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

[Robert Gust]

I will so miss Cecil! I have learned much from his post to this list and 
absolutely loved his music. I spent the first nigh listening to them and the 
next visited his home page to read about him and veiw his pictures. His baby 
picture was so sweet. He was so young which just shows that I am getting 
old. He graduated from high school the same year as my husband.
This is a lovely toast.
Thank you
Susie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cjp joppe" <cjpjoppe at yahoo.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>; <houk.don at jp.kline.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] FW: [NORCAL] Obituary Notice for Cecil HOUK


> 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
> ... unwrap each day as a precious gift
>
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