Remembering Maggie Howell

Maggie's Obituary from Hoskinson Funeral:

Maggie Howell was someone well loved by those around her. She could make anyone laugh, whether she was crowd surfing and waving at you at warped tour, or telling the pushy guy at the horse show that she doesn’t need his binoculars because she is blind, or by sending you goat stuffed animals for years without telling you it was her. Maggie wanted the best for everyone she knows.

Maggie loved animals. When she was very young, she asked her parents for a horse. She asked many times. They got her lessons, and still she wanted a horse. They got her a dog, and she almost instantly had that dog trained… and still she wanted a horse. She finally got them to realize that this was going to be a major cornerstone of her life and her parents got her first horse, Freckles.

Not everyone knows what they want to do with their life at 6, but Maggie did. Maggie graduated from Liberty Union in Baltimore, Ohio, and then went on to graduate from the University of Findlay. Along the way, she made many amazing friends who she loved dearly. After college she worked as a horse trainer and taught lessons and opened her own horse training business. She was a member of the Ohio Quarter Horse Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, and the National Snaffle Bit Association.

Maggie loved to travel, she loved to laugh, and she loved to help those around her. After her initial diagnosis, Maggie raised money yearly for the American Brain Tumor Association. Do not cry, for Maggie handled her diagnosis with grace. She continued to thrive and keep up with the things she loved, horse shows, traveling with her circle of friends, being everyone’s bridesmaid, and her loving tri-dog Daisy. She learned to play poker and played with her mother and grandmother with their poker buddies every Saturday. She became a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician.  Don’t cry for her, she didn’t want tears. She wanted you to try something new, to laugh, to dance on tables from time to time, and to live with purpose.

Maggie Marie Howell (born August 24, 1990) passed away in her childhood home surrounded by family and love in the early morning hours of February 20, 2022, after valiantly fighting against cancer. Maggie is preceded in death by her grandfathers: Willie Howell and Tressie Sermon. Maggie is survived by her parents: Harold and Linda Howell; her siblings and siblings-in-law: Josh Howell and Amber Lappin, and Stacey Howell and Adrienne Monica; her grandmothers: Naomi Sermon and Yvonne Stevens; her niece and nephew: Cassidy Howell and Asher Howell; and her beloved animals: Daisy, Cat, and Freckles.

Maggie chose not to have a funeral. Instead, please laugh, enjoy time with a dear friend, and remember the joy she brought to you. In lieu of flowers, please donate in Maggie’s memory to the Ohio Quarter Horse Association Foundation and specify that the gift is for youth programs in memory of Maggie Howell (https://ohioquarterhorsefoundation.com/donate/).

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