Howard David Harmon

Howard David Harmon WEST LIBERTY, Iowa--Howard David Harmon, 88, died on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at the Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty. Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday October 4, 2013, at the United Methodist Church in West Liberty. Burial will take place in Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 3, 2013, at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty. A memorial fund has been established. Howard was born on December 25, 1924, in Moorhead, to George Emmett and Minnie Etta Outhouse Harmon. He attended country school east of Moorhead, grade school in Moorhead and then graduated from Pisgah High School in 1942. He worked briefly as a clerk at the bus station in Sioux City. In 1942, he enlisted in the US Navy, and served during World War II where he was a radioman first class in communications until his honorable discharge in 1946. On Dec. 5, 1943, he was united in marriage to Darlene Collins in Pisgah, Iowa. At the end World War II, he went to Sioux City to attend Morning Side College where he finished his four year degree in three years. He tried out for the Yankees min...[more]

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league team - turned down the opportunity to take care of his family. Howard started as a teacher and coach at Rock Valley where he taught shop and history and coached baseball, basketball and taught drivers education 1949-1962; his team won state championship in baseball in 1951. In 1962, he moved to West Liberty for a counseling position at the West Liberty School System. He later went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for masters in counseling 1966-67, and received a grant to attend school in Portland, Oregon, for nine months. He returned to West Liberty to be guidance counselor and teach drivers education; for a short time he coached track taught history, retiring in 1989. He was a member of the West Liberty United Methodist Church where he served as a Trustee and High School Sunday School Teacher. He was also a member of the Lion's Club and the American Legion. Howard loved to play golf, and fishing taking many trips to Canada. He was a competitive card player - bridge, pinochle and cribbage. Enjoyed going to dances every Saturday night. He served as a Board member for Golden Years Housing. He is survived by his wife, Darlene Harmon of West Liberty; a daughter, Kathy Harmon of West Liberty; three sons, Denny Harmon and wife, Nancy, of Everly, Gary Harmon and wife, Bao, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Scott Harmon and wife, Lynn, of Muscatine, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Tami Streinz and husband, Jesse, of West Branch, Matt Harmon of Ankeny, Quinton Harmon and wife, Anna, of Everly, Jared Harmon of Des Moines, Madelyn Schneeberger and husband, Dylan, of Clinton, and Olivia Harmon of Muscatine; eight great-grandchildren: Morgan and Jack Dragovich, Cole, Gavin and Nathan Chown, Drew Harmon, Eli and Martina Harmon; one sister, Margaret Hamer of Missouri Valley; and many other relatives and friends. Howard was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Everett and George Harmon; two sisters, Virginia Cave and Velma Holben; and a great-grandson, Hunter Chown.