Donald Dale “D.D.” Howard, age 82, passed away on January 7, 2019 at the Grisell Memorial Hospital in Ransom, Kansas. He was born on May 9, 1936, in Ness City, Kansas the son of John and Agnes (Burling) Howard.

Funeral Service will be Saturday, January 12, 2019, 10:30 A.M. at the United Methodist Church, Utica with Pastor Bud Tuxhorn presiding. Friends may call on Friday, January 11 from 9:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. with the family receiving friends from 6-8 P.M. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City. Burial will be in the Utica Cemetery with Military graveside rites by the McKinstry-Jones American Legion and Sons of the American Legion, Utica, assisted by the United States Navy Honor Guard.

Memorials may be given to the Utica United Methodist Church, the Utica American Legion, or the Ness County Honor Flight.