Barry Howard

Barry Howard, 52, Mandan, died May 23, 2016, at CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, May 26, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, with Rev. Dale Nabben officiating. Burial will be held at the Oakdale Cemetery, near Killdeer, ND, at 2:00 MT. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at Parkway Funeral Service. Barry Dean Howard was born January 14, 1964, in Fargo, ND, the son of Gary Howard and Marian (Thompson) Zeller. He grew up in Indiana, graduated high school from Crawfordsville, and attended Purdue, Indiana. Barry was employed for a large farming operation near Indianapolis for several years. He enjoyed this job very much as it connected him to his roots in North Dakota. Barry married Kathy Stephens on August 5, 1989. He moved to North Dakota in 2007. In 2008, he moved to Dakota Alpha in Mandan, following his first brain tumor surgery and lived there until his passing. Barry is survived by his father and step-mother, Gary (Irene) Howard, Bismarck; his mother and step-father, Marian (David) Zeller, Lebanon, IN; his sister, Genna Howard and brother, Jesse Howard, Washugal, WA; his step-sisters, Aaron Dvorak, Andrea Dvorak, and Kelsey (Thomas) Hennessy, all of Bismarck; his step-brothers, Mitch Dvorak, Chicago, IL, and Chris Dvorak, Minot; his uncle, Ralph Howard and aunt, Patricia Howard, Dunn Center, ND; and his cousins, Duane, Darrell, and Douglas Howard. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Harold and Verne Howard, Marvin and Mabel Thompson; and uncle, Jerry Thompson.