{"id":5192,"date":"2026-01-27T12:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/?p=5192"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:13:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:13:55","slug":"kelly-mccormack-houseman-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2026\/01\/27\/kelly-mccormack-houseman-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly (McCormack) Houseman &#8217;86"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/files\/2026\/01\/kelly-houseman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/files\/2026\/01\/kelly-houseman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5193\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>May 21, 1967 \u2014 December 20, 2025<br><br>Kelly K. Houseman (nee McCormack), 58, of Buffalo, NY, entered into rest on December 20, 2025. <br><br>Beloved wife of David Houseman, and formerly Paul Higgins Jr.; devoted mother of Patrick Higgins (Brittney Fahnestock); stepmother of Matthew and Daniel Houseman; loving daughter of Corley (nee McDonald) Gordon and the late Maxwell L. McCormack Jr.; daughter-in-law of Richard and Judy Houseman; former daughter-in-law of Carolyn Higgins and the late Paul Higgins Sr.; dear sister of Patty (Brian) Elwell, Patrick (Jackie) McCormack; sister-in-law of Mark Higgins, Katherine (Brian) Huck, Kevin (Kimberly) Higgins, and Christopher (Michelle) Higgins; adored aunt of Jake (Jamie) Elwell, Madeline Elwell (Jacob Smith), Maxwell McCormack, Connor, Blake, Tyler Huck, Russell, Ryan, Justin, Stephen, and Timothy Higgins; special friend of Ian Leach. Also survived by cousins, family, and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly earned a degree in Criminal Justice from Rochester Institute of Technology and was an active goalie for the women&#8217;s hockey team. She excelled as a paralegal for various Buffalo Law Firms, before finding rewarding work as a Human Resource Assistant for Belmont Housing Resources for WNY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Celebration of Life will be celebrated at a time convenient to the family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Kelly\u2019s memory may be made to Hospice &amp; Palliative Care Buffalo at www.hospicebuffalo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 21, 1967 \u2014 December 20, 2025 Kelly K. Houseman (nee McCormack), 58, of Buffalo, NY, entered into rest on December 20, 2025. Beloved wife of David Houseman, and formerly Paul Higgins Jr.; devoted mother of Patrick Higgins (Brittney Fahnestock); stepmother of Matthew and Daniel Houseman; loving daughter of Corley (nee McDonald) Gordon and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2026\/01\/27\/kelly-mccormack-houseman-86\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kelly (McCormack) Houseman &#8217;86<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[723,283],"class_list":["post-5192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","tag-class-of-1986","tag-williston-northampton-school"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5242,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions\/5242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}