Obituary of Barbara Ann Howard
April 12, 1956 - October 2, 2009 Barbara Ann Howard, 53, passed away in Portland, Oregon on October 2, 2009. Barbara was born in Fort Worth, Texas on April 12, 1956 to Charles Brady and Marion Howard. She was raised in a military family and was lived many places such as Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, England; Mobile, Alabama; Del City, Oklahoma, Barbara moved to Oregon in 1981. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1980 with a master's in Regional and City Planning and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Barbara married Thomas Michael Kehoe on February 29, 2000 in Portland, Oregon. Barbara worked as a planner as a Regional Planning Council for Clark County, Washington in 1981, she than worked for Nike as a Forecas Analyst form 1982 to 1993, and than a small business owner for Pets in the City from 2005-2009. Barbara loved the outdoors in any way that fulfilled her love of the Pacific Northwest is way such as hiking, running, and birding. Barbara was involved in organizations such as the Oregon Pet Sitters Association and Oregon Humane Society. Barbara is survived by her husband, Thomas Michael Kehoe of San Francisco; parents Charles Brady and Marion Howard of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; sister, Brenda Howard of Portland, Oregon; brothers, Derek Howard of Del City, Oklahoma and Darryl Howard of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and companion, Dennis Mitchell of Portland, Oregon. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 1o, 2009 at 4 p.m. at the Audubon Society of Portland, 5151 NW Cornell Road, Portland, Oregon. Arrangements by Crown Memorial Center - Tualatin