Billie Marie Horn (1943-2005)

HORN, GRAHAM, GARDNER, SAWITSKY, WELLS, HUDSON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 8/16/2005 at 07:37:34

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Monday, August 15, 2005.

Billie Marie Horn, 62, of Maxwell, died Thursday, Aug, 11, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Maxwell United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dean Kelly officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date in Maxwell Cemetery.

Billie Marie Horn was born July 24, 1943, in Des Moines, the daughter of James "Jimmie" and Marjorie (Graham) Gardner. She attended school in Maxwell and graduated from Maxwell High School in 1962. She married Lawrence Horn in 1962. He preceded her in death in 1982. She was an I.S.O. auditor for Hach Chemical in Ames, where she also had been a welder for five years and a glass blower for 20 years. She was a member of Maxwell United Methodist Church and the Maxwell VFW Auxiliary. She enjoyed woodworking, knitting and sewing. She had taken many items to the Iowa State Fair and to many craft shows.

She is survived by two daughters, Theresa (Joseph) Sawitsky of West Chester, Pa., and Patricia LeeAnn Wells of Nevada; four grandchildren, Joshua, Alek, Tricia and Dustin; her long time companion, Dennis Freland of Maxwell; her mother, Marjorie Gardner of Maxwell; one brother, Jody Gardner of Maxwell; one sister: Leota Hudson of Maxwell; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father; her husband; and one grandson, Sean Michael.

Visitation with the family will be from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Bacon Funeral Home in Maxwell.

Memorials may be made to the Maxwell Fire Department and First Responders, and to Israel Family Hospice House in Ames.

Bacon Funeral Home in Maxwell is in charge of arrangements.

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