hmtl5 Rex Allen Houghteling b. 21 Aug 1946 Niles, Berrien County, Michigan d. 13 Oct 1948 Niles, Berrien County, Michigan: Gritton Genealogy

Rex Allen Houghteling

Male 1946 - 1948  (2 years)


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  • Name Rex Allen Houghteling 
    Born 21 Aug 1946  Niles, Berrien County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Oct 1948  Niles, Berrien County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1873  Gritton
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2018 

    Father Nathan Leroy Houghteling,   b. 14 Jul 1928, Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1997, South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Barbara Lois Horner,   b. 23 Sep 1929, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 2007, Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Aug 1946 - Niles, Berrien County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Oct 1948 - Niles, Berrien County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • obit from Find a Grave
      NILES BABY HURT FATTALLY IN FALL FROM DINING ROOM CHAIR

      A two-year-old Niles boy is dead today following a fall from a dining room chair at his home Thursday afternoon
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      Victim of the home tragedy is Rex Allen Houghtelling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Houghtelling, rural route one, Barron Lake.

      The child fell from a dining room chair at his home about 12:30 p.m. yesterday, and suffering from convulsions was rushed to Pawating hospital where he died several minutes after admittance to the emergency room.

      Exact Cause Undetermined

      Coroner William Pifer said that the child apparently died of injuries suffered in the fall. Exact cause of death was undetermined.

      The child is survived by his parents and an infant brother, John. Other survivors are his grandmother, Mrs. Millie Houghtelling; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Horner, great-grandmother, Mrs. Emma Fitzgerald, all of Niles; and great-grandfather, William Price, of Buchanan.

      The youth was born here August 21, 1946.

      Funeral Set for Saturday

      Funeral services will be held at the Pifer funeral home at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. T. M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Niles, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. (The Niles Daily Star, p. 1

  • Sources 
    1. [S30] Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995.

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.