[or-roots] FW: [NORCAL] Obituary Notice for Cecil HOUK

[cjp joppe]

The world has been greatly enriched by his willingness
to share what he had so diligently researched, his
crusty codger candor <g> and his honesty. A toast to
his spirit!  

--- eugenemelvin.Roots at comcast.net wrote:

> Cecil will be missed.  I have enjoyed reading his
> posts over the years. I rejoice in knowing that all
> his genealogical questions are now answered and his
> spirit lives on with those he has left behind.
> 
> Eugene Melvin
> Troutdale, Oregon
> 
> -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- 
> From: "Earline Wasser" <petew at netcnct.net> 
> To: NORCAL-L at rootsweb.com 
> Subject: [NORCAL] Obituary Notice for Cecil HOUK 
> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:01:38 +0000 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Houk, Don (KL.CBG)
> [mailto:houk.don at jp.kline.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 4:47 AM 
> To: OREGON-L at rootsweb.com 
> Subject: [OREGON] Obituary Notice for Cecil HOUK 
> 
> For the information of List members, this is to
> advise that my cousin, 
> Cecil Charles HOUK b.July 22, 1939 in Sisters,
> Deschutes Co., OR died 
> at his home in San Diego, CA on Thursday, July 6,
> 2006 where his wife 
> Rachel found him when she returned from work that
> evening. Although 
> Rachel has a son and daughter by her earlier
> marriage, Cecil had no 
> children of his own. Cecil was proceeded in death by
> his only brother 
> Douglas Raymond Houk 1938-1997 and by his parents,
> George Douglas Houk 
> 1909-1966 and Helen Edna (Rulaford) Houk 1908-1997.
> Although born in 
> Sisters, OR Cecil lived most of his earlier years in
> Sweet Home, OR. 
> 
> For a number of years Cecil was quite active on
> various Oregon Lists, 
> upsetting many with his independent ideas and sharp
> remarks, but also 
> generously sharing family info that had been
> accumulated by his mother 
> especially throughout her life on their early Oregon
> pioneer ancestors, 
> including Nineveh Ford 1815-1897 who made trip west
> with Marcus Whitman 
> in 1830's on one of Whitman's buying trips to MO for
> Whitman Missionary. 
> Little did Nineveh Ford know at that time that one
> of his descendants, 
> Cecil and my grandfather's sister Mary Elizabeth
> "Lizzy" Houk 1866-1929 
> would become wife of Sanford Stanley Pringle
> 1866-1904 whose mother 
> Catherine Carney (Sager) Pringle 1835-1910 was
> survivor of that horrible 
> 
> November 1847 Whitman Massacre. 
> 
> 
> Cecil has a number of websites commemorating his
> early pioneer 
> Ancestors, 
> one being dedicated to Capt. James Blakely 1812-1913
> and his wife Sarah 
> (Dick) Blakely 1815-1889 who were Cecil & my
> gr-gr-grandparents (Cecil's 
> 
> father being younger brother of my father Jacob Guy
> Houk). Through that 
> website, Cecil and I have both had the opportunity
> to become acquainted 
> with many others descended from Capt James Blakely
> who arrived in Linn 
> Co., OR Terry. in 1846 and settled in what is today
> Brownsville, OR. It 
> was Capt. Blakely who platted the town of
> Brownsville in 1860's and 
> named 
> it after his Uncle Hugh Leeper Brown 1810-1888 who
> had also brought his 
> family west in 1846 with Capt. Blakely as Hugh
> Brown's wife Clarissa 
> (Browning) Brown 1810-1898 was younger sister of
> Capt. Blakely's mother 
> Jincy (Browning) Blakely c1790-c1867. 
> 
> To those of you who corresponded with Cecil over the
> years, both his 
> wife 
> Rachel and I express our warm appreciation as many
> of you became quite 
> special friends with Cecil, helping him fill the
> void in his life after 
> having spent 20 years in US Navy. 
> 
> Kind regards 
> Rachel Houk in San Diego 
> Don Houk in Tokyo 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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carole
cjpjoppe at yahoo.com
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