Charles Rellstab Howell ’27

CHARLES DIED Oct. 8, 1990, his 88th birthday, in the house of his son, Thomas, at Mt. Laurel, NJ. There he had spent his years of retirement, after a ministry of four decades in Presbyterian churches. Everywhere he devoted special attention to religious education and ministry to youth, and was involved in local education and social service.

His son, Thomas, reports that despite the pressure of many pastoral duties, Charles still found time to read the Bible, cover to cover, twice a year, and to carry a huge correspondence with former parishioners. He was fond of gardening, hiking, and swimming, and of bringing up an adopted son, Thomas C. Howell, who helped in composing this memorial.

In reporting for 1927's TWENTY YEAR RECORD, Charles wrote: "There is not much to report by way of success story except that I have enjoyed my work and life immensely since leaving college." Well, how else does one define success? His life seems to typify those of innumerable pastors who, rather than fame, win souls for the Christian life.

The Class of 1927