Zulema D. Houghton, 95, Etna Green, passed away June 18, 2018, in Kosciusko Community Hospital.

She was born Aug. 27, 1922, in Huntington, to Everett Carroll and Eleanora Lucille (Wilcox) Carroll. She has been a resident of Etna Green most of her life. She and her husband Ralph Houghton were greatly involved in organizing the Etna Green Fourth of July celebrations. She worked in Plymouth for a few years making crystals for walkie talkies during the war. She was a bookkeeper at Pyramid Oil Company in Etna Green the remainder of her working career.

She and her husband were members of the Etna Green United Methodist Church.; Senior ONO of Etna Green and formerly the Order of the Eastern Star as well as a 1940 graduate of Etna Green High School.

Zulema Houghton was an artist and loved doing art work as well as quilting and sewing.

On August 20, 1943 she married the love of her life Ralph E. Houghton, he preceded in death Sept. 24, 2013. She is survived  by her two daughters; Dianna (Mrs. Dean) Holdeman, Bremen; Connie Armey, Warsaw and her son Rick and Delia Houghton, Paw Paw, Mich. Also surviving are children of Dianna and Dean: Lori, Tammy, Christopher, Cheri and Tara; children of Connie: Michelle, Melissa, Scott, Kristy, Kimberly and Kayla; and children of Rick and Delia: Steven, Amy, Rebecca and Mark. Also surviving are the spouses of the grandchildren and several great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren along with her special cats: Chloe and Molly. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and brother Lamoine Carroll.

No services are planned. Zulema Houghton will be placed with her husband Ralph Houghton in the Etna Green cemetery.

Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home is privileged to be entrusted in arranging the services.