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Good man gone.

May he find the peace he longed for with his wife.

Rest well my friend!
I just wish I had awakened you at the hospital last week.
"The Warden" and I will always remember you, and miss you.

Ken has finally joined his beloved Carol Ann. She was the light of his life.

Ken became a dear friend and mentor to me. His knowledge of Scripture, Mark Twain, internal and external ballistics, human nature, and history were things to admire.

Opinionated, absolutely, but with reason. He tried to not open his mouth unless he could back up what he said. Did he do it each and every time? Of course not. He was human.

This medium did not allow him to communicate as well as he wanted and constantly commented on how things get misconstrued, and our tendency to get upset about things that were taken out of context. He included himself in that.

He was human, with all his faults and frailties, but he was also one of the most compassionate, generous, loving people I have ever met.

Ken loved people and he loved to learn. He was still writing right up until he went into the hospital. In order to write, he had to do research, and he learned something every day.

I will miss him greatly and our long conversations about anything and everything.

One of the last things Ken asked me to do was transfer a VHS tape to digital media of a couple of public lectures he did before his stroke and make them available to anyone who wanted to see them. I will get it transferred to digital media and see if I can get them uploaded to YouTube.

Rest in Peace, my friend.

Ed

I hope safariman didn't end up with the .45.




Travis

I will miss Ken. His intelligence and broad knowledge were a light to all of us.

The grief is there for those that knew the man, the celebration is that he has escaped to join his carol ann. He touched a lot of lives, and from that little seed started the quemato campfires rondy's which he inspired. And inspired friendships among those attending, where none would have known each other except for that.
He will be sorely missed.
ron

R.I.P. Mr. Ken Howell.
I met him at a couple get togethers. A real nice man to sit and talk with. Wish I could have done that more. He is finally at his resting place where he has wanted to be for some time now.
Happy hunting in the Heavens Mr. Howell.

R.I.P Ken.

When an obituary gets published, somebody please post the link to it here.

I knew that someday, I'd be reading a thread like this. Rest in Peace Ken. The long ordeal is over.

The first step to eternal life is you have to die.

~ Carry on Ken.

Rest in peace.

RIP Dr. Ken Howell.

He taught me a lot. He will be missed.

And some pictures, recent as well as not so, would be nice as well.

This man deserves honored.

My first thought as well.

RIP Ken, It was a long road but you made it.

R.I.P. seemed like a good man trapped in a bad situation. Hope he rests well.

May he and his beloved Carol Ann share their love all through eternity.

I will miss him and remember this way.

Damn. You knew it was coming and it's still hard.

RIP Ken. You have a whole new crop to be teaching now.

Here's Ken with my daughter last year.