A funeral service for Thena Jo Howell, 58 of Newark will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 17, 2009 in the Newark Chapel of Vensil-Orr & Chute Funeral Home. Interment will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Mrs. Howell passed away Friday morning, August 14, 2009 at the Selma Markowitz Care Center, operated by Hospice of Central Ohio after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born December 8, 1950 in Radnor, W.Va. to Robert and JoAnn Perry of Wooster. Mrs. Howell was a registered nurse. She had worked for Select Specialty Hospitals in Zanesville. She was a loving, wife, mother, and grandmother. She dedicated her life to her husband, children and granddaughter. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband of 38 years, Doug Howell, whom she married December 12, 1970; a daughter, Stephanie Howell; sons, Benjamin Howell, and Andrew (Stefanie) Howell; a granddaughter, Aubrey Carthe Howell, all of Newark; a brother Robert (Lisa) Perry of Long Lake, Minn.; sisters, Cathy Colson of Covington, Ga., Jackie Perry of Orrville, Suzie Perry of Reno, Nev., Gretta (Dan) Baird of Oakridge, N.C., Diane Perry of Wooster, and Denise Perry of Orrville. Friends and family may visit from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, 1850 W. Main Street, Newark. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Ohio, P.O. Box 430, Newark, Ohio 43058-0430. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.