HOUK OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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HOUK, Otto 1904 - 1995

Otto Houk, 91, Clinton, died Tuesday, September 5, 1995, at the Meadowbrook 
Manor of Clinton. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 
8, in the Parks Chapel Cemetery, southeast of Clinton. Mr. Houk will lie in state 
from noon until 5 p.m., Thursday, September 7, at the Consalus Funeral Home, 
Clinton. Mr. Houk was born August 10, 1904, in Henry County, the son of A. J. and 
Sarah Houk. He was a farmer for a number of years. He is survived by a daughter, 
Peggy Christopher, Longmont, Colorado. Among grandchildren are Stacey Severson 
and Debra Parvin, both of Kansas City, and a number of great-grandchildren. Mr. 
Houk was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Hicks, on July 5, 1994. (NOTE: 
His parents were Albert Lee and Laura Halsey Houk - A. J. and Sarah were 
probably his grandparents)


HOUK, William M. 1853 - 1922

William M. Houk, son of Andy and Mary Houk, was born in Moniteau county, near 
California, the county seat. When a small boy his parents came to Henry county 
and settled on a farm near Good Hope church. He was married to Miss Ellen Foster, 
Oct., 1879. He was a member of the Baptist church. He was a kind husband, father 
and neighbor, always willing to lend a helping hand. Uncle Bill, as he was called, 
had been in poor health for two years with asthma and heart trouble. He died 
January 22, 1922. He leaves his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Robert Parks, and 
four grandchildren, Ural, Loyd, Herschel and Edwin Parks; one sister; Mrs. M. M. 
Mathews, of Little Rock, Ark.; three brothers - J. D. Houk, near Coal; E. R. Houk, 
Chico, Calif., and George Houk, of Deepwater. Funeral services were conducted at 
Parks Chapel by Rev. Briggs, after which his body was laid to rest in the 
cemetery near the church.

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