T.A. Howes
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - November 8, 1929
DEATH SUMMONS PIONEER MAN ; Of EAGLE COUNTY
T . A . HOWES ANSWERS LAST CALL OF MASTER AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN CALIFORNIA WAS EARLY DAY MERCHANT , OF EAGLE
With great regret the news was received in Eagle this week of the death of T . A . Howes . Mr. Howes passed away In Pasadena Calif , at tho homo ot his daughter Mrs . June Peddycord last Friday November 1 , after a month painful Illness . Reminiscences of the early days ot Eagle can hardly be broached without mention of Tom Howes. As a merchant and citizen the town he was active in all Its affairs for early twenty years . Associated with Sam Doll and Frank Dale , he organized the Howe Supply company in 1802 , which bought the general mercantile business then conducted by tho late Nellie Lemon , wife of J . H . Lemon . In the frame building on tho lots where now stands tho Eagle garage , and which was torn down only a few years ago . He conducted this business for a number of years , during which time ho made a wide acquaintance and a great many close friends , not only In Eagle , but throughout the valley .His store was the congregating place of all those who came to Eagle in those days , and his hospitality and good-fellowship was known throughout tho wide territory which made this Its trading center in those days , After a number of years I 10 retired from this business and for a
short time was In business in Glenwood Springs and later In Carbondale for a short while . But Eagle always had its attraction for him and It was not long until Mr . Howes was back here . lie opened up a store in the building now occupied by the county offices , the largest general store in the county at that tlme. He was very successful In this venture until he decided to retire , when he disposed of the business to J.W . Hugus & Co ., then in the height of their career on the Western Slope of Colorado . Since retiring he has lived in California and Washington , making his headquarters with Ms daughters , and always rehiring to Eagle a few months out of each year for a visit with the old friends whom he loved so well . About five years ago he was stricken by the loss of his eyesight , which was a terrible Wow to a man vigorous and In the full possession of all of his other faculties . He later regained partial use of his eyes , but his disability took a great deal of the
joy out of his returning visits to Eagle , for he was resentful of being dependent on others . The past year he had bean living : at the home of his granddaughter , Mrs . Chas . Kretschner, in Pueblo . Colo , and about a month ago was taken seriously ill , and was removed to his daughter , Mrs . Peddycord's , home in California where he died. Mr. Howes would have been 88 years old the 29th day of this month had he lived . His native state was Indiana and he served through the Civil War , on the Union side , in the 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry . He was an acquaintance of Sam Doll, now living in Gypsum . In the east and It was through the hitters Influence that the deceased came to Eagle county. No fraternal services were held in Pasadena , but bis daughter write- * that ( lie body will be car . d for there until spring , and then returned to Loganroil. Ind .. where it will be laid away in the C A . R . cemetery with the riles of tint order .
