Marilyne Uhlmann-Howland

Marilyne Ruth Holdren Uhlmann-Howland, 71, died on Thursday, March 6, 2008, after a year-plus battle with ovarian cancer. Cryptside services will be held at 1 o’clock this afternoon (March 12) at the Uhlmann family crypt at Green Acres Mausoleum, located at 401 N. Hayden Road in Scottsdale. An additional memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, at the Show Low Stake Center of The Church of Jesus  Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 1401 W. Deuce of Clubs.
   As a teenager in Mesa, she was the first Arizona Junior Maid of Cotton, Mesa Rawhide Roundup Queen, Salad Bowl (now Fiesta Bowl) Queen and first woman president of Scottsdale Board of Realtors.
   She was a three-year member of the National Honor Society at Mesa High School, graduating in three years. She was voted prettiest girl and won the JC Penney State Sewing Contest for her age group in 1949.
   Her words, “I was born a real estate broker,” placed her with Russ Lyon Realty and her own firm, Uhlmann International Real Estate and Development, which is   widely known in real estate circles.
   She was often referred to as “Scottsdale’s Elizabeth Taylor.”
   Sharing a love for animals with husband, Richard Howland, they had numerous pets, and raised miniature horses and Missouri Fox Trotters on their Wickenburg ranch, Quail Ridge. Her very special loves were her tiny Maltese, Christmas, and her trotter gelding, Echo.
   Survivors include her husband, Richard Howland; her sister, Pat Howard; twin sons, Kent and Brent Meldrum; step-daughter, Luanne Passmore, and granddaughter, Amber Passmore; son-in-law, Randy Passmore, and grandson, Kevin Passmore; and many others whom she loved.
   Owens Mortuary of Show Low is in charge of the arrangements.