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THE PASSING OF DICK HOWELL, AG RELATIONS COUNCIL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
Sep. 28, 2022
Agri Marketing magazine reports:
Richard (Dick)Howell, long-time ag communicator, died September 20. He was 89.
Howell began his career in ag communications as the Voice of the Ohio Farm Bureau, later worked with the Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute, the American Dairy Products Institute and served as editor at Agri Marketing magazine. During those years he was active with the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, was President of the Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) and was inducted into the ARC Hall of Fame in 2014.
Richard was born in Wonderland, Ohio and grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from North High School, was a veteran of the Korean War and graduated from The Ohio State University. While at OSU, he met his beloved Patsy on a blind date. A little more than a year later in 1957, they eloped. Their love story spanned more than 66 years.
During his lifetime, Richard was an active member and former Commander of the American Legion Bartlett Post 1212; he was a member of the Order of DeMolay, a Master Mason and Shriner. He was also very active in the United Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio, Palatine, Illinois and Bartlett, Illinois. Starting at a young age, Richard was very involved in music and theater. Through encouragement by his Grandmother, he attended the American Boy Choir School during his grade school years. He participated in high school theater and later enjoyed many years with Vaud-Villities, the longest running variety show in the United States. He later became part of Village Theater in Palatine both working behind the scenes and performing on stage.
In his later years he was a popular neighborhood and family Santa Claus with his natural white hair, long beard and jolly sense of humor.
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