OBIT: Estella "Polly" (DWIRE) HOUPT, 2000, Black Township, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOUPT
  
    Estella "Polly" Houpt, 86, of Black Township died Feb. 7, 2000 in
  Brooklyn, Mich.  Born Oct. 8, 1913 in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, she
  is the daughter of the late Silas and Eldora (Nickelson) Dwire.  Also
  preceded in death by one grandson, one great-granddaughter.  Brothers:
  Lloyd, Harry, Clyde, Jack and Dutch, and sisters: Ida, Ester, Leona
  and Olive.  Survived by husband, Jay Earl Houpt, children: Lois Ryan
  of Mosses Lake, Wash., Kay Munsell of Clark Lake, Mich., Donnie
  Putman of Rockwood.  Stepchildren: Linda Hall of Huston Tex., Lana
  Smith of Somerset and Elaine Bishop of Winchester, Va.  Eleven
  grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.  Member of the Mt. Zion
  United Methodist Church, Markleton.  She was the last surviving
  member of the Dwire family.  Friends received 7-9 p.m., Wednesday and
  2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Thursday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home
  where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Ronald
  Thomas and Rev. John Snyder officiating.  Interment, Husband Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, February 9, 2000
  
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