Darlene Houg

Darlene Ruth Houg was born to Robert and Edna (DeReu) DeSchepper on August 12, 1927 on a farm near Jasper, Minnesota, where she was raised. She attended District 23 country school through the eighth grade. She worked on the farm, raising turkeys, chickens, pigs and cows and helped in the field with crop farming. On February 19, 1957, Darlene married Donald Houg at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Jasper. The couple farmed and raised their family in Rock County, near Jasper. In 1990, they retired and moved into town. Don preceded her in death on January 27, 2017. In October of 2024, Darlene became a resident of the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton, Minnesota.

Darlene was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Jasper until its closing, and St. Leo Catholic Church in Pipestone, Minnesota. Some of her many talents were baking and decorating numerous birthday and wedding cakes, quilting, crocheting and tatting.

Darlene is lovingly survived by her four children, Timothy Houg of Jasper, James (Susan) Houg of Mound, Minnesota, Patrick (Mary) Houg of Santa Maria, California, and Veronica (Kelly) Johnson of Mound; 8 grandchildren, Kate (John) Donnelly, Blake (Seton) Houg, Jessica (Joe) Violetti, Jaydeen (Cory) Morris, Shelby Houg, Whitney (Julian) Ramirez, Sam (Anna) Johnson, and Kia (Clay) Gruber; 12 great-grandchildren, Owen Donnelly, Everett Violetti, Abigail Violetti, Nolan Morris, Maeve Morris, Warren Ramirez, Brynn Houg, Elle Houg, Kalynn Johnson, Kendall Johnson, Louie Gruber and Bo Gruber.