Mrs. Coleen Dellinger Houser, 77, of 1834 North Brook III School Road, Vale, NC passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Services were held at Stamey Funeral Home Chapel, Fallston, NC. Burial followed in the Houser Family Cemetery, Vale. 

Mrs. Houser was preceded in death by her parents, J.C. Dellinger and Cora Belle Goins Dellinger; 1 brother, Jimmy Dellinger; and 1 sister, Kay Beard.

She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Harvey Venus Houser; 3 sons, Tim Houser and wife June of Hiddenite, Phil Houser and wife Janet, and Sam Houser and wife Lisa, both of Vale; 2 daughters, Sherry Lee and husband Ed, and Candy Feaganes and husband Steve, all of Casar; 1 brother, Bill Dellinger of Anderson,, SC; 1 sister, Joyce Tarvis of Hickory; 17 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.

Stamey Funeral Home, Fallston, NC is serving the family.