OBIT: Elizabeth HOUSER, 1918, Middleton, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JudyBoo Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ _________________________________________ MIDDLETOWN POLICE CHIEF'S WIFE DIES Mrs. Charles Houser, aged 65 years, wife of Chief of Police Houser, died yesterday afternoon at two o'clock at her home on West Ann street, from dropsy. She had been ailing for some time. She is survived by her husband, and the following children - six daughters: Miss Florence and Miss Mame Houser, and Mrs. Anna Bistline, of Harrisburg; Miss Irene Houser, Miss Myrtle, at home; and Mrs. E. R. Imler, of Lorain, Ohio; one son, Charles Houser, of South Catherine street; one sister, Mrs. Cecelia Rodgers, of West Ann street; and two brothers, Postmaster John A. Kramer, of East Emaus street, town, and Charles Kramer, of Harrisburg. Two grandchildren also survive, Miss Helen Bistline, of town, and Irwin Bowman, now in the United States service stationed in France. The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Wednesday, July 24, 1918 FUNERAL OF MRS. HOUSER Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Houser, wife of Chief of Police Houser, who died at her home on West Ann street, Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, from a complication of diseases, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. The Rev. James Cunningham, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the deceased was a member, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Middletown Cemetery. The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Thursday, July 25, 1918 1910 Middleton Ward 1, Dauphin County census - Charles Alba Houser, 52, Chief of Police, Middleton Elizabeth Houser, 57 Irean Houser, 20 Myrtle Houser, 18 Charley Houser, 21