Maurice Edward Houts Jr., 1943-1973

HOUTS, RUCKERMAN, HARRIS, CUPPLES, MILLER, WILLARDSON, SOULS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 3/23/2012 at 21:52:14

Former Estherville Man Dies
Maurice Edward Houts Jr., 30, formerly of Estherville, died Dec. 26 in the afternoon at Osage Nursing Home in Osage.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. today at Reese-Henry Funeral Home, Estherville, with the Rev. Stanley Eyberg officiating. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Houts was born June 4, 1943 Iowa City to Maurice and Barbara Ruckman Houts. He had been an invalid all his life.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Houts, Southborough, Mass.; two brothers, David at Surbridge, Mass., and Michael of Southborough; five sisters, Mrs. Harlan Harris, Remsen, Mrs. Howard Cupples, Green Forest, Ark., Mrs. Barbara Miller, Estherville, Mrs. Robert Willardson, Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Wesley Souls, Scranton, S.C. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 31, 1973)