(The Arizona Daily Star posted the following article on its website on November 13. Randy Howard is a member of BLE Division 28 in Tucson, Ariz.)
TUCSON, Ariz. — A memorial service for two of the fishermen who went missing last month in the Gulf of California is scheduled for Saturday at Ironwood Ridge High School.
The public memorial for Randy Howard, 47, and his 21-year-old son, Joshua, starts at 1 p.m. at the school, 2475 W. Naranja Drive, said friend John Eckhoff.
The Howards left Rocky Point for a fishing trip with fellow Tucsonans Mark Brinke, 47, Carl Hopper, 42, and Daryl Holland, 42, on Oct. 25. When they failed to return that night, authorities began searching. Their boat was found three days later about 100 miles southwest of Rocky Point, or Puerto Peñasco.
Joshua Howard’s body is the only one that has been found. Family and friends ended their search Nov. 5.
A memorial for Brinke will be at 1 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Jehovah’s Witness East Congregation, 5643 E. Lee St.
A memorial for Hopper will be at 3 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Jehovah’s Witness South Congregation, 5462 S. Sixth Ave.
A memorial service for Holland is pending, Eckhoff said