Margaret O. Houston

Margaret O. Houston, 82, formerly of Atglen, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2009, surrounded by her family at the Hickory House Nursing Home of Honey Brook. She was the widow of the late Paul A. F. Houston.

Born on April 12, 1927 in Newhall, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Walter Dillon and Virginia P. McNutt. She was a 1946 graduate of the Calvert High School in Calvert Maryland. She retired from the Brandywine Hospital in 1994 after working for 18 years as a Nurse's Assistant. She was a member of the Wyebrook Baptist Church.

Margaret will be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother and had a greatly respected testimony of her faith in Jesus Christ, her Savior and Lord.

Survived by her children: Karen Matlack, wife of Dr. Chalkley Matlack, Oxford, Thomas Houston, husband of Linda, Mesa, Az., Timothy Houston, Coatesville, Teddy Houston, Atglen, Terry Houston, husband of Linda, Atglen, Kathy Stewart, wife of Pastor Perry Stewart, Blue Ball, Tennis Houston, husband of Joanie, Reading and Todd Houston, husband of Alma, Denver; 20 grandchildren and 27 great- grandchildren.

The Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the Wilde Funeral Home, 434 Main St., Parkesburg with Pastor Perry Stewart officiating. Family and friends are invited to attend the viewing, which will be held at the Funeral Home from 10 until 11 a.m. The interment will follow the service at the Union Cemetery of Nottingham.

Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com