Jean C. (Schultz) HOUSER

SCHULTZ, HOUSER, SKINNER, SEVERTSON, PATTERSON, JENSEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/7/2016 at 16:34:01

July 22, 1917 --- December 26, 1993

Jean C. Houser, 76, Clarion, died at the Clarion Community Memorial Hospital on Sunday, December 26, 1993 after a long illness of cancer. Funeral services were held at First Lutheran Church on Thursday afternoon, December 29, at two o'clock. Pastor William Granger officiated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. Willim Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Joan Voigts was the organist. Honorary bearers were: Harold Jung, Edward Campbell, Wayne Ebert and Ben Eye. Bearers were: Wayne and Eric Severtson, Paul Patterson, Don Watts, Steve Schutt and Richard Simpson.

Jean was born July 22, 1917, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Myrtle Skinner Schultz. She was raised in Minneapolis and graduated in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Minnesota. She worked for the University until her marriage to W. B. (Bill) Houser on January 31, 1942, in Minneapolis. After their marriage, they were the publishers of the newspapers in Ashby, Minnesota, and Marrion, South Dakota. In 1956, they came to Clarion where they published the Wright County Monitor until 1979. After selling the paper, they operated Clarion Office Supply until August of 1988. Bill died October 13, 1990. Survivors include two daughters: Nancy Jean Severtson of Laurel, Montana and Elizabeth Ann Patterson of Huntsville, Alabama; five grandchildren and one brother, Alfred Schultz of Astoria, Oregon. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a sister, Mary Jensen.

Her memberships included First Lutheran Church and FLCW, Clarion Arts Council, AAUW, Federated Women's Club, Wright County Genealogical Searchers, Iowa Genealogical Society, and a past board member of the Clarion library.

Wright County Monitor -- Clarion, Iowa
January 6, 1994