Hepzibah Caroline Houts

Hamburg Reporter January 21, 1943

Mrs. Heppie Houts Obituary - - Heppie Carolyn Woolsey, daughter of John and Amanda Woolsey, was born Feb. 7, 1864, and departed this life Jan. 16, 1943.

She was united in marriage to Laird Valandingham Houts on Jan., 3, 1886. To this union eight children were born. Six girls and two boys. Mrs. Pearl Millsap of Sergeant, Neb., and Miss Nettie of Hamburg, also her husband, L.V. Houts, preceded her in death.

Mrs. Houts spent most other life in the Lone Chapel community. In her early girlhood she accepted Christ as her personal savior and remained a devoted and faithful follower throughout her life. Her kind and loving nature portrayed to all her loved ones the noble character and the everlasting example of true motherhood.

She leaves to mourn her passing Mrs. Eva Bennett of Friend, Nebr., Amanda of Hamburg, Tillie of Wheaton, Ill., Earl of Atkinson, Nebr., and Roy of Hamburg. Also a number of grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held at the Johnson Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, January 19 at 2 p.m. conducted by the Rev. Henry Tiele (sp?). Interment was made in the Mt. Olive cemetery.

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