Joanne Marie Heinz (1942-2006)

Joanne Marie Heinz Howse
Mom
Born:	6 Dec 1942 Petoskey, Michigan
Died:	17 Apr 2006 Orem, Utah
Father:	Leslie Eugene Heinz
Mother:	Donna Joanne Price
Siblings:	Joanne Marie Heinz Donald Leslie Heinz Katherine Eileen Heinz Debra Elizabeth Heinz
Married:	18 Sep 1959 Harbor Springs, Michigan
Spouse:	Arnold Leroy Howse
Children:	Bethany Anne Howse Darby Lee Howse Annette Marie Howse Clifford Leroy Howse Carey Lizabeth Howse Christopher Heinz Howse Arnold Price Howse Jody Jeffrey Howse Daniel Leslie Howse David Andrus Howse Andrew Michael Howse Timothy Donald Howse

Joanne Marie Heinz was born on the 6th of December, 1942, in Little Traverse Hospital in Petoskey. Being the firstborn to her parents, Leslie Eugene and Donna (Price) Heinz she was the first grandchild of Donald Arthur Price and Dorothy Andrus Crane. Grandpa Price came to visit the newborn, in the hospital, and was quoted as saying "Where's the baby, all I can see is the nose!" Years later, he was horrified that this tidbit was passed along, however. Her daddy was quite satisfied with the nose, though, as it very much resembled his.

While still a tiny girl, Leslie was called to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Donna and Joanne moved into Dorothy and Donald's home for the next two years. This was a happy and fun time for Joanne. Here she was given much love and attention by Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Pat, Uncle Jimmy and Deedee. Deedee was only 9 years older, herself. Joanne's mother claims that she never was a child but, during her early years, she was a very busy and inquisitive youngster. Perhaps because of her time with Grandpa and Grandma, she was always an admirer of older people. She soon became acquainted with the senior citizens of any neighborhood that her family moved to. Her main love, as a small person, was her "babies" (dolls) which were just a poor substitute for the real thing! When baby brother Donnie joined Joanne and her Mommy at Grandma Price's house, the world was made perfect!

Immediately after the war, her daddy came home and scooped up his little family to make the move to Flint, Michigan, where he had a job working on the line crew for Michigan Bell Telephone Company. They lived on Lindsey Boulevard in a tiny house. As the situation improved, financially, they moved to the other side of Flint, and lived on Green Street. Many friends were acquired here. However, Donna very much disliked the "dirty city" and longed for her family "up north". So, in the summer of 1949, the four of them jumped into their brand-new '49 Chevy and headed for Petoskey. In December of that year they bought a home at 202 E. Lake Road, in Harbor Springs. This completed a circle for Donna and Leslie, as they had both been raised in Harbor, met, dated and married here. Here, little sisters Kathy and Debbie became Joanne's sisters. Joanne loved the quaint, little town and the freedom that it brought. Her time was pretty much consumed, in the summer, by swimming and sun-bathing at the Harbor Springs bathing beach. Winter was filled with school, friends, ice-skating, Brownie and Girl Scouts, and, most importantly, piano lessons with her dear friend, Jean Louise Mead, and practicing (or really, just enjoying being able to coax songs from the old upright).