HOWARD, DOROTHY ANNETTE. Services for Dorothy Annette Howard, 70, a retired Jersey City educator, were held Nov. 21at Glorious Blessed Assurance Church, Jersey City. She died Nov. 17 at Hackensack University Medical Center. Born in Newark, she lived in the Lafayette section of JerseyCity. Howard was an elementary school teacher in Jersey City at Schools 22, 14, 39, retiring from School 17. She received numerous awards for her teaching ability and advocacy for children. She was an accomplished pianist and seamstress. Survivors include a daughter, Doreen Elaine Bryant, and her husband Kenneth; a sister, Lillian Allen; a sister-in-law, Geraldine Waters; nieces and nephews, cousins, including Mary Anne Starke, and two grandchildren, Kourtnaey and Dakota Bryant.