Anna Houstman 1894-1978

HOUSTMAN, KRUTZFIELD

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 3/7/2020 at 10:30:12

March 30, 1978 - The Midland Times

Anna Friedericka Houstman, 83 died Monday, March 20, at Anamosa Community Hospital.

Funeral services were held at the Hayden Funeral Home, Olin, Thursday, March 24, with Rev. Ralph Grote officiating. Mrs. Merle Ballou was soloist and organist was Mrs. Tom Levsen.

Pallbearers were Tom Hamilton, Steven Robinson, Ralph Burge, Gilbert Jones, Cecil Fall, Harold Sweet. Burial was in Olin Cemetery.

She was born October 14, 1894, the daughter of John and Mary Cruise Krutzfield. She was baptized at the Lost Nation Lutheran Church in 1894 and moved to this area at the age of six. She attended rural school near Olin.

On November 26, 1919, she married Arthur Houstman at Olin. The couple have lived in Olin with the exception of ten years living on a farm east of town. She was a member of the Olin Lutheran Church.

Survivors are her husband, Arthur; a son, Willard, Olin; two granddaughters and a grandson. Her parents, three sisters, and two brothers preceded her in death.