HORN, Ernest "Frank" Jr. 1920-2014
HORN, FEE, OLESON, PECHACEK
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/8/2014 at 23:14:36
[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Tuesday, February 25, 2014]
CEDAR FALLS -- Ernest "Frank" Horn Jr., 93, of Ames, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at Israel Family Hospice House, Ames.
He was born March 4, 1920, in Moline, Kan. He married Dorothy Fee on Feb. 19, 1943; she died in 2004.
Frank earned his bachelor's degree in 1942 and his master's degree in 1949, both from Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kan. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His career included 37 years as a football and basketball coach, business education teacher and public school administrator in Kansas and in Iowa. He retired from the Cedar Falls Community Schools in 1983. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Ames.
Survived by two daughters, Beth (Frank) Pechacek of Council Bluffs and Frankee (Jim) Oleson of Ames; three grandchildren, Jill Pechacek of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Holly (Steve) O’Keefe of Overland Park, Kan., and Frank III (Natalie) Pechacek of Los Angeles; and nine great-grandchildren, Hawk Pechacek, Brooks Pechacek, Hope Pechacek, Charlotte O’Keefe, Lucy O’Keefe, Finnegan O’Keefe, Murphy O’Keefe, Madeline Pechacek and Michael Pechacek.
Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Green Room of Northcrest Retirement Community, Ames, preceded by an hour of visitation, with private burial in Ames Municipal Cemetery. Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, Ames, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be directed to Ernest Frank Horn Jr. Endowed Scholarship at the Southwest Iowa Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 2029, Council Bluffs 51502; Dorothy and Frank Horn Women’s Basketball Scholarship Endowment, Iowa State University Foundation, P.O. Box 2230, Ames 50010; Frank and Dorothy Horn Scholarship Fund, Cedar Falls Community Schools Foundation, 602 Main St., Cedar Falls 50613.
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