Walter Howell

Walter Ray Howell Jr., 93, Muncie, passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 14, 2024, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. 

He was born Sunday, Feb. 22, 1931, in Portland, Indiana, the son of Walter R. and Mabel F. (Richardson) Howell.

Walter grew up in the Portland area where he farmed and later worked as a draftsman. He never met a stranger and always had a joke for you.

Walter enjoyed going to flea markets and meeting his buddies at Burger King for a coffee. He retired from Overmyer Mould Company as a draftsman. Walter was a member of the Meeker Avenue Church of Christ. 

Survivors include his daughters, Belinda Myers, Becky Howell, Connie (husband: Gary) Oyler and Karen Corder; sister Esther Barton; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; and many, many, friends and his church family. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Mabel Howell; his wife of 65 years, Patricia Howell; three brothers; two sisters; and a granddaughter. 

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at the Meeker Avenue Church of Christ, 3109 S. Meeker Ave., Muncie, Indiana, with minister Jim Crall officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Daleville. 

Family and friends may call from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Meeker Avenue Church of Christ. 

His arrangements have been entrusted to Elm Ridge Funeral Home. 

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at elmridgefuneralhome.com for the family.