• Date Of Birth: January 6, 1934
  • Date Of Death: December 21, 2020
  • Children: Bill and Gigi Lindner, Connie Lindner Esford
  • City: Buford
  • State: Georgia

Howard Joseph Lindner of Buford, Georgia, age 86, passed away after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease on Monday, December 21, 2020.

He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Gigi Lindner, his daughter, Connie Lindner Esford, 3 granddaughters, and 1 great-granddaughter.

Howard was born January of 1934 in Portsmouth, Ohio, a little town on the Ohio River to Carl F. Lindner and Dora Mae Lindner. His parents were only children who began a great big family. They had 5 children, 26 grandchildren, 40+ great-grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren.

He attended both grade school and high school at St. Mary’s Catholic School. He graduated with a class of 22 in 1951. He served in the United States Navy and Naval Reserves from 1956 to 1959 with an Honorable Discharge. His service time was on the ship U.S.S. Macon CA-132. They traveled all over the seas in service to our country.

He was employed for many years as a Comptroller, Bookkeeper, and other various accounting positions. He earned a degree in accounting in the 1970s and went on to use that degree to teach bookkeeping classes at DeKalb College in Georgia. He enjoyed his family, church, camping, fishing, hunting, playing horseshoes, and cooking for large church gatherings during the summer season. He lived most of his life in and around Atlanta, Georgia, and traveled all over the world and United States as part of his work and vacation. He really enjoyed the big family reunions in Ohio in his hometown of Portsmouth, Ohio.