Helpful Rhymes For Senior Times

About the Book

The book contains a collection of poems selected from a larger collection which Howard has been writing weekly since 1995. They were published in the weekly news- letter of the Atherton Baptist Homes. So many people have expressed their gratitude for the poems as a source of encouragement, joy and hope that Howard decided to publish a selected number of them. They address issues that confront seniors during the aging process.

About the Author

Howard Stewart was born in 1922 in Philadelphia, PA. where he attended public schools through high school. He served over three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the battleship, USS Idaho which involved him in thirteen battles. After the war Howard pursued his educational preparation for the ministry earning two Bachelor's degrees, two Master's degrees and a Doctorate. He served churches in Pennsylvania, Delaware and California during his forty years of active ministry. During that period he also was an adjunct professor at Wesley College in Delaware and at The American Baptist Seminary of the West and The Fuller Theological Seminary in California. He has authored three books on Baptist history and polity. He and his wife Evelyn were married for sixty-three years until she passed away in 2007. They had two married sons, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Howard retired in 1988 and resides at The Atherton Baptist Homes in Alhambra, California