Howard Raymond Ashworth

   Another name for Howard was Shorty.

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Howard R. "Shorty" Ashworth - The Hays Daily News, [Kansas] - (Aug/26/2007)
Howard R. Ashworth - 8/22/2007
Howard R. "Shorty" Ashworth, 98, Quinter, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care, Quinter.
He was born Aug. 14, 1909 in Franklin County, Va., to George Emmitt and Dorinda (Bowman) Ashworth. He attended schools in Franklin County, Va. and automotive repair schools in Baltimore, Md., Nashville, Tenn., and Los Angeles.
He married Wilma "Pearl" (Doxon) Ashworth on April 20, 1941, in Yuma, Ariz. She preceded him in death on March 8, 1996. He was a auto mechanic, prior to retirement in 1974. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
Survivors include two daughters, Janis Millwee, Quinter, and Judith Abbey, San Antonio; two brothers, Albert Ashworth and George Ashworth; four sisters, Nellie Soyars, Mary Beeghly, Velma Meador and Sevilla Bower; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Church of the Brethren, Quinter; burial in Baker Township Cemetery, Quinter.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Schmitt Funeral Home, Quinter.
Memorials are suggested to Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care or Church of the Brethren in care of the funeral home.

Howard married Wilma "Pearl" Doxon on 20 Apr 1941 in Yuma, Arizona. (Wilma "Pearl" Doxon was born on 6 Mar 1915 in Quinter, Kansas, died on 8 Mar 1996 in Quinter, Kansas and was buried in Baker Township Cemetery, Quinter, Gove Co., Kansas.)