Buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
Parents: Charles F. & Mary W. Schumann
Wife: Eva "LaVonne" (Daniels)
Three children: Joy, Deborah, Howard
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Manning Monitor articles ------ 1945
CARD OF THANKS Thanks From Howard Schumann Camp Hood, Texas, February 18, 1945. Legion Post, and Monitor Staff: I wish to take these few minutes time to let you know I have received my first issue of the Monitor, and never before in my life was there such a desire to find out the news of the happenings around the one, and only, town of Manning.
So again I want to express my thanks to the Monitor, Legion, and all people concerned in
seeing that 11 servicemen receive the "Home Town Paper." Howard Schumann Tells of Life at Camp Howze June 29, 1945. Legion and Monitor: I am going to drop you a few lines to let you know of my change of address. My new address is Pvt. Howard Schumann, Co. "A", 49 I.A.T.B., 13 ITR (Barracks 5), Camp Howze, Tex.
Camp Howze is located seven miles from the town of Gainesville, Texas, which is right
near the Oklahome border. In fact from where I am writing now, I can throw a stone into
Oklahoma.
We have old coal stoves in each barracks instead of the gas or electric stoves which we
were used to. The barracks are made of black tar paper, so you can see, they would seem
kind of dreary. In fact, when we first came here and the driver said to one of the boys,
"here is your camp," the boy replied, "looks more like a prison than an army camp." I guess it is getting time for me to sign off. So I am going to say hello to my friends, and am looking forward to the Monitor. Thanks a million. Sincerely, Howie. HOWARD SCHUMANN ENDS ARMY DUTY AS T-SPT. Howard Schuman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schumann, has received an honorable discharge from the army, with the rank of technical sergeant. He has been in the Philippines for almost 18 months. |
Howard A. Schumann
Burial service for Howard A. Schumann, 72, will be held on Thursday, June 24, 1999 at Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa. Memorial services will be held Thursday, July 8, 1999 at First United Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa at 2:00 p.m. Adams Funeral Home in Ames, Iowa is in charge of arrangements.
Howard A. Schumann, son of Charles F. and Mary (Passick) Schumann, was born November 12, 1926 in Manning, Iowa. He graduated from Manning High School and attended Simpson College. He was united in marriage to LaVonne Daniels on December 21, 1947 in Perry, Iowa. He was a Technical Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II and served in the South Pacific.
After serving in the war, Howard returned to the states and worked for the U.S. Postal Service for thirty-five years. He was a resident of Ames, Iowa since 1950. He served on the Ames Postal Employees Credit Union for twenty-one years from February 1961 to 1982, was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Perry, Kappa Theta Psi at Simpson College, American Legion Post #37 in Ames, Ames Elks Lodge, Ballard Golf and Country Club, Gold K Kiwanis, and served as a little league coach for many years.
Howard passed away on Saturday, June 19, 1999 of multiple myeloma at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Joy Marie; two sisters: Lillian Sander and Bernice Adams; a brother, Arnold (Mike) Schumann and his parents.
He is survived by his wife, LaVonne, at home; a daughter, Deborah Lynn Harris of Olathe, Kansas; a son, Allen Schumann of Mansfield, Texas; two grand-daughters, Margaret Lynn Harris and Katherine Elizabeth Harris of Olathe, Kansas; a sister, Evelyn Vollstedt of Manning, Iowa; two brothers, Eugene "Hap" Schumann of Manning, Iowa and Charles J. Schumann of Buffalo Center, Iowa.
Memorials are requested to be given to the First United Methodist Church, American Cancer Society, Hospice or Golden K Kiwanis.