Arleta Wynona Howell

Arleta W. Howell, 87, of Sandpoint, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008 at Meadow Ridge. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, December 17th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Brian Noble, Sandpoint Assembly of God Church, will officiate. Arleta was born November 19, 1921 to Gus A. Rieschick and Edna Henderson Rieschick in Beloit, Kansas. She married Coyne Sequoyah Howell in 1940 and they started their family. In 1953 they moved to Sandpoint, Idaho and raised their children. She worked as a Nurses Aide at Sandpoint manor Nursing Home, the present Valley Vista Care Center, earning her C.N.A license. She then moved on to clean house for several prominent families in the area, later working for Bonner General Hospital, cleaning the Lab for Bill Crouse. Arleta always referred to the people in the Lab as her kids. There are several generations of people in the area who considered her Mom, Grandmother and Friend. She will be greatly missed by all. She is preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters and 1 brother, Coyne S. Howell, 1 son, Dwight David Howell. She leaves behind Connie Ridley of Sandpoint; Sandra (George) VanRossum of Trestle Creek; Roy Gene Howell of Sandpoint; Calvin T. Howell of Sandpoint. Grandchildren: Lecia (Rodney) Rex, Marcia (Tom Hornby), Tracy, Misty, Rachael, David, Justin, Dellonna. Great Grandchildren: Aleta, McKayla, Jordan, Shane, Corria, Bailey, Cody, Hunter. The whole family sends a special Thank You to the many people who helped care for our Mother, our best friend.