Married to Marguerite A. Thomson in 1942. Joined the US Navy as a Medical Corp Man. Marguerite gave birth to Stephanie Rye Howell on Sept. 9, 1943 after Kenneth had a leave from the navy. Divorced from Marguerite around 1945 after realising he was gay. No contact made with daughter after the age of five. Upon turning twenty-one, daughter Stephanie made phone contact with her father but no physical contact was ever made. He died by his own hands (gun) on a small boat moored in a harbor on the California coast. He left a sister as well whose name was Lee Howell.