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Delmar Houghton

[December 31, 2007]  ATLANTA -- Delmar D. Houghton, 98, formerly of Atlanta, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, at 8:55 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. He had resided with his daughter in Springfield for the past seven years.

His funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta, with the Rev. John Horner officiating. Visitation will be from 10 until 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Mountjoy Cemetery, rural Atlanta.

Mr. Houghton was a well-known farmer in Missouri and central Illinois, where he operated the family farm at Atlanta from 1947 until his retirement in 1997. He also spent 20 years with the USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in Lincoln, where he worked with the crop compliance program and later as a bin site supervisor for a 10-county area.

He was born Dec. 10, 1909, in rural Atlanta to John B. and Parrie Hieronymus Houghton. He married Opal Marie McMurry on Dec. 10, 1937, in Warrensburg, Mo. She preceded him in death on Feb. 27, 2002.

He is survived by his daughter, Darlene Fulk of Springfield; two sons, John Houghton (and Kristina) of St. Louis, Mo., and Daryl Houghton (and Ann) of Millsboro, Del.; three grandchildren, Lori Houghton Wright (and John) of Alexandria, Va., Robert Houghton (and Kim) of Genoa, Ohio, and Kelly Houghton Rogers (and Neil) of Frankford, Del.; three great-grandchildren, Jacob Rogers, Kiona Wright and Mia Rogers; and a sister-in-law, Bernadine Houghton of Columbus, Ohio.

He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Paul, Edgar and Eldon Houghton.

Memorials may be made to the Liberty Baptist Church of Minier or the Atlanta Public Library and will be accepted at the funeral home.

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