Glen Rice Howe

March 10, 1953 – Oct. 9, 2025

Glen Rice Howe, 72, of Lovell, died October 9, 2025.

He entered this life on March 10, 1953, in Lovell, at the North Big Horn County Hospital. He was the son of the late Newel Freer Howe and Dora Emma (Rice) Howe. He was raised in Kane until he was 11 years old. Thereafter, he lived and died on the family farm southwest of Lovell at 1374 Road 8 on Highway 32, Lovell. He was a graduate of Lovell High School. 

Glen was united in marriage on January 5, 1996, with Ruth Ward Walker at the LDS Temple in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

When Glen was a year old, he fell out of a highchair and broke his leg. By the age of 3 they had discovered that the leg bone had not healed correctly and would have to be amputated just below the knee. In the years that followed, he had some unique prosthetics including a John Deere and a Case tractor branded leg. 

Glen loved a good laugh and a funny story, never missing a chance to play pranks with friends and family. His good humor and unparalleled generosity made him a friend to everyone. 

Glen spent countless hours working on the family cattle operation, Big Horn Cattle Company. Additionally, Glen was employed by the Lovell Canal, working as a ditch rider for more than 40 years to ensure local farmers received their irrigation water. During that time he also worked at the Great Western Sugar Company for 30-plus years, a familiar face, meeting and assisting local farmers as they delivered their sugar beet crops each year.  

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth (Ward) Howe, father Newel Freer Howe, mother Dora Emma (Rice) Howe, sister Grace Ann (Howe) Robertson and granddaughter Hope Walker.

Glen is survived by his son, Bob Middleton and partner Wil Cabo; daughter Tammy Middleton (Sam) Twitchell; son Steven Walker; daughter Ella May Walker Bazemore; brother Grover R. (Joy) Howe; brothers-in-law Jeffery Robertson, George Ward and Scott Ward; sisters-in-law Lydia Ward Lefforge and Earlene Ward; a loving extended family of numerous nieces and nephews; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Glen will be dearly missed by his family.

Visitation was held Friday, Oct. 17, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the LDS Chapel in Lovell.  Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. by Bishop Anderson in the East Chapel. Interment was in the Lovell Cemetery.