OBIT: Estelle (BOWMAN) HOUSTON, 1987, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  ESTELLE (BOWMAN) HOUSTON
  
    Estelle (Bowman) Houston, 83, died June 8, 1987, at St. Francis
  Hospital, in Wilmington, Delaware.
    Born April 11, 1904, in Meyersdale, she was the daughter of David
  and Sarah (Braucher) Bowman. She has been a resident of Epicopal
  [sic] Church Home for the past six years.
    She is survived by her only son, James B. Houston of Fair Hill,
  Md., seven grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren, and one sister,
  Jane Walker, Meyersdale. She was preceded in death by her husband,
  James C. Houston, in 1965.
    Estelle had lived in Delaware with her son for the past 22 years
  but was born and raised in Meyersdale. She was a charter member of
  the Grace Brethren Church, of Meyersdale.
    Memorial services were held Sunday, May 10, at her church for the
  past 22 years, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Newark, Delaware.
  Graveside services were held at the Meyersdale Union Cemetery
  Saturday, June 13, with Walter Fike officiating.
  
  The Republic, June 18, 1987
  
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