April 3, 2006

Bertha Houck

ALTON, Ill. -- Bertha Houck, 85, of Alton died Saturday, April 1, 2006, at Rosewood Center Care in Alton. She was born July 3, 1920, in Illmo, daughter of Louis and Mary Elizabeth Backus Keesee. She and Harvey Lee Houck were married on Oct. 3, 1936 in Fornfelt, Mo. He died Feb. 8, 1999...

ALTON, Ill. -- Bertha Houck, 85, of Alton died Saturday, April 1, 2006, at Rosewood Center Care in Alton.

She was born July 3, 1920, in Illmo, daughter of Louis and Mary Elizabeth Backus Keesee. She and Harvey Lee Houck were married on Oct. 3, 1936 in Fornfelt, Mo. He died Feb. 8, 1999.

Houck was a machine operator at the Bucksteins Pants Factory and a member of Cape Bible Chapel.

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Survivors include a son, Thomas L. Houck of Godfrey, Ill.; a daughter, Barbara J. Fleming of Leesburg, Fla.; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers.

Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel with the Rev. Dan Greene officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery in Scott City.

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