Obituary: Howard, Nathan Lorenzo
Nathan was born in Sacramento, CA, to Edward L. and Corine Lambert Howard on October 7, 1942.
A devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served a mission in Central America at the age of 19, the first of five missions he would complete.
Nathan married JoAnn Fitts in the Oakland LDS Temple on June 16, 1965.
They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2015.
Nathan worked as a quality control engineer in a career that spanned more than four decades.
Nathan dealt with a congenital heart defect but received a miraculous transplanted heart in 1993.
He would continue to promote organ donation throughout his life.
He spent happy hours fly fishing, playing golf, volleyball and tennis, conversing in Spanish, giving away his handmade beeswax candles and working as publisher of the online newspaper, the Latter-day Sentinel.
He is survived by his wife, JoAnn, sons Craig and Stephen and their families and three siblings.
A memorial is scheduled for September 5 at 6 p.m. at the Evergreen LDS Chapel (14111 E 16th Ave., Spokane Valley).
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Donate Life at www.donatelife.net/give or to Community Cancer Fund at www.communitycancerfund.org or 621 W. Mallon, Ste.
605, Spokane, WA.
99201.