Dennis Houck

Received word this week from Mary Ford Grigar that Dennis had passed on. Our deepest sympathy to his family and to the other relatives as well.

Dennis R. Houck, 64, of Mount Cobb, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. His wife of 43 years is the former Suzanne Kortarski.

Born in South Bend, Ind., son of the late Robert and Beth Smith Houck, he was a 1964 graduate of Waymart High School and was a Naval Air Force veteran.

A self-employed businessman, he was owner of Northeast Lazer Toner in Mount Cobb and was a computer programmer for many years. He enjoyed camping, playing dominoes with his friends in Pipsqueaks Dominoes Club and especially loved spending time with his grandsons.

Also surviving are a son, Chris and wife, Bonnie Dalton, Mertztown; a daughter, Amy DeReamer and husband, Jamie, Honesdale; two brothers, James, Michigan; and Jack, Waymart; a sister, Karen DeMarco, Waymart; two grandsons, Grady and Zachary DeReamer; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

The funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Jenkins Funeral Home, 269 Belmont St., Waymart, officiated by the Rev. Daniel Baker, pastor of First Baptist Church, Port Crane, N.Y. Interment, Canaan Corners Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

Published in Scranton Times on May 11, 2010

Stone Trace Event

Stone's Trace Historical Society members will be hosting an Open House on Saturday May 1 from 10:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday May 2 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. This is in conjunction with the Convention and Visitors Bureau's Noble County Open House weekend!

Come take a look at the tavern and grounds at your own pace! Delicious homemade pies will be served for a donation and historical society members will be on hand to answer questions you may have.

So plan to take a drive the weekend of May 1 and 2 to see what Noble County has to offer- more than you may think!

Note--I found this invite on Facebook that Stone's Trace has their page. I wanted to pass it on to family members, so you attend this event too. We are planning the Smith Family Workshop at the Albion Library, 8:30 to 12:00 pm, May 1st Saturday, to gather family information for the booklet.

Smith Family Cookbook coming!!

The cookbook will be available online later tonight. I just want to thank everyone who contributed towards it. The cookbook has increase to 75 more recipes, the total is 150.
A special thanks to Thea Fry, who started the cookbook back in 2002.

Smith Family Workshop

Hi Family,

We will hosting a Family Workshop on Saturday May 1st. We will be having it at the Noble County Library in Albion, IN on the main floor. Times will be from 8:30 am to 12 noon. We would like family members to come and bring their pictures that they would like to share in the Smith Family Book, that we are currently working on. I will have my scanner at the workshop to scan the pictures. We will also have doughnuts and beverages to snack on. Please bring any family history that you would like to share.

See you on May 1st!

December 2009 Students of the month.....

Courtney Kay, daughter of Chad and Lisa Kay, granddaughter of Margaret & Charles Kay.

February 9, 2010

We have another family website link to add to the collection. Matt Inlow with American Heritage Trails Bus Company. See the link below and visit his website!

January 30, 2010

Just wanted family members to know that Trevor Tipton and I have met and are coming up with a plan to update the Smith Genealogy Booklet. I have a family page template listed on the blog. If you need more copies of the form you can come here and download the page, it is a PDF format.

If you know of family members that have moved, please email me their new address!
I will be mailing out the George W Smith family page template who doesn't have email. If you have already sent me your family updates. Thank-you!!

Also another reminder that recipes for the cookbook should be sent to me and I will have the cookbook available as a link on the blog by April 1st, so you can download it.

Betty Winebrenner

We just learned last week that Lenora V "Betty" Winebrenner passed away on January 11, 2010. She resided at the Avalon Village in Ligonier, Indiana.
Survivors are Sanger and Janet Reed of Granger, Indiana and several nieces and nephews.
Her husband Hugh had preceded her in death on December 9, 2008. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be directed to the Wolf Lake United Methodist Church.

Smith Cookbook

Just wanted to remind you that I will need all recipes in by March 15th, so I can get everything typed and then be able to post the link to the Smith family blog!!

 

Thank you in advance for your help!

Kris

K-9 to join Wolcottville police department

We have another family member making history today!!!

Mike Leatherman (son of Nona/Duane Leatherman and grandson of Margaret/Charles Kay, donated a German Shepherd to the Wolcottille police department.
Permission from Nona to reprint this article.

K-9 to join Wolcottville police department: "K-9 to join Wolcottville police department
Staff Reports
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:00
WOLCOTTVILLE — With the generosity of the Wolcottville community, the Wolcottville Police Department will be adding a K-9 this year.

Officer Ryan Kauffman will be receiving his K-9 partner, a 14-month-old German Shepherd named “Titan.” Kauffman and Titan will be attending a 14-week K-9 class at the Allen County Sherriff’s Department in March. Titan is expected to join the Wolcottville Police Department by June.

Kauffman and his partner will be certified in obedience control, evidence search, area search, building search, tracking, handler protection and detection of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy.

Wolcottville businesses and private donations funded the K-9 program. Those donating to the program include: Pete’s Construction, Monica Hochstetler, Jan Abbs of Michiana Working Dog Association, Marilyn Newman, Owens Cargo, Remax Results, Thomas Mechanical, Wolcottville Feed Mill, Mike Leatherman and Walmart.

We have a Famous Writer in our Family!!!

I received this email from Donna Berkes this past week. I contacted her and asked if I could post this article on the Smith blog. Below is the article------

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Some of you know this, others don't. When I returned home from NY, I sent an e-mail about my day. I assume recipents sent it to their friends, etc. Anyway in Sept 2002 the Smithsonian contacted me as asked if they could post it in their Stories of Survival for the anniversary. I said 'of course'. The next year I published it in our Arizona Paralegal Assn newsletter. Later I was contacted by the Library of Congress who asked if they could archive it in their catalog of 9-11 stories. Who ever thought I would be in the Library of Congress. If you are not able to open the article by clicking, you may copy it and put it in your web search box. Or you may Goggle my name, Donna R. Berkes(be sure to include the 'R' or it will not come up).

Donna

Recipe Book Link Coming!

Dear Family,

Some family members are wanting to update our current Smith Cookbook.
We are asking all family members to contribute at least 1 recipe for meat/casserole dish, 1 recipe for vegetable dish and 1 recipe for a dessert/cake/cookie. Please email them to kmsewing@gmail.com by April 1st.
I will have a link on the family blog to this cook book. Please email these as soon as you can! We want to include everyone.

Thanks for your help!!