Obituary

Howard Stout Cody, 83, retired truck driver, died Monday, Sept. 9, 1996, at the Meadowbrook Manor in Sedgwick.
He was born Feb. 7 1913, in Morgantown, W.V., to Stuart Alverton Cody and Mary Adeline Stout Cody. He married Sylvia L. Krengel on Aug. 28, 1948, in Greenwich, Conn. She died Dec. 2, 1987. He married Mary G. Smith on Oct. 6, 1990, in Newton. She survives.
He had been a McPherson resident since 1990. He was a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Newton, Order of Eastern Star in McPherson, Masonic Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and was a member of the American Legion.
Other survivors include two daughters, Sandra Cody of Halstead and Melanie Spencer of Valley Center; one step-daughter, Gail Milligan of Medway, Mass.; one brother, Stuart J. Cody of Orangevale, Calif.; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorial services will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Newton with the Rev. Joyce W. Holmes officiating. Burial will be in the St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Columbarium.
Memorial may be sent to the church in care of the Kaufman Funeral Home in Halstead.