BRIDGTON – Rosemary (Curran) Houston, 82, of Bridgton, died in her home on the evening of Oct. 27, while having supper with her son and caregiver, David Houston. Her death was subsequent to a paralyzing stroke that Rosemary suffered on Oct. 1, 2006.

She was born in Dedham, Mass., on April 18, 1926, to James and Anna May Curran. She attended St Mary’s School and graduated from Dedham High School, Class of 1944.

She married Francis Houston on June 26, 1949, and they resided in Dedham, where Francis worked as a police officer for many years and they raised two sons whom survive them, David of Florida, and Peter of Waterford.

She worked in the Dedham, Mass., area her whole adult life, having been a legal secretary for her late uncle, Jack Burke, Esq., after high school. Her uncle had a client named Mickey Redstone who opened the Dedham Drive-in Theater in 1949 under the name “National Amusements.”

She and her husband were the first managers of the drive-in which has evolved into the media giant Viacom. She also ran her real estate business from 1949 to 1989 at which time she and her husband moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in 1998. She and her husband moved back to Bridgton to the house they bought with their son, David in 1969.

Up until her illness she was active in the Catholic church and the South Bridgton Congregational Church. She and her husband were both golf enthusiasts, belonging to clubs in Maine, Massachusetts, and Florida.

She is survived by an older sister, Anastasia Beebe of Oklahoma; and a younger sister, Katherine Merola, who provided caregiver services in the last two years.

She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Francis “Sam” Houston on March 26; and an older sister, Dorothea of Lebanon in 1999.