LaMoyne Mark Howard Jr.
Marriages
Enid Poquette - 1954
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8B Death Notice - December 21, 2016
LaMoyne Mark Howard Jr., 87, Grand Junction, died Dec. 14,
2016, in Grand Junction.
Services will take place at a later date.
He was an airline pilot.
Survivors include one son, Dennis M. of Denver; and one daughter,
Enid L. Howard of Grand Junction; and three grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to the Mesa County Public Library
Foundation, 443 N. Sixth St., Grand Junction 81501.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8B Obituary - December 21, 2016
LaMoyne Mark
Howard, Jr.
September 19, 1929 - December 14, 2016
LaMoyne Mark Howard, Jr.
died at home in Grand
Junction on December 14. He
was 87 years old.
He was born September 19,
1929, in El Paso, Texas, to
LaMoyne M. Howard, Sr. and
Emilda Huchton.
LaMoyne liked to go by the
name Mark. Mark was an accomplished pilot serving the Air
Force in Germany in the mid 1950’s flying reconnaissance. He
rose to the rank of Captain in the Air Force. He met Enid
Poquette, a civilian Air Force employee, and they married in
1954. Their first child, Michael, was born in Wiesbaden in 1958.
Later they both moved back to the States, settling in Bryan,
TX, so he could earn his degree in economics. He also taught
flying and crop dusted to earn a living. Their second child,
Dennis, was born in Bryan in 1958.
They moved to Denver in 1960, and their third child, Enid L.
Howard, was born in 1961. He got on with United Airlines as a
flight instructor and then as a pilot to fly domestic routes. He
piloted 707s, 720s, 727s, DC-8s, DC-10s, and retired as a
Captain in September 1989. He and Enid moved to Grand
Junction and built a home together.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Enid P. Howard, in 2006,
and his son, Michael, in 2003. He is survived by son, Dennis
(Leah) of Denver; daughter, Enid L. of Grand Junction; three
grandchildren; sister, Carolyn of El Paso, TX; sister-in-law,
Catherine Howard of Imperial, NE, and six nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions can be made to Mesa County Public
Library in Grand Junction. Arrangements for services will be at
a later date.
