Detroit, MI…The Detroit Red Wings mourn the passing of Colleen Howe, Mrs. Hockey, wife of Red Wings great, Gordie Howe. Colleen passed today at the Howe’s home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan following a courageous battle with Pick’s disease, an incurable neurological form of dementia. She was 76.
“We extend our deepest condolences to Gordie, Mark, Marty, Cathy, Murray and the entire Howe family,” said Red Wings owners Mike and Marian Ilitch. “Colleen was a pioneer hockey wife and hockey mom and devoted her entire life to the betterment of the game. She will be sincerely missed by us and all who knew her.”
Funeral arrangements are to be announced.
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