Record evidence
Born August 19, 1909, in Stanley County. South Dakota birth index file 48901 names Horace Howes and Nannie Snow as Ivan’s parents. Local reporting dates his founding of Howes Oil to 1938.[1] [2] [3]
Family and business
The state birth index records Ivan in Stanley County, South Dakota, as the child of Horace Howes and Nannie Snow. A contemporary Phi Delta Theta publication records his initiation in the University of South Dakota chapter in 1931. Local reporting names Ivan as the founder of Howes Oil in 1938. Evidence and records