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M.D. USN (RET)Capt. William M. Houk, M.D. USN (ret), age 66 of Walkersville, MD, died Saturday, December 9, 2006, at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore with his wife and family members at his side. He was an accomplished brass musician with the Ohio Air National Guard Band; graduate of pre-med at University of Loyola, New Orleans and his medical degree at Marquette University, Milwaukee; former Viet Nam Navy Flight Surgeon on the carrier USS America and chief commissioning medical officer of the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower; son of the late Dr. John W. and Mary O'Brien Houk of Shaker Heights, OH; husband of Nancy Katherine Anderson Valenti Houk; father of John W. Houk of Gulf Breeze, FL, Michael Houk and wife Kristina Uzun of Silver Spring, MD, Stephen R. Houk of Walkersville, Christin Houk Neels and husband James of Gulf Breeze, FL, Melissa Houk Calvert and husband Scott of Pensacola, FL; stepfather of Lisa Nicole Valenti, Benjamin Michael Valenti and wife Betsy, Elizabeth Ann Valenti, Michael Christopher Valenti, Daniel Bryan Valenti all of Walkersville; brother of John W. Houk III of Noblesville, IN, Lisa Houk Wamsley and husband Richard of Twinsburg, OH, Sara F. Houk of Acton, MA, and the late Margaret Houk King; nephew of Captain Frank O'Brien USN (ret) and wife Edie of Sykesville, MD; grandfather of seven; many nieces and nephews and his first wife, Marietta Riedel Houk of Pensecola, FL.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM on Friday, January 5, 2007, at Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Saturday, January 6, 2007, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Thurmont, MD. Interment with full military honors will take place at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 3 PM, those wishing to attend should meet at the Administration Building at 2:30 PM.
In lieu of flowers donations be made to St. Anthony Shrine, 16150 St. Anthony Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727 or Disabled American Veterans (DAV), P.O. BOX 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301, Attn: Gift Processing.
Arrangements are by STAUFFER FUNERAL HOME, Frederick, MD and online condolences may be expressed to the family at www. staufferfuneralhome.com
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CDR Jim McDonough, MSC, USN (Ret)
December 19, 2006
To the Houk Family, my deepest sympathy on the passing of "Captain Bill". I had the pleasure to work with him at BUMED when he was Deputy for MED-02 and I was the Executive Assistant. During the rapid deployment during the first Gulf War, his experience was higly valued. On the personal side he was viewed as a "gentle giant" and someone you could trust. I wish him "fair winds and a following sea".
Patricia Taub
December 18, 2006
Susie Buckendorf told me Bill had passed away. I'm so very sorry. My husband, Marty Taub, served with Bill at BUMED and he was always coming home with some "tall tale" from work that Bill had been involved with. My deepest sympathy
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