Robert Hower

Robert S. Hower, 88 of Port Orchard, WA died at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, WA on January 19, 2008. He was born August 13, 1919 in Friday Harbor, WA to Iva P. & Edna (Howell) Hower. He graduated from Auburn Academy in Auburn, WA in 1936. Robert married Lillian Frances Fulgham on October 27, 1968 in Bremerton. Robert retired after working in the Evergreens & Commercial Fishing industries. He was an outdoorsman and an avid gardener. He was a "Believer in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior". Surviving are his wife Lillian; son Norman (Margaret) Hower of Gig Harbor, WA; stepdaughters Jeanie Newsom, Janie Mathews, Suzanne Graham, Eileen Miller; sisters Alice Wieding of Maui, HI and Dorothy (Walt) Granquist of Port Orchard; 20 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife Edith Anderson; son Richard A. Hower; 4 brothers Theron, Harold, Glen & Gilbert; and sisters Melba, Rita & Mary. Memorial service at 1:00 pm on January 26, 2008 at Rill's Life Tribute Center in Port Orchard. Inurnment at Sunset Lane Memorial Park, also in Port Orchard.