OBIT: Samuel D. HOUCK, 1916, of interest in Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ SAMUEL D. HOUCK. Word was received in Altoona on Sunday of the death of Samuel D. Houck, which occurred at 5:30 Sunday morning, at his home at Washington, D.C. The cause of death was general debility. He was aged about 80 years. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Sterling Gardner, and three grandchildren; also two brothers and two sisters - James H. and W. A. Houck, Mrs. Rachel Stevens and Mrs. Catherine Shollar, all of Altoona. The funeral will take place at Washington Tuesday afternoon. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, December 4, 1916