Howard Dale Einspahr passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 at the age of 76 at the Regent Park Nursing and Rehabilitation and Carriage House in Holyoke.

Howard was born on Oct. 9, 1943 in Sterling to Emial and Ruth Einspahr of Haxtun. He completed his primary and secondary education at Haxtun Public School in Haxtun. After high school, he attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling where he studied agriculture.

On June 4, 1967, Howard married Lila Mae Earl in Sterling. He then whisked his bride off to Norfolk, Neb. when he began his career in the fertilizer business then to...