Submitted by:  Nadine A. Hardin

 

Obituary name:  Virgil B. Houck

Names mentioned:  Houck, Keene, Connell, Grisamer, Kreiter, Evans

 

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries, October 12, 1999

Virgil B. Houck (May 8, 1924 - Oct. 10, 1999).

Virgil B. Houck, 75, of South 35th Street, South Bend, Ind., died on Sunday evening, Oct. 10, in his home. Mr. Houck worked for the Studebaker Corporation for 18 years, and retired in 1982 from Dodge Reliance after 18 years. He was born on May 8, 1924, in Mishawaka, Ind., and had been a lifetime area resident.

On Aug. 3, 1946, in South Bend, he married Doris Mattie Keene, who survives.

He is also survived by a daughter, Vicky Connell of Oakwood, Ill.; two sons, Terry B. Houck of Mishawaka and Dennis K. Houck of South Bend; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and by three sisters, Louise Grisamer of Naugatuck, Conn., Emma Kreiter and June Evans, both of Mishawaka.

He was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.

Services will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the chapel of St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind., with Rev. Stephen Sears, pastor of the 1st Church of the Nazarene, Mishawaka, where Mr. Houck was a member, officiating.

There will be no visitation.

Memorials may be made to the 1st Church of the Nazarene, 610 N. Logan, Mishawaka, IN 46545.

The Hickey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 

South Bend Tribune, Death Notices, October 13, 1999

Virgil B. Houck

May 8, 1924 - Oct. 10, 1999

SOUTH BEND - Virgil B. Houck, 75, of South 35th Street, died Sunday in his home. Survivors include his wife, Doris M. (Keene); a daughter, Vicky Connell of Oakwood, Ill.; two sons, Terry B. of Mishawaka and Dennis K. of South Bend; and three sisters, Louise Grisamer of Naugatuck, Conn., and Emma Kreiter and June Evans, both of Mishawka. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park Chapel, Granger. There will be no visitation. Hickey Funeral Home is handling arrangements.