Mary Josephine Horine (1916-2009)

HORINE, VAN SICKLE, MYERS, FLANAGAN, BOOK, SAMSON

Posted By: Nevada Journal
Date: 1/9/2009 at 08:57:38

THE NEVADA JOURNAL, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, January 8, 2009.

Mary Josephine Horine, 92, of Nevada, Iowa passed away January 5, 2009, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Iowa.

Mary was born February 22, 1916, at Colo, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Myers) Van Sickle and lived her entire life in Nevada. She graduated with honors from Nevada High School in 1934, worked at Donnelleys, and later worked as a legal secretary for Dayton Countryman for 20 years. She was united in marriage to Wilbur (Bill) Horine on October 14, 1939 at her parent's farm-home east of Nevada. She was a member of the Nevada First Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church. Mary was a homemaker, a talented seamstress, and an exceptional cook; she enjoyed gardening, keeping scrapbooks and photo albums and sending cards and letters to friends and family. Most of all she was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister.

Mary is survived by her husband, Bill of Ballard Creek Community in Huxley, IA; two daughters and sons-in-law: Mary Janet (Larry) Flanagan of Runnels, IA, Ruth (Loren) Book of Nevada; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters: Fern Samson and Doris Samson of Nevada; one brother Morris (Geneva) Van Sickle of Nevada; and sister-in-law: Patty Van Sickle of Nevada.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Joseph Van Sickle, Jr.; and her sister Inez Van Sickle.

Memorial Services will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 8th at the Nevada First Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church in Nevada. Visitation with a luncheon will follow the service. Memorials may be given to the Mary Josephine Horine Memorial Fund.

Bacon Funeral Home and Crematory is handling services.

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