Jim J. Howard

Created: Friday, October 5, 2012 1:15 a.m. CDT

ROCK FALLS – Jim J. Howard, 70, of Rock Falls, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at his home. He was a tool and die maker for many years at Allied-Locke Industries in Dixon.

Jim was born Feb. 9, 1942, in Salem, Ark., the son of Floyd and Vera (Dunkerson) Howard. He married Emelinda Rodriguez in 1964, in Sterling.

Survivors include his wife of Rock Falls; four daughters, Roxanna (David) Novak of Neenah, Wis., Lynn (Jim Dickey) Howard and Emily (Rick) Fortune, both of Rock Falls, and Terri (Brian) Schnulle of Dixon; one brother, Charles (Hilda) Howard of Sterling; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

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