Daniel Bryce Howell

Daniel Bryce Howell, born March 24, 1948, to Richard and Fern Howell, in Portland, NY, died alone at home of natural causes in Moriarty, NM on November 10, 2010. Dan enlisted in the Marines, March 1966. Dan, a Seventh Day Adventist, was a good student, athletic, and a songwriter and musician.He played snare drumb in the Marine Corp band. He married Nikita Smith and had Rebecca Ruth, whereabouts unknown, and Mike Bill, a deceased infant. They divorced. Dan fathered two more children with Susan Davidson, Daniel Bryce Jr. and Kristin. He is survived by his only sibling, Sylvia Howell Kneller, of Los Osos, CA. He has an affinity for animals and compassion for the downtrodden. Obituary written by Sylvia Howell Kneller.