Born September 27, 1924, passed away in her sleep April 3rd at home in Darrington, WA. The third child of 8, born to Ab and Loretta Reece, she learned to work hard and play equally as hard-never losing her “spirit of adventure”. Tessie was preceded in death by all her siblings.
Married in 1944 to Clinton N. Howard (deceased in 2006). Tessie leaves behind her children: Theresa Holm; Roy Howard and wife, Katy, of Anchorage, AK; Connie Bryson of Darrington; Darlene Nonemaker and husband, Sam, of Darrington along with 9 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
A lifelong Darrington resident, Tessie retired from a 26 year career as rural route mail carrier. Her love of community was shown by volunteering to serve as Darrington Fire District Commissioner; Secretary of the Mountain View Baptist Church; long time member of the Darrington Cemetery association, but her favorite organization was the Darrington Historical Society of which Tessie was a founding charter member.
With a “giving” spirit no amount of extra work kept Tessie from providing hospitality to family and friends needing a place to stay until they could get back on their feet financially or health wise or otherwise.
Our family would like to offer special thanks to the daytime caregivers, Hazel, Jenny, Vianne, Lisa, and Alison. A very special thank you to Clinton, Theresa's grandson, who dedicated himself to his grandmother's care, for the past 3 1/2 years.
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