Coroner gets special birthday gift

Posted 8/21/12

WAYNE COUNTY, PA — Edward Howell, Wayne County coroner, celebrated his 26th birthday on Monday, December 15. He didn’t spend his birthday eating cake. Coroner Howell and his wife, the former Anna …

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Coroner gets special birthday gift

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WAYNE COUNTY, PA — Edward Howell, Wayne County coroner, celebrated his 26th birthday on Monday, December 15. He didn’t spend his birthday eating cake. Coroner Howell and his wife, the former Anna Rennekamp welcomed the birth of the first child on this extra special day.

The baby boy, named Matthias Edward Howell, arrived at 5:55 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and his length is 21 inches. The name Matthias is a family name with great meaning. Edward’s fourth great-grandfather, Captain Matthias Keen, was a prominent Wayne County settler and influential man in the community. He is buried under a huge gristmill stone in the Keen Cemetery, Waymart, where generations of the family are interred. Matthias Keen served as coroner of Wayne County in the 1820s and 1830s. Maybe little Matthias will carry on the family tradition, too.

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