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March 10, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Ponds Cemetery, Oakland.
Victor S. Houghton, age 88, of the Packanack Lake section of Wayne, passed peacefully on Saturday, March 10, 2018.
He was born in New York City and raised in Oakland, New Jersey. He graduated from the Pompton Lakes High School with the Class of 1947.
Out of high school Victor served four years in the United States Coast Guard and after being honorably discharged found work as a door-to-door salesman. He soon realized the salesman’s life was not for him and had an opportunity to become an apprentice electrician with IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 102 in Paterson. He enjoyed working as an electrician and was soon a full-fledged member of IBEW Local 102 which eventually moved to Parsippany. He retired after a many year career from the Electrical Union and worked for a few years as a driver for the ADP payroll company
Victor’s wife enjoyed telling the story of their first meeting. When they first met Victor pointed at her and said “you’re coming with me!” From the first meeting they were both smitten with each other and soon fell in love marrying in January of 1991. They have enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage of twenty-seven years.
Many will remember Victor as a kind hearted, generous, tough man who would stick up for others even if it meant sticking his neck out for you. He had a dry sense of humor and was too honest at times.
He was the loving husband of Kathy Houghton; devoted father of Kathy Brody and her husband Robert of Lake Hopatcong, Keith Houghton and his wife Veronica of Sebastian, FL; loved step-dad of Nick Quinn and his wife Dawn of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Cathy, Jared, Jennifer, Keith Jr., Sarah H., Veronica Mary, and Sarah B.; he was the much loved great-grandfather of Michaela, Cooper, David, Anneliese, Daniel, Jaylen, and Joseph; he was the dearly loved brother of the late Ruth Snydack, Lois Bachelor, and Marjorie Bachelor.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Ponds Cemetery, Oakland.
March 10, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Ponds Cemetery, Oakland.
Victor S. Houghton, age 88, of the Packanack Lake section of Wayne, passed peacefully on Saturday, March 10, 2018.
He was born in New York City and raised in Oakland, New Jersey. He graduated from the Pompton Lakes High School with the Class of 1947.
Out of high school Victor served four years in the United States Coast Guard and after being honorably discharged found work as a door-to-door salesman. He soon realized the salesman’s life was not for him and had an opportunity to become an apprentice electrician with IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 102 in Paterson. He enjoyed working as an electrician and was soon a full-fledged member of IBEW Local 102 which eventually moved to Parsippany. He retired after a many year career from the Electrical Union and worked for a few years as a driver for the ADP payroll company
Victor’s wife enjoyed telling the story of their first meeting. When they first met Victor pointed at her and said “you’re coming with me!” From the first meeting they were both smitten with each other and soon fell in love marrying in January of 1991. They have enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage of twenty-seven years.
Many will remember Victor as a kind hearted, generous, tough man who would stick up for others even if it meant sticking his neck out for you. He had a dry sense of humor and was too honest at times.
He was the loving husband of Kathy Houghton; devoted father of Kathy Brody and her husband Robert of Lake Hopatcong, Keith Houghton and his wife Veronica of Sebastian, FL; loved step-dad of Nick Quinn and his wife Dawn of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Cathy, Jared, Jennifer, Keith Jr., Sarah H., Veronica Mary, and Sarah B.; he was the much loved great-grandfather of Michaela, Cooper, David, Anneliese, Daniel, Jaylen, and Joseph; he was the dearly loved brother of the late Ruth Snydack, Lois Bachelor, and Marjorie Bachelor.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474 would be appreciated.
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