Star Tribune — Remembering Richard D. Howell, Sr., Iwo Jima veteran of the segregated U.S. Army, track athlete, church deacon, husband, parent, banker and school teacher.
Howell, 89, was a 1969 graduate of St. Cloud State with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. He was buried Monday at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
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