Howard Robert Balentine |
| Posted 2009-09-26 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Saturday, September 19, 2009 Oct. 10, 1920 to Sept. 11, 2009 Howard was a resident of Prescott, Ariz., from 1925 until his graduation from Prescott High School in 1939. At the young age of 13 he went to work for the Prescott Phone Company to support his mother and two brothers since their father was restricted to Ft. Whipple from a condition received during WWII. Howard attained the distinction of earning his Eagle Scout badge at the age of 16. In 1942, Howard joined the Navy and began his flight school at the Prescott Airport and was commissioned U.S. Navy pilot after completing flight school in Pensacola, Fla. He was transferred into Corps and finished WWII as a Marine Officer. After the war, he returned to Phoenix to raise his family and continue his career that spanned 47 years with AT&T-Mountain Bell, later U.S. West. Howard married Shirley Ann Clark of Winslow, Ariz., in 1945 and had three sons, Robert M. of Newport, Wash., Terry O. of Flagstaff, Ariz., and William F. Balentine of Sahuarita, Ariz. Howard Lee of Sun City West, Ariz., the son of Shirley, was adopted by Howard in 1949 and raised as his own. Howard's mother Ollie Balentine, a Pioneer Women member, was a longtime resident of Prescott and resided in the old two-story home at the corner of Virginia and Willis, which has seen many changes but was still referred to as the Old Balentine House in the Daily Courier a few years back. Ollie raised her three sons Howard (Bud), William (Bobo) and Marion (Tip) in this home. It can be located on old Prescott maps in the Sharlot Hall Museum. The home was a favorite place to be for all the Balentine family. We loved our father as he loved us and we wish him "God Speed" on his journey home. May he find his final rest as rewarding as his early life in Prescott, which he loved so very much. Information provided by survivors. |
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