- Date Of Birth: December 31, 1939
- Date Of Death: July 24, 2022
- State: Idaho
Howard Russell Garwick was born on December 31, 1939, to Russell and Darlene Garwick in Perry, Iowa. The family lived in the Dallas Center and Des Moines area where Howard learned trade skills from his father. He operated a newspaper route and participated in basketball. Howard graduated from Dallas Center High School in 1958. He then moved to McPherson, Kansas to attend college where he met Gail Fillmore.
They welcomed their first child, Carmen, in 1968 while still living in Kansas and then moved to Idaho where Howard worked as an auto mechanic for Edmark Chevrolet and Happy Day Ford. Son, Stephen, was born in 1970 and daughter, Lovena, in 1971. Howard was Vocational teacher in the COSSA program at Homedale High School and an Auto mechanics instructor at Meridian High School until 1989. He also worked in roofing, construction and inspection until he retired. Howard was a “Jack-of-all-trades”, who was knowledgeable in farming, plumbing, electrical, construction and mechanics.
Howard’s favorite hobby was fishing and camping with family and friends. He loved doing things for other people, be it fixing cars or helping with building projects.
Howard was preceded in death by his parents, Russell and Darlene, and his sister, Sara. He is survived by wife, Gail [Fillmore]; children – Carmen [Todd] Garlie, Stephen [Jennifer] Garwick, and Lovena [Mike] Magalsky; nine grandchildren – Kristen [Lars] Alsager, Lauren [Morgan] Fife, Madisen [Garrett] Martens, Aaron Magalsky, Grace Magalsky, Abigail Magalsky, Gabriel Magalsky, Adley Garwick, Piper Garwick; three great-grandchildren – Kyler & Kayder Alsager, and Elsie Fife; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law and multiple neices and nephews.
