Horsman, Thomas Ray "Jim" 1936-2013

HORSMAN, WAKE, SHEETS, WARNER, MOSHER, BYRD, BURKE, LLOYD, HAVENS

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 11/27/2013 at 05:46:22

Thomas Ray "Jim" Horsman
Newton, IA
Jul 5, 1936 - Nov 26, 2013

Burial Service At the Iowa Veteran's Home in Van Meter, Iowa
Memorial Service At the Immanuel Baptist Church in Newton
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
1:30pm
Visitation Service At the Immanuel Baptist Church in Newton
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
12:00pm to 1:30pm

Thomas Ray “Jim” Horsman, 77, of rural Newton, died on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 P.M., Saturday, November 30, 2013, at the Immanuel Baptist Church. The family will greet friends from 12:00 P.M. until the time of service on Saturday and again after the service with a celebration of life at the church. Burial will be held at the Iowa Veteran’s Cemetery at a later date. Memorials to Skiff Hospice, Immanuel Baptist Church, or the Iowa Regular Baptist Camp may be left at the church the day of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home.

Jim, the son of George Max and Helen Lorraine (Wake) Horsman, was born on July 5, 1936 in Newton, Iowa. As a young child his family lived in Tennessee for a few years, but returned to Newton where Jim graduated in the class of 1956. He was united in marriage with Patricia Louise Warner on June 1, 1957 in Newton. Jim served his country in the U.S. Army from 1959-1961. Jim worked as a production worker for over 30 years at the Maytag Company where he later retired. He also helped farm the family farm, “Horsman’s Herefords”. Jim was a long time Auxiliary Police Officer for the City of Newton and after retirement, he was a courier at Keystone Laboratories. He was an active member of the Immanuel Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and a trustee. He also taught Sunday School and was an Awana leader for many years. He was also a member of the UAW Local 997. Jim had many interests including hunting, woodworking, collecting stamps and coins, and gardening. Over the years he had also raised rabbits and horses.

Those left to honor Jim’s memory are his wife, Patricia Horsman of rural Newton; five children, Tanya (Steve) Sheets of Shellsburg, Iowa and their children, Hannah, Stephen, Samuel, and Levi, Vonda (Larry) Mosher of Bondurant, Iowa and their children, Christopher, Joshua, and Isaac, Carol (Kevin) Byrd of Polk City, Iowa and their children, James, Oliva, and Casey, Randy (Rebecca) Horsman of Altoona, Iowa and their children, Max and Matea, and Sarah (Rich) Burke of Bondurant, Iowa and their children, Ricky and Ethan; and her siblings, Ruth (Larry) Lloyd of Cantrell, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Janet Havens; and a granddaughter, Terry Lynn Mosher.

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