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Charlotte Loraine "Loraine" Houston (nee Newman) (21 December 1939 - 13 September 2025) was a Red Deer resident and family genealogist on Ancestry.ca.
Early life
Loraine was born to Harold Newman and Marie Sloan.
Marriage and family
Loraine married Robert O. "Bob" Houston (1937 - 2022). They had three children:
Relationship with Michael Currie
Michael Currie met Loraine with her brother David in September 2018 in Red Deer.
Obituary
Peacefully on Sep 13, 2025 Charlotte Loraine Houston, surrounded by family, passed into the loving arms of Jesus at the Red Deer Regional Hospital at the age of 85.
Loraine was born on Dec 21, 1939 in Windsor. Loraine grew up in Port Arthur Ontario (now known as Thunder Bay), Winnipeg Manitoba and Biggar Saskatchewan.
She attended nursing school at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. It was there that she met Bob. Graduating in 1961, she and Bob married that year. They located to Rosetown and while there welcomed their first child, Ann. Two years later Rob followed. A couple years later the family relocated to Regina and in 1970 Laura arrived.
Loraine was a stay at home mom, while picking up the occasional nursing shift at a variety of care facilities through the 70’s & 80’s. In 1981 she went to the University of Alberta and completed her bachelor of science in Nursing with a group of women who she affectionately called her second classmates. She worked as a public health nurse in both the Red Deer and Innisfail offices. She retired in the mid 90’s.
Loraine loved Jesus. She was involved in various bible studies, Christian women’s club, church choirs and any time the church needed a volunteer.
Loraine was predeceased by her loving husband Bob, her parents Harold & Marie and son-in-law Jeremy Morse. She leaves to mourn daughters Ann Morse and Laura Houston, son Rob Houston and her beloved granddaughter Emily Morse.
A memorial service for Loraine will be held at Eventide Funeral Home in Red Deer Alberta on Tuesday October 14th, 2025 at 1pm.
If desired, memorial donations may be made to Avant Ministries or Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Sources
[1] Self
[2] Ancestry.ca
[3] https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/eventide/obituaries/charlotte-loraine-houston/148538.html