HARRIETT VIOLA HOUSMAN

GROVE - Harriett Viola Housman of Grove died Friday, October 25, 2002
at her Grand Lake home. She was 77.

Harriett was born December 23, 1924 to Perry O. and Leona Silvara in
Ft. Worth, Texas. She worked as a telephone operator during WWII. She
worked as an insurance sales representative for Mutual of Omaha
Co. and Banker Life and Casualty Co., earning top salesman of the year
award multiple times. Harriett has attended and volunteered at
churches all her life, including roles such as church organist, choir
director, Sunday School, and Bible teacher. She was currently
attending First Baptist Church in Southwest City, Mo. She loved her
cats and enjoyed the view through the two-story, all glass north wall
of her house on Grand Lake. She was preceded in death by her parents;
two brothers, Lowell Silvara and Raymond Silvara; and her sister,
Marguerite (Silvara) Birkes.

Survivors include: her husband of 60 years, James A. Housman; her
children, Ronald L. Housman of Grove, and Robyn (Housman) Caruthers of
Tulsa, Okla.; one brother, Melvin Silvara of Oroville, Calif.; four
grandchildren, Olivia and Whitney Caruthers of Tulsa, Tina and John
Housman of San Antonio, Texas; and many nieces and nephews, cousins,
and a host of friends. The family expresses deep gratitude to those
who loved and cared for Harriett.

Memorial services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29, at the
First Baptist Church in Southwest City with Rev. Ray Clanton
officiating. Donations may be made to the Missouri Baptist Children's
Home in care of the church, or the Cornerstone Bank in Southwest
City. Arrangements were under the direction of the Worley-Luginbuel
Funeral Home, Grove.

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