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AMANDA M.F. (LINDSAY) HALLETT
an old and highly respected lady of Mt. Carroll, died last Thursday morning at seven o'clock. Mrs. Hallett was 85 years old and was one of the pioneers of Carroll county. Mrs. Hallett was born in Tennessee, her father being a large plantation owner before the civil war, with hundreds of negroes to cultivate the rich acres. She leaves three sons and one daughter; W. P. Hallet of Sterling, Russell B. Hallett of Los Angeles, Reuben C. Hallett of New Your City, and Miss Effie Hallet at the home in Mt. Carroll.
SAMUEL A. HAMMELMAN
, 84, 222 E. Prairie St., Lanark, died Sunday morning (7 August 1983) in the Polo Continental Manor Nursing home following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday in the Frank Funeral home, Lanark, with Rev. James Medendorp, pastor of the Lanark Faith Reformed Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Lanark Cemetery. Visitation will be from7o to 8 p.m. on Monday evening.
Samuel Hammelman was born on Feb. 15, 1899 near Sterling, the son of Frank and Alice Seefeld Hammelman. In 1920 he married Edna Zugschwerdt in Chadwick. She preceded him death on April 11, 1962. He was a 30 year employee of the Savanna Army Depot and was a member of the Lanark Masonic Lodge.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Andrew J. Helen Weisz, Lanark; one sister, Theresa Hammelman, Silver Springs, Md.; one step granddaughter; and two step great grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his parents and three brothers.
NATHANIEL P. HANAFORD
was born October 28, 1827 at Newhampton, New Hampshire and died suddenly on a visit there November 15, 1903, aged 76 years and 18 days. He was married in New Hampshire to Miss Delima Prescott and came to Illinois 41 years ago and settled in Carroll county, where he has since resided. He is survived by two children, J. P. Hanaford of this city and Mrs. Jennie Webster of Wysox. His remains arrived here Thursday night from Newport, New Hampshire. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at two o'clock. He was laid to rest in the Chadwick cemetery beside his wife who died twenty-nine years ago.
HERMAN HEIDE
- was born July 30, 1863, and died Saturday, Feb. 2, 1907, at his home east of Coleta, at the age of 43 years, 5 months and 28 days. He was a native of Berlin, Germany, and came to America at the age of seven years. His parents died in 1891. He was married in 1891 to Pauline Winkey. To this union were born two daughters, Edith and Rose, who with his wife survive him. He also leaves to mourn the loss three brothers and one sister. The funeral services were held Monday at 10 o'clock in the LIberal U. B. church, at Coleta, Rev. J. W. Paetznick officiating. Interment in Lutheran cemetery west of Coleta.
ADAM F. HEINZE
- died at his home Monday night, June 7, 1965 in Argo Fa. He was born August 11, 1890 in Carroll County, son of William and Elizabeth (Yoeckel) Heinze. He was married February 7, 1912 to Jennie Andersen. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. William (Erma) Geisz an Mrs. Hal (Dorothy) Ashby, both of Mount Carroll; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Lyle Greeley of Castro Valley, California; and a brother, William of Mount Carroll.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Salem Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Theodore Mahanke officiating. Friends may call in Frank Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. (Alice Horner’s note: His obituary does not provide his burial location. However, it is listed in Findagrave.com as the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery.)
ELIZABETH (MEYERS) HERRINGTON
- of Dutchtown, died Sunday morning about two o'clock after a long and lingering illness and was buried at the Dutchtown cemetery Tuesday.
Another Obituary: Mrs. Samuel H. Herrington died at her home a few miles west of Milledgeville, Sunday morning, March 20, 1904, aged 79 years, 2 months and 8 days. Elizabeth Meyers was the daughter of Henry and Anna Meyers and was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania. After her marriage to Samuel Herrington they like many others, left their native state and came west settling in Carroll county on a farm near Milledgeville, where they remained until last fall, when in company with their daughter, Miss Anna, they moved to another farm near their old home. Grandma Herrington was a great lover of her home and family and was ever willing in her days of usefulness to assist those who were in sorry and distress. She was a woman of a true character and admired the truth to be spoken at all times. She was a devout member of the Dunkard church and as long as her health permitted she was a constant attendant. She always enjoyed fairly good health until the past years, when she became more feeble and for the past month she had been confined to her bed. During her last illness she was tenderly cared for by her daughters, who did all in their power to keep their mother with them a few years longer at least, but God took her and she has gone to her reward and to be with her loved ones who have gone on before. She was the mother of ten children, seven of whom survive. One son, William, died about ten years ago from injuries received in a runaway. Two little girls died many years ago. Those living are Mrs. Lydia Zimmerman, of Freeport; Miss Anna Herrington, at home; Mrs. Emma Miller of Milledgeville; Mrs. Fannie Fike and Mrs. Belle Miller, who reside on farms near Milledgeville; E. C. Harrington and Samuel Herrington, who reside in the vicinity of Milledgeville. Besides her children she leaves to mourn her death, her aged husband, whose health is quite feeble. She also leaves one brother Henry Miller of Milledgeville, and four sisters, Mrs. Fannie Livengood, of Milledgeville; Mrs. Kate Nedrow, and Mrs. Lydia Saylor and Mrs. Hannah Miller all of Falls City, Nebraska. The funeral services were form the house at 10:30 and the Dunkard church at 11:00 o'clock Tuesday forenoon. Rev. Smith, officiated assisted by Rev. Teeter. Interment was made in the Dutchtown cemetery. The funeral services were largely attended by her old friends and neighbors.
SARAH HERRINGTON
- Died in Carroll co. Illinois April 8 (1860), with scarlet fever and croup, SARAH HERRINGTON, infant daughter of br. Samuel and sister Elizabeth Herrington, aged 2 years, 5 months and 8 days. Funeral services by John Forney on Job 14: 1, 2.
WILLIAM HERRINGTON
- was born Dec. 16, 1846, in Somerset Co., Pa., and died at the St. Francis hospital, Freeport, Ill., July 22, 1895, age 48 years, 7 months and 6 days.
Bro. Herrington came to Carroll County, Ill., with his parents in 1854 when but seven years old. He was married to Miss Sadie Miller at her home in Wysox on Dec. 10, 1872, by Elder Jacob Hauger. In the spring of 1874 he, with his wife and one child, moved to Falls City, Neb. They returned in the fall of the same year. On Dec. 21, 1875, death visited his home a plucked the only flower God had adorned this household with. This bud of promise, ere the flower burst forth, was stricken with the worst form of croup, and in the middle of sorrow afflicted parents, quieted and hushed and comforted by a dying child, the sweet innocent son fell asleep in Jesus, surrounded by the heavenly hosts. These were his words: "Mamma, don't cry; see the putties," pointing toward a wall unadorned with picture or flower. This union was blessed with five children - Milton - who died at this time; Daniel, Annie, Mamie and Minnie, who are here present. When Brother Herrington returned from Nebraska, he purchased a part of what is now known as Spring Lawn farm, In 1878, he purchased the remainder and moved into the present home. He made fine stock raising a specialty and succeeded admirably in that line. He gave his heart and life to Jesus in the winter of 1875, and was immersed in Otter Creek by Elder Jacob Trostle, after the removal of a foot of ice. His faith in Christ never failed nor faltered and as he grew in years, he grew in service and work for his Master. On Dec. 20, 1894, while returning to his home from Lanark, he was thrown from his wagon and had his right limb broken between the knee and hip. Physicians were called and the fractured limb was set. The first attempt was unsuccessful and a second was made, which also proved unavailing. Then on the 14th of May he was taken to St. Francis Hospital at Freeport and put under the care of Drs. Caldwell and Staley, On the 16th day of the month, the last operation was performed; the ends of the fractured bone were sawed off, united and wired together in two places. It was with extreme
difficulty that he recovered from this severe shock, but with the best care he rallied and soon began to improve. The bones knit very nicely and he was doing exceedingly well until three weeks ago, when the doctors prepared him to get out in an invalid's chair, but when the chair was brought by his wife, she found him sick. This sickness proved to be erysipelas. All that the physicians, good nursing and care could do, was done and the disease was broken up and overcome. New complications would set in and new victories be won, and then it would break out in still another form, until finally it took lodgment in the brain, which proved fatal. He quietly and calmly fell asleep in Jesus, Monday at 1:00 o'clock p.m.
MARY C. HIRE
- At her home in Union, Hardin Co., Iowa, April 9, 1893, after a short illness of complicated disease, Mrs. Mary C. Hire, aged 79 years. The funeral ceremony was held at the Congregational church, the Revs. Litts and VandeWalker officiating, and after a most impressive service the remains were conveyed to the cemetery and consigned to their last earthly resting place. And now as we turn back into the work-a-day world, withdrawing from the newly made grave of this true and gentle woman, the remembrance of her exemplary life justifies this simple tribute to her memory. Mrs. Mary C. Hire was born in Bradford county, Penn., Dec. 28th 1814, where her earliest years were passed. She was united in marriage to Joseph B. Hire, August 28th, 1836. Two years later they removed to Carroll county, Illinois, where the six children were born to them. Upon the death of her husband in March, 1855, the sole care of her family devolved upon her, and how well she fulfilled that precious trust the testimony of her whole life will bear true witness. In 1869 she brought the family to Iowa, locating in Grundy county until the year 1876, when the homestead was divided, she deciding to make her home with her daughter at Union.. Through all of life's relations she did her full duty as she understood it. As a wife she was a true helpmate, faithful and virtuous. As a mother her maternal instincts were sublime, sue seemed to live only for her children, under any circumstances they were the objects of her constant and devoted care. It was the strongest impulse within her, beginning from the first time she wore the mother's crown, and continuing through life so constant and faithful that even the frost of death could not chill or weaken it, In her death the old settlers of this county will realize that their ranks are fast thinning, and that another pair of hands, worn and wrinkled by patient toil, are tenderly crossed and laid away forever. The bereaved family sadly realize the great loss they have sustained, and the sincere
sympathy of all is with them in this sorrowing hour. This community will also miss one whose hears ever beat in sympathy with the afflicted and whose hands were always ready and willing to alleviate the suffering of her neighbors. Her passing away is common loss to us all.
FRANCIS WILLARD HORNER
, This community was saddened again last Saturday when word was received of the passing of Willard Horner, 27, a well known young man of this vicinity. His death was caused by pneumonia following an operation for appendicitis, to which he submitted several days before his passing.
Francis Willard Horner, son of Harry and Louisa Horner, was born at Shannon, March 23, 1910, and passed away at a Freeport hospital August 7, 1937, aged 27 years four months and fourteen days.
Brother Horner lived in Shannon and vicinity his entire life, receiving his education in the Shannon school and was graduated with honor with the class of 1929.
His ideal exemplary life has made its impression not only on his classmates, but also upon all who knew him, which caused all men to speak with sadness at his early departure.
September 2, 1936, he was united in marriage with Miss Lucille Porter. We regret this this short wedlock, which was so promising for a long and happy life, was so suddenly cut short by the cruel hand of death leaving his dear oung wifeto battle with life's problems alone.
Early in life, Brother Horner accepted Christ as his personal Savior under the labors of Rev. J. G. Finkbeiner and united with the Bethel Evangelical Church, of which he has been a faithful member until the end. He was an officer in the Sunday School and was interested in all the activities of the church. A few years ago, he not being fully satisfied with his Christian experience, sought a deeper work of Grace in his own heart at his home and received a gracious experience which he never forgot declaring the fact to his mother, "It is all right now."
He leaves to mourn their deep loss a kind, loving, affectionate wife, and father and mother. Two sisters, Mrs Gladys Woessner and Mrs. Florence Moll, and one brother, Huber Horner, all of Shannon and many other relatives and friends. One brother preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock from the home of his parents and at 1:30 from the Bethel Evangelical Church, Rev. S. G. Eberly officiated, assisted by Rev. S.C. Boswell of Polo. Interment was in the Brethren Cemetery.
FREDERICK LEWIS HORNER
, 83, father of Ogle County Coroner Fred F. Horner of Rochelle, died Sunday, August 14, 1949 at a Freeport hospital after being in ill health for some time. (Alice Horner’s note: His full name was Frederick Lewis Horner, but he used the name Fred most of the time. The newspaper printed his name in this obituary as Fred C. Horner, but that’s a typo.) Born September 24, 1865 in Ogle County, he ws the son of Peter and Wilhelmina (Biesecker) Horner. He was married to the former Minerva Shiley of Lanark, who died previously. Prior to his death, Horner held the position of thistle commissioner in Ogle County and rode throughout the county on a scooter, checking thistle growths. He retired as a railroad man several years ago.
Surviving besides his son Fred are four other sons, Harold, Kenneth, Leo, and Donald; and three daughters, Mrs. Neil Stoner, Mrs. Grace Kemper, and Mrs. Ruth Wilson. Four sons died previously. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Frank Funeral Home. Interment will be in Lanark Cemetery.
H. REID HORNER
, 85, of 1551 W. American Street, died Friday, April 1, 1988 at Freeport Memorial Hospital after a long illness. For 26 years he was employed by the Henney Motor Co. During that time, he was manager of payroll and then director of personnel. After that he was employed by Micro Switch, a division of Honeywell, as manager of the International Division. In March 1968 he retired.
Educated in rural schools, he was a 1920 graduate of Lanark High School. He attended Brown’s Business College. Horner was a member of Embury United Methodist Church, and he served many years on its board of trustees and later as chairman. For more than 40 years, he was a member of the Freeport Rotary Club, where he was a past president and a Paul Harris Fellow. For two terms, from 1946 to 1952, he served on the Freeport School Board. He was involved in many civic organizations, including the YMCA, Red Cross, and the Community Chest, now known as United Way. An expert marksman, he was active in the Stephenson County Sportsmen’s Club and the Lena Rifle Club. Horner was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association of America, which he joined October 2, 1936.
On March 14, 1903 he was born in Lanark, the son of Morris E. and Mary (Hanse) Horner. He married Florence Downing June 15, 1929 in Mount Carroll. Surviving are his widow and a daughter, Alice Ann Horner of Berkeley, Calif. Preceding him in death was a sister, Etta Horner Bowers.
Service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Embury United Methodist Church. The Rev. Elmer Dickson, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Walker Mortuary and after 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the church until the time of service. A memorial fund has been established for the church.
HAROLD HORNER
- of rural Lanark died Wednesday (Dec. 24, 1969) while vacationing in Pal Beach Fla. He was 76. Survivors include his widow; a son, John of Chicago; and four grandchildren. Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Frank Funeral Home here. The Rev. Paul Steiner, pastor of First Brethren Church here, will officiate. Burial will be in Lanark Cemetery.
HUBER HORNER
, 85, of Shannon, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1992 at Villas of Shannon.
He was born in Shannon on Dec. 24, 1906, son of Harry and Louisa (Hamann) Horner. He married Mildred Sturtevant on Jan. 11, 1928 in Shannon.
He was a farmer in the Shannon area until retiring in 1965. He also was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church of Shannon.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred; one son, Reynold (Doris) Horner of Shannon; one grandson, Mark (Michele) Horner of Shannon; one granddaughter, Mrs. Ann (Thomas) Weafer of Pearl City, Hawaii; and two great-grandchildren, Rachel and Benjamin of Shannon.
Preceding him in death were two brothers and two sisters.
Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Bethel United Methodist Church, Shannon, with the Rev. Larry Thomson officiating.
Visiting hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Scharman Funeral Home, Shannon. Burial will be in the Brethren Cemetery, Shannon.
A memorial fund has been established for Bethel United Methodist Church and the Shannon Lion’s Club
LEO HORNER
, of Oak Park, a former Lanark resident, died Wednesday, December 13, 1967 in St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital, Chicago, following an apparent heart attack. He was 61. Surviving are his widow, Marian; four sisters, Mrs. Mabel Stoner of Winterhaven, California, Mrs. Grace Kemper of Oak Park, Mrs. Ruth Kuehn of Lanark, and Mrs. Mary Fuerst of Philadelphia, Ps.; and three brothers, Harold of Lanark, Kenneth of White Bear Lake, Minn., and Donald of Fairfax, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers. Funeral service will be held in Chicago Saturday morning.
Alice Horner’s notes: There is no indication where he was buried. He was born February 14, 1906 in Carroll County, the son of Frederick Lewis and Mary Minerva (Shiley) Horner. He married Marian Grosskopf on October 31, 1933 in Cook County, Illinois.
MARY/MINERVA (SHILEY) HORNER
, 65, died at 8:50 p. m. Sunday [11-4-1934] in her home here after an illness of two weeks. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon, at the house at 1 o'clock and 2 p. m. from the First Brethren church, The pastor, the Rev. G. T. Ronk, will officiate at the services. Interment will be in the Lanark cemetery. Minerva Shiley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Shiley, was born in Carroll county, Illinois Sept. 4, 1869, and resided here all her life. She married Fred Horner on Nov. 3, 1891. Twelve children were born to them of whom Robert and Shiley Horner, preceded their mother in death. Mrs. Horner was a member of the local First Brethren church. Surviving are the husband and ten children, Morris, of Lanark; Harold, Mabel, Grace, Kenneth, Mary and Leo, of Chicago; Ruth, Fred and Donald, of Rochelle; two brothers, Ralph and Clarence, of Chicago; four sisters, Ida, of Polo; Della, of Sterling; Mary, of Wittenberg, Wis.; and Joan, of Glen Ellyn, Ill.
MARY (HANSE) HORNER
, was born March 6, 1865 at East Friesland, Germany and passed peacefully away at the close of a beautiful Sabbath afternoon December 18, 1938. She was the third child of Henry and Sarah Hanse, and came to America with her family when four years old settling in Stephenson County. The father died soon after, leaving the mother with four little girls to care for in a strange country.
She was married to Morris E. Horner of Lanark on December 23, 1897, and has since lived in this vicinity. Two children were born, Etta E. at home, and H. Reid of Freeport. Her husband preceded her in death August 18, 1923. Her mother passed away in 1886 and a sister Mattie in 1898. When a young woman, Mrs. Horner united with the First Brethren Church and later transferred her membership to the Church of the Brethren. She was an industrious, thrifty, wife, a loving mother, and a good neighbor.
She is survived by the two children, a daughter-in-law Mrs. H. Reid Horner, two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Peters of Lanark and Mrs. Ida Eickman of Belleville, Kansas, a number of nieces and nephews, and a host of friends. "I cannot say and I will not say that she is dead -- she is just away! With a cheery smile and the wave of the hand, She has wandered into an unknown land."
Funeral services were held from the home December 21, at 2:30 p.m. Rev. J. Clyde Forney of Elgin, Ill., former pastor and intimate friend of the family, and Rev. I. D. Leatherman, present pastor of the Church of the Brethren, officiated. Casket bearers were Elmer Bolinger, Collin Puterbaugh, Robert and John K. Morris, and Truman and Virgil Royer. Mrs. G. R. Morris, Mrs. Truman Royer, and Mrs. John H. Bowers cared for the flowers.
Out of town relatives and friends attending were Mr. and Mrs. H. Reid Horner of Freeport, Mrs. Fred Eickmann and son Louis of Belleville, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eickmann and daughter Ida Mae and Russell Schmidt, Seward, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Harry Horner, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Woessner, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moll, Mr. and Mrs. Huber Horner, and Mrs. Lucille Horner of Shannon, Ill., Rev. and Mrs. J. Clyde Forney of Elgin, Mrs. Louisa Bickelhaupt, Clinton, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Loomer Downing and son Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Downing, Mrs. Paul Metz, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bickelhaupt of Mount Carroll, Mrs. Sophia Moring and daughter Mrs. Bert Weaver, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Eickman, Freeport, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Priefert and Mrs. Ray Brown of Liberal, Kansas.
MAURICE HORNER
- Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Cornwell Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. from the Church of the Brethren, for Maurice Horner, who died Saturday night, September 11, 137 at 12 o’clock at the John Hose farm, east of Lanark, following a critical illness. The Rev. I. D. Leatherman officiated with burial in Lanark Cemetery.
Mr. Horner had been ill for some time. He had been at Ottawa and was being brought to his home a short distance east of Lanark Saturday night. His illness became such that the journey could not be completed Saturday night. He was taken into the Hose residence where he died a short time later. It was on this farm, incidentally, that he was born, on November 2, 1896, the son of Fred and Minerva (Shiley) Horner, the fourth of a family of twelve children.
He had been a member of the Church of the Brethren since 1926. His marriage to Miss Marian Helsinger took place December 25, 1925. He is survived by his widow, his father, and the following brothers and sisters: Mabel Stoner of River Grove, Mrs. Grace Kemper of Glen Ellyn, Harold Horner of Glenhurst, Mrs. Ruth Kuehn of New Lennox, Fred of Rochelle, Mrs. Mary Fuerst, Kenneth, Leo, and Donald, all of Chicago. His mother, and two brothers, Robert and Shiley, preceded him in death.
MILDRED (STURTEVANT) HORNER
, 85, of Shannon died Tuesday, May 18, 1993 at Villas of Shannon nursing home. She farmed with her husband, Huber Horner, in the Shannon area, until they retired in 1965. They were married Jan. 11, 1928 at Shannon. He died Jan. 8, 1992. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church.
Born June 21, 1907, she was a daughter of John and Matie (Brinkmeier) Sturtevant.
Surviving are one son, Reynold (Doris) of Shannon; one grandson, Mark (Michele) Horner of Shannon; one granddaughter, Ann (Thomas) Weafer of Wahiawa, Hawaii; and two grandchildren, Rachel and Benjamin Horner of Shannon. Two sisters and four brothers died previously.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Bethel United Methodist Church. The Rev. Larry Thomson will officiate.Burial will be in the Brethren Cemetery, Shannon. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hermann Funeral Home, Shannon. A memorial fund has been established.
MORRIS EDWARD HORNER
, was born December 9, 1869 one mile south of Lanark. He completed his earthly journey August 18, 1923 at the age of 53 years, 8 months, and 9 days. He was the son of Benjamin Horner who is now living in Sawtelle, California. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Morris Horner, died in 1896. His only sister was laid to rest in 1915. (Note: This date is incorrect; his sister, Emma Horner Stoner, died October 9, 1916.) His only brother, Harry Horner, lives near Shannon, Illinois.
In the spring of 1870, he moved to Kansas (Note: Abilene, Kansas.) with his parents where he lived until his death. (Note: This is incorrect; he returned to Lanark, Illinois in 1893 after attending the World’s Fair of 1893.) He finished the public schools of Kansas and spent two years in the Dickinson County High School in Chapman, Kansas. On December 23, 1897 he was married to Mary Hanse by Z. T. Livengood of Lanark, Illinois. From that day until the late separation he was a devoted husband and loving father and their home was congenial and hospitable. To this home were born two children, one daughter Etta E. Horner and one son, H. Reid Horner both of whom are home with their mother.
Brother Horner accepted Christ as his Lord and Master and became a member of the Church of the Brethren in early life and lived a blameless and consistent Christian life from that time on, to the best of his conscience and highest judgment. He had the highest respect for the Christian religion and a profound love for his Master and strove to follow him every step of the way. He was loyal to his church and to the ideals and purposes for which she stood. To be out of tune with that for which his church stood and with that which his God willed for his life was far beneath his wish and purpose. He was not one who stood out conspicuously as a leader in the church but was one of those silent dependable forces, upon which so much depends, which work for righteousness and justice throughout the community and the world. His religion was not one of words or ceremony, but one of intense everyday living; a religion of everyday life within the community. He was an untiring witness for his Master in that he carried the principles of the Christian religion over into his everyday relationships and dealings with his fellowmen.
He was a noble son of creation, a statesmanlike citizen, ready always to do his part in making the state what it should be; a neighbor beyond reproach, thinking always of the well being of others; a Christian with an intense desire that all men should know the beauties of the Christian life. He was a father who loved and cherished his family, a husband who dignified the sacredness of marriage and a true companion; devoted to his companion and dedicated to the highest and best for all.
The funeral was held last Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Lanark Church of the Brethren, Rev. Forney conducted the service, assisted by Rev. Eckerle. Internment in Lanark Cemetery.
REYNOLD HORNER
, 71, of Shannon died of ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease, on Tuesday September 5, 2000 at his home on his family farm, after being ill seven years. He was born May 9, 1929 on his family farm to Huber and Mildred (Sturtevant) Horner, and graduated from Shannon High School in 1947. On May 18, 1952 he and Doris Swalve were married at Forreston Grove Church in Forreston. He farmed all of his life in the Shannon area, was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Shannon and attended Forreston Grove Church . He was a member of Shannon Lions Club and was recognized as an Illinois Foundation Fellow and Shannon-Cherry Grove Township Board of Trustees for many years. His family said he was very proud of his community, his farm roots and that he enjoyed serving various organizations throughout his life. Surviving are his wife; one son, Mark (Michele) Horner of Shannon; one daughter, Ann (Tom Weafer) Horner of Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; three grandchildren, Ben and Rachel Horner of Shannon and Jack Weafer of Carlisle Barracks; one brother-in-law, Lloyd (Gladys) DeVries of Shannon; one sister-in-law, Betty Swalve of Forreston; one nephew, Larry DeVries of Shannon; and one niece, Lois (Paul) Graff of Casper, Wyoming. Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother-in-law, Ivan Swalve. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Bethel United Methodist Church in Shannon with the Rev. Larry Thomson of Bethel UMC and the Rev. Dennis Eide of Forreston Grove Church officiating. Burial will be at Brethren Cemetery in Shannon . Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hermann Funeral Home in Shannon . A memorial fund has been established.
SUE (TRUESDON) HORNER
, age 65, of Milledgeville died Saturday, May 28, 2005 at her home. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 2, 2005 at the McDonald-Allen-Grennan Funeral Home, Milledgeville, with Reverend Rick Koch of Dutchtown Brethren Church officiating. Visitations were Wednesday, June 1, 2005 from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial concluded the services at the Bethel Cemetery, Milledgeville. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Milledgeville Fire Department.
Mrs. Horner was born February 6, 1940 in Sterling, the daughter of Leo and Laura (Williamson) Truedson. She married Gene Horner on June 26, 1965 in Rock Falls. She worked at Frantz Manufacturing in Sterling for 18 years and retired in 2002.
ROSANNA R. (BRINK) HUNT , was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1822, and died at her home on the evening of March 28, 1898, at the age of seventy-five years, ten months and nine days. She was the daughter of Ephraim and Laura Brink. She came to Elkhorn Grove in 1851 and was married to Lyman Hunt in 1858. She was of a family of sixteen children, of whom six are living, - four sisters and two brothers, also two half sisters and two half brothers. She was the mother of three children, - William Annettie and George. William and Annettie are dead, only the son, George, being now living. There remains therefore to mourn her demise, the son, four sisters, two brothers, two half sister, two half brothers, and a host of friends which a residence of nearly fifty years had gathered around her. She early in life united with the Methodist church and was an attendant on divine services when convenient throughout her life. Though it is not known that she connected herself with any church after coming to this country, yet she remained a faithful and consistent believer until death. She had been an invalid since she was eight years old, caused by sickness in youth. She had worked hard all her life, notwithstanding her sore affliction. The last few years of her life she went about on a wheel chair, patient amid great trials. The following poem of her own selection expresses the thoughts of the closing years of her life: I am resting in His promise, in His precious, priceless word; And, although He seems to tarry, yet I know He'll surely come, And take His own, His ransomed, to His bright and blissful home. When I waken in the morning, ere the dawning of the day, I lift my soul to His dear side, and watch and praise and pray: For it may be in the morning I shall hear His blessed voice, Triumphant o'er the waves of time, bid all His own rejoice. Then in the noontide splendor of the sun's meridian light, When the busy world's surroundings need our armour should be bright, "Tis sweet to turn aside our thoughts from the carking cares of life, And think perhaps 'tis now He'll come 'mid the battle and the strife. Then when the shadowy wing of night spreads darkness on the land, Ere soft slumbers close my senses, I yield all into his hand; My body, soul and spirit - self - all I ask Him safe to keep, And thinking on His precious blood, I fain would fall asleep; For it may be while I'm sleeping the Archangel's trump will sound, Then, oh, what a glorious waking, to be all in Jesus found! Yes! but whether in the morning or the noontide or the night, It recks little to the Christian soul whose light is in His light, For no matter when He cometh - oh, what praise for truth like this! When He comes, we shall be like Him, we shall see Him as He is." Contributed by Karen Fyock - Undated scrapbook clipping |
