Robert ‘Max’ Howard

Oct. 17, 1934-April 29, 2023

Robert “Max” Howard, 88, of Churchville, Virginia, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2023.

Born Oct. 17, 1934, at Crawfordsville, he was a son of the late Chester Warren and LaVera (Shultz) Howard. He graduated from Richland Township High School and Indiana State University. Mr. Howard was a U. S. Army veteran, and was employed by the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. prior to retirement.

On Jan. 27, 1968, he married the former Jacklyn Joyce Sparling, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Aimee Taylor and husband Christopher of Ashburn, Virginia, and Jenny Howard of Staunton, Virginia; sister Helen Roberts and husband Russell of Lebanon; sisters-in-law, Jean Howard of Newtown and Shirley Howard of Springfiled, Illinois; two granddaughters, Ellen Taylor and Lillian Taylor; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by four brothers, William Howard, Warren Howard and his wife Beverly, Samuel Howard and his wife Gloria, and John Howard; and sister Irene Mintern and her husband Pete.

A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 in the chapel of Bear Funeral Home, Churchville, with Pastor Lester Kennedy officiating. Burial will take place in Newtown (Indiana) Cemetery at a later date.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home prior to the service, beginning at 12:30 p.m.

The Howard family is immensely grateful to the staff of River Edge Nursing Home and Legacy Hospice for their dedicated care.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Newtown Cemetery, P.O. Box 222, Wingate, IN 47994.