ANN F. HOWELL
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Ann passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019, surrounded by her family in Daytona Beach, Florida, after a brief illness.
Ann was born on Feb. 3, 1946, to parents Dorothy Ray Benenhaley and Fred Benenhaley. She was a member of Long Branch Baptist Church growing up and attended Hillcrest High School in Dalzell. She worked at Exide Battery, until she married the love of her life, Brad, on January 3, 1970, and soon after she made her home in New York. Ann worked mostly in the home, raising her two sons and filling their home with love and laughter. If you asked Ann, she would say her sons were her biggest accomplishments. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Ann loved to raise money for her two favorite charities, St Jude's and March of Dimes. She was an avid walker and bowler. She was a beautiful, humble person who could light up any room and find laughter in anything and everything that came up.
Ann is survived by her husband, Brad Howell; sons, Jeff Howell (Jennifer) and Rob Howell (Lyndsay); 10 grandchildren, Hunter, Brenden, Faith, Ava, Landon, Gianna, Olivia, Mariana, Reece and Kendal, all of Rochester; sister-in-law, Valerie Howell Smith of Knoxville, Tennessee; four nephews; two greatnieces; and many cousins.
Ann was preceded to heaven by her mother, Dorothy, and father, Fred; brother, John Thomas Benenhaley; sisters, Carol Buriss and Liz Jordan; and niece, Stephanie Kenny.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 23.
Visitation will be from 3 until 6 p.m. and service immediately after at Bartolomeo and Perotto Funeral Home, 1411 Vintage Lane, Rochester, NY 14626. Interment will be the following day in a private ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua, New York.