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USN Ret. Brian Houghton

1941 - 2018

BORN

1941

DIED

2018

USN Houghton Obituary

Dec. 2, 1941 - Aug. 24, 2018 Brian Houghton was born in Manchester, England to parents Stanley and Edna Houghton. The family moved to Louisville, KY when Brian was 18 yrs old and he joined the US Navy. He served 4 yrs. active duty, then settled in Long Beach, CA where he married Vivian Almarine Hawker. In addition to his Navy Reserve duties, Brian worked for GTE and Verizon for 40 yrs, finally retiring to a life of golf with his Navy buddies. Brian passed away in the Long Beach VA hospital, of mesothelioma. Brian was preceded in death by his wife Almarine, sister Irene, grandson Aaron, and his pet cat Frank. He is survived by Almarine's children: Michael Stafford, Bryan and Steve Smith, and Laurie McGuire; brother Stanley Houghton, and nieces and nephews: Gina Hartson, Lorraine Houghton, Alison Schumacher, Stan Houghton, Susan Effinger, April Kaiser, Beverly Edwards, Brian Kaiser; and their families. Brian's ashes will be scattered at sea on Oct. 13th. Please sign the guestbook at presstelegram.com.Neptune Society

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Published by Press-Telegram on Oct. 12, 2018.

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Paul Javier

October 16, 2018

My sincere Condolences to your entire family! I had the honor to work with Brian for almost 30 years at GTE. I got to know Almarine and Frank (his cat). I even got to swim in his backyard pool and watch the jets fly over us as the made their approach to the airport. We golfed a lot together .... twice a week for a few years. He was on my softball team at GTE. Many wonderful memories .... all that will remain in my heart forever. My wife passed away not too long after Almarine passed and that made a stronger bond between Brian and Me. I remember on New Year's Eve of every year he would stay at work until 12:15 am until I would come in to relieve him. This way, according to him, neither one of us would accidentally get hurt by any bullets that got shot off at the stroke of midnight. Brian, I called him B, thank you for the good times we had through the years!!

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