Helen M. (Gibowski) Howland, 93, of Oregon, Ohio passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Hospice of Toledo. Helen was born in Toledo, Ohio to Joseph and Helen (Sluzewski) Gibowski on December 8, 1925. Helen was the youngest of three children. Growing up during the Great Depression in a close-knit Polish neighborhood, Helen knew the importance of family, the value of relationships, and always looked out for those in need. When she was younger, Helen enjoyed spending time with her siblings, going skating and visiting the Toledo Museum of Art, which she could walk to from her house. She was a 1944 graduate of Libbey High School, and as a young adult, she worked an office job at Electric Autolite. Helen married Donald Howland on January 27, 1951 and had three sons. Everyone who knew Helen remembers her cooking. She was very talented at making traditional Polish meals such as sweet and sour cabbage and kielbasa, but also homemade soups, pot pies, and desserts. She enjoyed being a room mother for Coy School and was always warm and welcoming to the children in her neighborhood. In her prime, Helen enjoyed doing puzzles, painting ceramics, taking exercise classes at the YMCA, playing Uno with her friends, and tending to her garden. She was always very quick-witted and had a great sense of humor. Helen was also an active member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. In addition to being a loving wife and mother, Helen also had three granddaughters that she enjoyed being with. They would spend countless hours playing outside, making halos out of clovers, playing card games, coloring with crayons, making rice crispy treats and enjoying each other's company. Helen was truly a wonderful woman and will be dearly missed by those she has left behind. Helen is survived by her three sons David, Daniel (June), and William Howland. She also leaves behind three granddaughters Leah (Jeffrey) Young, Emily (Justine) Howland-Feller, and Rachel Howland. She also leaves behind one great-grandson Camden Granville. Helen is proceeded in death by her late husband Donald Howland; siblings Stella (Paul) Gawrych and Ted (Alice) Gibowski; daughter-in-law Tina Wipf, along with her parents and grandparents. The family will receive friends at the Eggleston Meinert & Pavley, Oregon Chapel, 440 South Coy Road on Friday, October 18, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in Epiphany of the Lord Parish – St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 729 White Street Toledo, where the family will greet friends beginning at 9:00 a.m. Interment: North Oregon Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Epiphany of the Lord Parish or Hospice of Northwest Ohio.