Jeanne Kathryn Hall Horner (1922-1955)
(Mrs. John F. "Jack" Horner)
 1939 LHS junior class |
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The following newspaper article, hand-dated as being from the Apr. 28, 1955, Tribune was found in a scrapbook owned by Town Historian Richard Schmal:
Funeral Friday for Mrs. Jack Horner
The Lowell and Morocco communities are deeply grieved by the death Tuesday noon, April 19, of Mrs. Jack (Jeanne) Horner, 33. She had been ill since contracting hepatitis in December. Several weeks ago she underwent an appendectomy and recently was taken to the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago.Jeanne was the lovely daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenny Hall of West Commercial Ave. Born February 11, 1922, at St. Petersburg, Fla., Jeanne was three months old when her parents returned to Lowell. She was graduated from Lowell high school and attended Gary Methodist School of Nursing.
On July 4, 1942, she was married to Jack Horner and they have three children, Karen, 11, Jack, 10, and Randy, 3, Surviving with her parents, husband and children are two brothers, James and Robert, both of Lowell; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Grace Anderson, also of Lowell; besides many other bereaved relatives and friends.
With her husband and children, Mrs. Horner had resided at Morocco the past few years, and there she was an ardent member of the Church of Christ and also devoted much of her time to 4-H clubs and other interests of her children. She held membership in the Order of Eastern Star and was currently serving as president of the Morocco grade school Parent-Teacher Association.
The Rev. Bond, pastor of the Morocco Church of Christ, and Rev. Holt of the Lowell Church of Christ will officiate at services which will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, April 22, in the Weaver Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Lowell cemetery with John Eskridge in charge.
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