rural Smithfield, with military services conducted by his legion post.
Memorials may be made to the Grant Keime Memorial Trust Fund.
He was buried in January 2003 in Baughman Cemetery, Smithfield, Fulton Co., IL.