Houchin, Eleanor Ruth

1928 - 2005  (76 years)

• Name	Houchin, Eleanor Ruth
  Birth	12 Dec 1928	Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	HOUC.E001
  _FGRAVE	32558440
  Death	15 Aug 2005	Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Person ID	I57378	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Runyon, Richard Morris Sr.,   b. 29 Aug 1926, Richland County, Illinois d. 4 Jul 2013, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 86 years)
  Children	> 1. Runyon, Richard M. Jr. > 2. Runyon, Kenneth B.
  Family ID	F20428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Dec 1928 - Illinois Death - 15 Aug 2005 - Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ELEANOR RUTH RUNYON - Obituary . Eleanor Ruth Runyon, 76, of Olney, died Monday August 15, 2005, at Richland Mrmorial Hospital in Olney. . Funeral services will be at the Immanuel United Methodist Church in Olney, Wednesday with Rev. Sue Bailey officiating. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney is in charge of arrangements. . Burial will be in Haven Hill Cemetery in Olney. . Eleanor was born in Foosland, Champaign County, Ill. on Dec. 12, 1928, to Rose Madeline (Luster) and Abijah Houchin. She married Richard Morris Runyon on Sept. 16, 1951, in the First Church Evangelical United Brethren in Hammond, IN. He survives. . Eleanor was a 1946 graduate of Olney Township High School, has worked in secretarial capacity most of her life and for 30 years worked in the offices of Runyon Insurance. She was an avid golfer, a genealogist and a member of the Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society. She was a 52 year member of Immanuel United Methodist Church (Formerly the United Brethren Church) . She is survived in addition to her husband, two sons, Richard M. Runyon, Jr. and his wife Marcia, and Kenneth B. Runyon and his wife Belenda; four grandchildren, Craig Runyon, Christina Runyon, Tyler Runyon and Jared Runyon; and a step-granddaughter, Leatrice Potter. Also surviving is a sister Marjorie Cutshall and her husband Muriel of Centralia. . She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Leslie, Floyd, Darrell, William and Donald; four sisters, Vivian Hodal and Margaret Mitchell; two infant brothers and one infant sister.