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Bernadine Houghton
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[May 10, 2011]
ATLANTA -- Bernadine T. Houghton, 94,
formerly of Atlanta, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at 5:48 p.m. in
Columbus, Ohio. She had been ill with pneumonia for two days.
Her family will receive relatives and friends from 2 to
3 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at Quiram-Peasley Funeral
Home in Atlanta. A funeral service will follow at 3
p.m., with L.C. Sutton officiating. |
Burial will be
at 10 a.m. Monday, April 4, in Mountjoy Cemetery,
Logan County.
Mrs. Houghton was a retired homemaker and had
been a secretary.
The daughter of Roy H. and Mona B. Bishop
Thompson, Bernadine Thompson was born on the family
farm in Eminence Township, Logan County, on July 17,
1916. She married Eldon E. Houghton on Aug. 6, 1936.
She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Chapman
(and husband Samuel) of Reno, Nev.; two
granddaughters, Laura Hughes Wynia (and husband
Scott) of Hilliard, Ohio, and Lisa Hughes Kouta (and
husband Ehab) of Brooklyn, N.Y.; eight
great-grandchildren, Nathanael, Benjamin, Elisabeth,
Timothy and Stephanie Wynia, Brian and David
Campbell, and Rebecca Boggs; her brother, Jim
Thompson (and wife Marian) of Atlanta; and eight
nieces and nephews.
Bernadine graduated from Atlanta High School in
1934 and attended Gregg Business College in Chicago,
graduating from the competency-based secretarial
science program when she passed exams in typing,
shorthand and business English.
She worked as a legal secretary for Frank Bevan
in Atlanta for two years prior to her marriage.
Later she was an executive secretary for the vice
president of Cussins & Fearn Co. in Columbus, Ohio,
from 1956 to 1962.
Throughout her life, Bernadine was a member of
Christian churches, often serving as pianist,
organist and Sunday school teacher. She generously
shared her skills as musician, seamstress, gardener
and flower arranger with family and friends. She was
a Girl Scout leader in Springfield, Grove City,
Ohio, and Falls Church, Va.
Over the years, due to her husband's employment,
they lived in Dunlap, Springfield, Grove City, Ohio,
Falls Church, Va., and Columbus, Ohio. Following his
retirement, they lived in Port Richey, Fla., for 13
years. They moved to Worthington Christian Colony on
the north edge of Columbus, Ohio, in 1995. |
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Worthington Christian Village in Columbus, Ohio, was
greatly appreciated by Bernadine and her family. She
had been a resident since April 2003 and in the
skilled care unit since December 2008.
Memorial contributions may be made to Eminence
Christian Church, P.O. Box 478, Atlanta, IL 61723.
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