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Submitted: 7/21/20 • Approved: 7/22/20 • Last Updated: 7/25/20 • R335950-G0-S3
February 26, 1908 - March 7, 2003
*Obituary
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Published: Tuesday, March 18, 2003
RANSOM CANYON — Graveside services for Edna Houghton, 95, of Ransom Canyon will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Floydada Cemetery with the Rev. Bruce Parks of Forrest Height United Methodist Church of Lubbock officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service in Slaton.
She died Friday, March 7, 2003
She was born Feb. 26, 1908, in Floyd County. She attended West Texas State University in Canyon and transferred to Texas Tech in 1926. She was the first woman to graduate from Tech's School of Architectural Engineering in 1930. She taught art at Tech in 1931.
She studied fashion in New York and returned to Tech. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of South California in 1955. During World War II, she worked with Consolidate Vultee in the design and development of the B-36 bomber.
She retired from teaching in 1973. She moved to Ransom Canyon in 1975 and was a member of the Architectural Control Board. She volunteered with the Lubbock Humane Society.
Survivors include two nephews and a niece.
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