Submitted by:  Nadine A. Hardin

Obituary name:  Bert Houck

Names mentioned:  Houck, DeLong, Huffman, Meyers

South Bend Tribune, Mishawaka Enterprise, July 11, 1927, Mortuary Record.

Bert Houck, 40, of 807 Hendricks street, died Sunday afternoon at 5:20 o'clock at his home after a year's illness.  He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Anna Houck, this city, his wife Ellen Houck, and eight children, Eva, Emma, Louise, Edith, June, George, Charles, and, Virgil, all at home; four brothers, Elmer of Berrien Springs, Mich., and Ray, Carl, and, James of Mishawaka; and two sisters, Mrs. John Huffman and Mrs. Christy Meyers, both of Mishawaka.

Mr. Houck was born in Van Worth <Van Wert>, Ohio, June 18, 1887, and came here from Van Worth 20 years ago.  He was married August 24, 1907, to Ellen DeLong at St. Joseph, Mich.