Gordon V. Houlberg SANTEE, SC - Gordon Vance Houlberg, 82, of Bradford Village, Santee, SC, husband of Jeannette Spahl Stebbins Houlberg, died Monday, September 26, 2011 at MUSC hospital in Charleston, SC. No formal services are planned at this time. Mr. Houlberg was born in Southbridge, Mass., a son of the late Francis Houlberg and Thelma Christiansen Houlberg. A Navy veteran, he was an accomplished wood worker, and avid golfer. Mr. and Mrs. Houlberg retired to Santee in 1989. He was preceded in death by children Robert Houlberg and Susan Stebbins. Surviving are his wife of Santee, SC; sons, Gordon Houlberg, II and Kevin Houlberg, both of West Haven, Conn., Seron (Debbie) Houlberg of Santa Fe, N.M., and Nielsen Houlberg of San Diego; step children, Gary Stebbins of Mass., and Pamela Siegmund of Ga.; sisters, Glenna Tyrell and Francis Taylor, both of Dudley, Mass.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 190 Knox Abbott Drive, Suite 301, Cayce, SC 29033.