Jesus said, “I go to prepare a place for you and where I go, you may go also”. John 14:3 On April 18 2018,  Gertrude Mary Howze Edwards entered a prepared place for a prepared people. She entered the Gates of Heaven where she has cast her crown at Jesus’ feet. Her life on earth and surely beyond, is so well declared in 2 Timothy 4:7-8, “she fought the good fight, finished the race and kept the faith, now there will be in store for her a crown of righteousness. Gertrude was born on April 26, 1933 to proud parents, Howard Howze, Sr & Wilberina Dejean Howze. The Service of Celebration will be held at Corpus Christi Catholic in New Orleans, Louisiana,  Friday, April 27, 2018 at 10am.