Glenn Richard Houston of Lodi, 89, died at 11:55 p.m. Aug. 31 of natural causes. He was born an identical twin June 6, 1905 in Byron, Californi, to Clarence and Clara Houston. A tall man 6'2", Mr. Houston attended Brentwood High School where he played basketball and participated in track and field. He graduated from Lodi High School in 1923.
He and his twin brother, Clare Robert Houston jointly farmed over one hundred acres of family owned vineyards. During the depression when in lieu of cash they were pain in juice for their grapes, the brothers began to search for their dream; gold-rich ground for dredging operation. They found such a place in 1938 in Vallecito, California and later built a larger dredge outside of Dale, Oregon. The twins returned to farming in 1942 as a result of a government mandate during World war II. In subsequent years they also owned and managed several commercial buildings.
Glen and his wife Hazel were avid travelers.
Glenn Houston married his beloved wife of67 years, Hazel Osa Higginson, at Santa Cruz in June of 1927. They had a son and a daughter. He was preceded in death by his brother and son.
Lodi News-Sentinel Sept 2, 1994
He and his twin brother, Clare Robert Houston jointly farmed over one hundred acres of family owned vineyards. During the depression when in lieu of cash they were pain in juice for their grapes, the brothers began to search for their dream; gold-rich ground for dredging operation. They found such a place in 1938 in Vallecito, California and later built a larger dredge outside of Dale, Oregon. The twins returned to farming in 1942 as a result of a government mandate during World war II. In subsequent years they also owned and managed several commercial buildings.
Glen and his wife Hazel were avid travelers.
Glenn Houston married his beloved wife of67 years, Hazel Osa Higginson, at Santa Cruz in June of 1927. They had a son and a daughter. He was preceded in death by his brother and son.
Lodi News-Sentinel Sept 2, 1994
Glenn Richard Houston of Lodi, 89, died at 11:55 p.m. Aug. 31 of natural causes. He was born an identical twin June 6, 1905 in Byron, Californi, to Clarence and Clara Houston. A tall man 6'2", Mr. Houston attended Brentwood High School where he played basketball and participated in track and field. He graduated from Lodi High School in 1923.
He and his twin brother, Clare Robert Houston jointly farmed over one hundred acres of family owned vineyards. During the depression when in lieu of cash they were pain in juice for their grapes, the brothers began to search for their dream; gold-rich ground for dredging operation. They found such a place in 1938 in Vallecito, California and later built a larger dredge outside of Dale, Oregon. The twins returned to farming in 1942 as a result of a government mandate during World war II. In subsequent years they also owned and managed several commercial buildings.
Glen and his wife Hazel were avid travelers.
Glenn Houston married his beloved wife of67 years, Hazel Osa Higginson, at Santa Cruz in June of 1927. They had a son and a daughter. He was preceded in death by his brother and son.
Lodi News-Sentinel Sept 2, 1994
He and his twin brother, Clare Robert Houston jointly farmed over one hundred acres of family owned vineyards. During the depression when in lieu of cash they were pain in juice for their grapes, the brothers began to search for their dream; gold-rich ground for dredging operation. They found such a place in 1938 in Vallecito, California and later built a larger dredge outside of Dale, Oregon. The twins returned to farming in 1942 as a result of a government mandate during World war II. In subsequent years they also owned and managed several commercial buildings.
Glen and his wife Hazel were avid travelers.
Glenn Houston married his beloved wife of67 years, Hazel Osa Higginson, at Santa Cruz in June of 1927. They had a son and a daughter. He was preceded in death by his brother and son.
Lodi News-Sentinel Sept 2, 1994
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