{"id":3639,"date":"2019-03-18T20:49:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T20:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2019-03-20T18:06:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T18:06:33","slug":"ethel-j-houghtaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=3639","title":{"rendered":"Ethel J. Houghtaling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Ethel J. Houghtaling \u2013 77 \u2013 of 5175 Route 436, Dansville, NY died Monday morning (March 18, 2019) at St. James Mercy Hospital, following a brief illness.<\/p>\n

Born in Austinburg, PA on May 18, 1941, she was the daughter of Wilson & Florence (Giles) Potter.<\/p>\n

Ethel grew up in the Hornell \u2013 Canisteo area and attended Canisteo Central School.\u00a0 At the age of 17, she married Merle E. Houghtaling.\u00a0 Throughout the years, Ethel & Merle resided in several locations, primarily in the New York State \/ Pennsylvania areas.<\/p>\n

She had been employed for a time as a forklift operator at the former A&P Plant in Horseheads and later served as a driver & circulation manager at the Hornell Evening Tribune.\u00a0 More recently, Ethel was employed as a certified Nursing Assistant (CAN) at the Livingston County Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation in Mt. Morris, NY.<\/p>\n

Ethel enjoyed crocheting and throughout the years made beautiful Afghans which she gave to family members.\u00a0 She also enjoyed playing video games on the computer & play station.\u00a0 However, her greatest enjoyment in life was simply spending time with her family.<\/p>\n

She was preceded in death by her husband, Merle E. Houghtaling who died October 8, 2006; her son, Kevin Houghtaling; her daughter, Dawn Marie Houghtaling; her brother, Dwayne Potter; her sister, Barbara Potter.<\/p>\n

Surviving are 3 sons, Brian (Carol) Houghtaling of Wellsboro, PA, Richard (Sherri) Houghtaling of East Stroudsburg, PA and Mike (Penny) Houghtaling of Arkport, NY; 1 daughter, Robin (Mark) Newcomb of Dansville; 3 brothers, Harold Potter of Elkland, PA, John (Connie) Potter of Florida and Rocky Potter of Florida; 2 sisters, Eleanor (Alfred) Tombs of Harrison Valley, PA and Belva (Danny) Wilcox of Elmira, NY; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandson; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

The family of Ethel J. Houghtaling will receive friends on Saturday from 1:00 PM \u2013 3:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY. <\/strong>Funeral & committal services will be held at the conclusion of calling hours at 3:00 PM with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating.\u00a0 Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, NY.<\/p>\n

Ethel\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital, St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital, <\/strong>PO Box 1000, (Department 300), Memphis, TN\u00a0 38148.\u00a0 Memorial forms will be available at the Dagon Funeral Home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethel J. Houghtaling \u2013 77 \u2013 of 5175 Route 436, Dansville, NY died Monday morning (March 18, 2019) at St. James Mercy Hospital, following a brief illness. Born in Austinburg, PA on May 18, 1941, she was the daughter of Wilson & Florence (Giles) Potter. Ethel grew up in the Hornell \u2013 Canisteo area and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3639"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3646,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions\/3646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}