Myron Lyle Houg

Memorial service for Myron “Mike” Lyle Houg, age 80 of Glenville will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Glenville.  Rev. Daphne Hamborg will officiate.  Interment will be at First Lutheran Cemetery in Glenville at a later date.  Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2016 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service to the church.  Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com
Mike died Thursday, March 3, 2016 at St. John’s Lutheran Community after battling Alzheimer’s Disease for five years.
Myron “Mike” Lyle Houg was born April 5, 1935 at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, the son of Merton Prescott and Lila Marguerite (Towne) Houg.  Mike grew up north of Glenville on the Houg home farm.  He attended school in Glenville and graduated from Albert Lea High School.  On July 14, 1956 Mike was united in marriage to Shirley Ann Jensen at First Lutheran Church in Glenville.  Mike farmed until his retirement in 2007.  He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Glenville, Mid-America Dairymen, DHIA and Midwest Results.  Mike enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, 4-wheeling and playing cards at the Glenville Senior Citizens Club.  Most of all he enjoyed time with family and friends.  
Survivors include his wife Shirley; 4 children Connie Houg, Sally (Tim) Houg-Massaro, Judy (Paul) Johns and Johny (Kristin) Houg; grandchildren Carissa and Alexander Massaro, Jeremie Houg, Jessica, Anthony, Bethany, and Kristina Johns, John Dale, Molly, Maverick and Elizabeth Houg; great-grandson Hunter Houg; brothers Harold (Nancy) Houg and Herb (Pat) Houg; sister-in-law Janice Houg; god-daughters Susan Haycraft, Lisa (Sharpe) Ward and Jamie Jensen and many nieces and nephews.  
Mike was preceded in death by his parents and brother Kenneth Houg.