He was deployed to war conflicts in Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Kosovo and to Iraq, for the invasion in 2003 for six months and then again in 2005 for 15 months. Army in 1995 and served his country for 14 years as a Patriot missile specialist. He earned the all-state jazz award on the trumpet. He was in chorus, concert band, marching band, pep band and jazz band. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1994, where he enjoyed and excelled in the music program. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Harold and Shirley Howard and Deane and Florence Miller. He is also survived by many cousins and his girlfriend, Sherri Motz. He has one uncle John (Karen) Miller and two aunts, Donna (Dick) Smith and Denise (Terry) Howe. Jeff is survived by his parents his children, River Dean and Isabella “Bella” Maria, and their mother Ingrid one sister, Carrie (Eric) Gerdes, one nephew, Owen, and one niece, Brennah one brother, Chris (Amy) Howard and three nieces, Jessica, Chelsey and Carly. 9, 1976, the son of Delmar and Virginia “Ginny” Howard. KNOXVILLE – Jeffrey John Howard, 46, formerly of Knoxville, Ill., passed away on Thursday, Aug. Vern taught school in Delavan, Ill., for several years before joining the Wycliffe Bible Translators team. After high school he joined the service and was in the Drill Team and served at the 59th parallel in Korea. Vern was raised in Elmwood, Ill., and graduated from high school there. Other survivors include sisters Betty (Meade) Montgomery of Peoria, Ill., Carol Henry of Genesee, Idaho, Peg Brackett of Mill City, Ore., Evelyn (Jim) Forney of Brimfield, Ill., and Mariann (fiancé Wayne Cross) of Brimfield. She survives along with three sons, Matthew (Susan) Broadfield of Tyler, Texas, Daniel (Dawn) Broadfield of Estes Park, Colo., and David (Maria) Broadfield of Fort Worth, Texas. He married Carolyn (Patty) Broadfield on June 13, 1964. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, three sons, six grandchildren and five sisters. Vern was born May 20, 1939, in Maquon, Ill., the son of Marion and Ruby (Dalton) Broadfield. Cloud, Fla., went home to be with the Lord, Aug.
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