PETER HOWELL

HOWELL, Peter Peter Howell, born February 9, 1936, lived 87 years until September 27, 2023, when he lost his fight against cancer. Peter is survived by his wife, Darlene (Dolly) Howell; his sister, Nancy Seybold; his three sons, Park Howell, Stephen Howell (wife Kate), and Jonathan Howell (wife Anna); and his five grandchildren, Kathleen (Kaylee) Howell, Peter Howell, Nathaniel Howell, Jonah Howell, and Harper (Finley) Howell. Peter lived a full and vibrant life, born in Boston, MA to Eileen and Richard Howell. They moved soon after to Larchmont, New York, where Peter was raised. He graduated from Williams College and the Naval Officer Candidate School, both in 1957. He spent the next three years as a Naval officer assigned to the USS Estes, an amphibious group command ship out of San Diego. Upon release from active duty, Peter earned a Master of Arts degree from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1962. In September of that year, he joined the overseas division of Citibank. After requesting a post in the Philippines, he was assigned to Pakistan. Regardless, he worked 38 years within the bank and spent most of those years living in, or directly involved with, Asia. His banking career was impressive, culminating with significant responsibilities as an executive vice president. His international banking career included the establishment of a joint venture with Overseas Chinese Banking Corp. (OCBC). Peter met his beloved "Dolly" in Karachi, Pakistan, where she was working at the American embassy. Pakistan was at war with India at the time, and Peter would drive across town, during the war-time blackouts at night, with no headlights to see Dolly, and watch the anti-aircraft tracers in the desert night sky from the roof of Dolly's flat. Falling hopelessly in love, they were married on December 28, 1965 at the Brooks Memorial Church in Karachi. They lived through Pakistan's ascendance in the 1960s as a "model' developing economy, experienced the rise of the Communist party while living in Calcutta, India. This resulted in their being transferred to Singapore in 1969, where they witnessed the transformation of the state (under Lee Kuan Yew) into a model center of trade and technology. They lived Kuala Lumpur during the aftermath of Malaysia's Communist insurgency and racial strife. They moved back to the United States in the mid-1970s, where Peter continued to work for the bank, until he retired in 2000. They enjoyed life in Greenwich CT, where they raised their three sons and Peter enjoyed riding horses. Peter and Dolly retreated to Nantucket, MA in 2000, where Peter was finally able to dive headfirst into fly fishing, constantly on the hunt for elusive striped bass, bonito and false albacore. Pete discovered and quickly developed an intense passion for Atlantic salmon fishing; traveling the globe to find that perfect stretch of river where a salmon lay in wait. We believe that he found that perfect stretch of river along the banks of the Southwest Miramichi at the Black Brook Salmon Club, in New Brunswick, Canada. Forever will his family be grateful for the generosity of the members and the team there who allowed him to follow his (second) love and passion in their waters. When not on the water, Peter devoted much of time to several organizations supporting the conservation and restoration of wild salmon and other fisheries. He served as Chair of The Nantucket Trustees of Reservations, was a U.S. Director of the Atlantic Salmon Federation, as well as serving on the U.S. Board of the Miramichi Salmon Association. In addition, Peter was a founding member of the Seal Abatement Coalition, based in Nantucket, for whom he authored several articles that were published in the Boston Globe and Cape Cod Times.

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