Albin “Beano” Houdek was born on September 8, 1925, in Ennis, Texas, and died peacefully on May 23, 2023, at the age of 97 in Denton, Texas. He was the youngest child of Elizabeth Danek and Stanley Houdek, Sr. He is preceded in death by his parents and his two older brothers, Stanley Jr. and George.
Beano attended grammar and high school in Ennis, and in his senior year, he qualified for the Navy R…