Geneva E. Howell, a local philanthropist, died Saturday at Sinai Hospital of congestive heart
failure. She was 85 and lived at Brightwood Retirement Community in Lutherville. Geneva Engelmann was born in What Cheer, Iowa. She was a gifted student and, at age 19, earned her bachelor of science degree in 1935 from Iowa State University. That year she married Harley W. Howell, whom she met while working in Chicago. They moved in 1946 to Baltimore, where Mr. Howell was co-founder of Peterson, Howell & Heather, a firm that provided automobile fleet management and leasing services to national and later worldwide corporations. Mr. Howell died in 1979. During recent years, Mrs. Howell was one of the area's leading philanthropists and served as chairwoman of the Harley W. Howell Charitable Foundation. She was a contributor to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital. Mrs. Howell was a talented pianist and also enjoyed embroidery and needlepoint. She traveled extensively and had visited every continent except Antarctica. She was a member of the Baltimore Country Club and Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Before a stroke six years ago, Mrs. Howell had resided in the Rockland Community in Brooklandville. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, 6500 York Road. Survivors include a son, H. Thomas Howell of Lutherville; a daughter, Diane H. Mitchell of Glen Arm; three grandchildren; a stepgranddaughter; and two greatgrandsons. THE BALTIMORE SUN, 18 June 2001.
failure. She was 85 and lived at Brightwood Retirement Community in Lutherville. Geneva Engelmann was born in What Cheer, Iowa. She was a gifted student and, at age 19, earned her bachelor of science degree in 1935 from Iowa State University. That year she married Harley W. Howell, whom she met while working in Chicago. They moved in 1946 to Baltimore, where Mr. Howell was co-founder of Peterson, Howell & Heather, a firm that provided automobile fleet management and leasing services to national and later worldwide corporations. Mr. Howell died in 1979. During recent years, Mrs. Howell was one of the area's leading philanthropists and served as chairwoman of the Harley W. Howell Charitable Foundation. She was a contributor to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital. Mrs. Howell was a talented pianist and also enjoyed embroidery and needlepoint. She traveled extensively and had visited every continent except Antarctica. She was a member of the Baltimore Country Club and Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Before a stroke six years ago, Mrs. Howell had resided in the Rockland Community in Brooklandville. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, 6500 York Road. Survivors include a son, H. Thomas Howell of Lutherville; a daughter, Diane H. Mitchell of Glen Arm; three grandchildren; a stepgranddaughter; and two greatgrandsons. THE BALTIMORE SUN, 18 June 2001.
Geneva E. Howell, a local philanthropist, died Saturday at Sinai Hospital of congestive heart
failure. She was 85 and lived at Brightwood Retirement Community in Lutherville. Geneva Engelmann was born in What Cheer, Iowa. She was a gifted student and, at age 19, earned her bachelor of science degree in 1935 from Iowa State University. That year she married Harley W. Howell, whom she met while working in Chicago. They moved in 1946 to Baltimore, where Mr. Howell was co-founder of Peterson, Howell & Heather, a firm that provided automobile fleet management and leasing services to national and later worldwide corporations. Mr. Howell died in 1979. During recent years, Mrs. Howell was one of the area's leading philanthropists and served as chairwoman of the Harley W. Howell Charitable Foundation. She was a contributor to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital. Mrs. Howell was a talented pianist and also enjoyed embroidery and needlepoint. She traveled extensively and had visited every continent except Antarctica. She was a member of the Baltimore Country Club and Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Before a stroke six years ago, Mrs. Howell had resided in the Rockland Community in Brooklandville. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, 6500 York Road. Survivors include a son, H. Thomas Howell of Lutherville; a daughter, Diane H. Mitchell of Glen Arm; three grandchildren; a stepgranddaughter; and two greatgrandsons. THE BALTIMORE SUN, 18 June 2001.
failure. She was 85 and lived at Brightwood Retirement Community in Lutherville. Geneva Engelmann was born in What Cheer, Iowa. She was a gifted student and, at age 19, earned her bachelor of science degree in 1935 from Iowa State University. That year she married Harley W. Howell, whom she met while working in Chicago. They moved in 1946 to Baltimore, where Mr. Howell was co-founder of Peterson, Howell & Heather, a firm that provided automobile fleet management and leasing services to national and later worldwide corporations. Mr. Howell died in 1979. During recent years, Mrs. Howell was one of the area's leading philanthropists and served as chairwoman of the Harley W. Howell Charitable Foundation. She was a contributor to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital. Mrs. Howell was a talented pianist and also enjoyed embroidery and needlepoint. She traveled extensively and had visited every continent except Antarctica. She was a member of the Baltimore Country Club and Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Before a stroke six years ago, Mrs. Howell had resided in the Rockland Community in Brooklandville. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, 6500 York Road. Survivors include a son, H. Thomas Howell of Lutherville; a daughter, Diane H. Mitchell of Glen Arm; three grandchildren; a stepgranddaughter; and two greatgrandsons. THE BALTIMORE SUN, 18 June 2001.
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