ARMANDA (WRAY) HOUSTON

WRAY, HOUSTON, OWNBY, DANIEL, RAUCH

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 2/21/2002 at 20:44:26

Decatur County Journal
Thursday, July l, l9l5

ARMANDA WRAY, the second child of DANIEL and
NAOMA WRAY was born in
Franklin County, Virginia, January l, l843,
and died at her farm home
near Decatur City, Iowa, June l9, l9l5,
having lived her seventy-two
years, five months and eighteen days.

At the age of eighteen, she came with her
uncle, JAMES OWNBY, to Decatur
County, Iowa. August 20, l865, she was
united in marriage to ROBERT L.
HOUSTON, to which union were born three
children, all of whom were at
her side when she smiled the last farewells.
The children are JOHN M.
HOUSTON, MRS. NETTIE L. DANIEL, both of
Decatur City, and MRS. MARY
RAUCH, of Lamoni. MR. and MRS. HOUSTON began
their married life in
Decatur County, Iowa, and were happy in their
united toils until
September 20, l878, when death caused their
separation and left the
mother a widow with her three small children.
But with the true mother
heart she remained on the farm and cared for
her children until they
were all grown and then they as true
children, returned their love in
care of her, the son remaining with her
single to her death and with
them, MRS. DANIEL and her son have lived,
loved and served for two
years. The love of MRS. RAUCH was not less,
but her home duties kept
her with her family. The children were all
with their mother, however,
through her brief illness and at the moment
of death.

MRS. HOUSTON gave her life to her Lord, in
l897, and united with the
Christian Church in Decatur City. She
remained faithful in Christ
throughout her life. She passed away after
several paralytic strokes,
the first coming May l9th, just a month
before her death. She leaves
three children, two grandchildren, four
brothers and one sister together
with unnumerable hosts of friends to suffer
the loneliness of her
absence and goes to join her loved ones in
that happy and better life.

Funeral services were held at the Christian
Church, June 22, by Rev.
James Teeters, of Des Moines. Interment in
the Decatur Cemetery by the
side of her husband.

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