NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Zelda E. (Krellenstein) Howard, a resident of South Dartmouth, Mass., died Sept. 10, at the New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home.
She was the beloved wife of Dr. Bertram Howard.
Born in Brooklyn, she was the daughter of the late Elias Krellenstein and the late Rebecca (Rosen) Krellenstein. Mrs. Howard was a graduate of Cornell University School of Nursing and had served as a cadet nurse in the U.S. Army during World War II. She had worked as a nursing supervisor at the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital. .
She was president of the Women’s Auxiliary at St. Luke’s Hospital. In 1963. she was chairman of nursing services for the Red Cross. A charter member of the walking tours of the historical district of New Bedford, she also held memberships in many museums and libraries including the Whaling Museum and the Rotche House in New Bedford, the Smithsonian Institute, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Besides her husband, she leaves her children, Dr. Jack Howard and his wife Leslie, of South Dartmouth, Nora Gitlin and her husband Louis. of Providence, R.I,, Robert Howard of South Dartmouth, and Atty. Alan Howard and his wife Patti, of Bedford, N.Y.; as well as eight grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Jessie and Rhoda Krellenstein.
