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Edwin Riley Houf
Male 1910 - 2002

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  • Birth  23 Mar 1910  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Obituary  23 Apr 2002  Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Press of Atlantic City 
    • Houf, Edwin R., 92, of Northfield, passed away April 19, 2002 at Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point. He was born in Fulton, Missouri and was an area resident since 1964.
      Mr. Houf retired from the US Marine Corps after thirty-two years of service in 1966. He served during WWII and Korean Wars. He was a highly decorated Master Gunnery Sergeant. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor and was honored by Admiral Nimitz for his heroic efforts. After retiring from the Marine Corps he later worked at Lenox China in Pomona for sixteen years.
      He is survived by his wife Gladys S. Houf; three daughters: Joan Kline of Somers Point, Janet Briney and her husband John of Absecon and Sarah Pendlebury and her husband John of Northfield; a son David Houf of California; one sister Mayo Smart of Fulton, Missouri; ten grandchildren: Brian Houf, Michelle Kline, Shannon, John, Jason and Justin Pendlebury, Scott, Matt, Jennifer and Kimberly Fiore; and seven great grandchildren.
      Services will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at the Adams-Perfect Funeral Home, 1650 New Road, Northfield. Burial will be at the Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery, Estell Manor. Relatives and friends may call from to 10 to 10:30 on Wednesday.
    Died  23 Apr 2002  Somers Point, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery, , Atlantic, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I9090  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  20 Jul 2008 
     
    Father  Homer J. Houf,   b. 27 Jan 1882, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1969 
    Mother  Hayden H. Houchins,   b. 3 Nov 1886, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1978 
    Married  3 Aug 1905  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F14346800  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Gladys S. Ewing,   b. 31 Dec 1919, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 2008, Northfield, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Last Modified  07 Sep 2007 
    Family ID  F14347338  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • 1920 census shows him as 4 years old. According to his obit, he as 92 in 2002, which would make him born in 1910.
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Mar 1910 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Press of Atlantic City - 23 Apr 2002 - Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Apr 2002 - Somers Point, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery, , Atlantic, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
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