Evelyn Arlene Horner 1918 - 2006

HORNER, MADSON, WORRELL

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Date: 12/24/2016 at 17:20:07

Mapleton Press
8 June 2006

Avid Mapleton gardener remembered at services

Evelyn A. Horner, 87, of Mapleton died Sunday, May 21, 2006, at Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.

Memorial services were 1 p.m. Friday, May 26, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Mapleton with the Rev Dr Scott Fiege officiating. Burial was in Grant Cemetery, Rodney, Iowa. Norma Jean Dose was the organist for the service. A prayer service was 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25 at Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton.

Evelyn Arlene Horner, the former Evelyn Worrell was born Nov. 9, 1918, at Salix, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond and Abbie (Madson) Worrell. She grew up and was educated in the Salix and Smithland areas.

She married W Merritt Horner on Oct. 28, 1938. They farmed in the Smithland. Rodney and Mapleton areas until his death in 1967 Evelyn made her home in Mapleton.

She was a member of St Matthew Lutheran Church in Mapleton. Evelyn was an avid gardener and also loved to bake and spend time entertaining her friends.

Survivors include one son, Raymond Horner and his wife, Karen, of Sergeant Bluff, five grandchildren, Mrs. Chris (Shelly) Johnson of Brentwood, Tenn., and children, Bo Mackenzie and Drew, Mrs. Dan (Kathy) Little of Gulf Breeze, Fla. , and sons, Nick, Jeff and Laurie Horner of Dakota Dunes, S D. and children, Ean and Abbie, Mrs. Billy (Debbie) Briscoe of Glocester, Va. , and children, Garrett, Sam and Avery, and Kim Schmidt and friend, Tony Dimig of Sioux City and children, Marissa, Maya and Blaise Schmidt, a sister-in-law, Molly Worrell of Smithland; and a brother-in-law, Robert Bueoy of Onawa, Iowa.

Along with her husband, Evelyn was preceded in death by her son, Donald, a great-grandson, Jacob Ryan Johnson; three brothers, Arthur Pete and Clifford, and a sister, Margaret Bueoy. Arrangements were made under the direction of Armstrong Funeral Home of Mapleton.