Cleta Elma "Elma" (Lyons) Hornbacher (1894-1973)

LYONS, HORNBACHER, HANSEN, BASCOM, JORGENSEN

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 1/26/2014 at 22:15:51

From Nevada Journal May 1973

CLETA ELMA HORNBACHER

Elma Hornbacher, age 78, Rt. 1, Nevada, died at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines Saturday,k May 12.

Born June 21, 1894, in Woodbury County, she was the oldest child of Thomas and Anna Lyons.

She married Isaac H. Hornbacher on Dec. 30, 1921 at Harlington, Nebr. Later, she and her husband moved to Guthrie Center and in 1930 they moved to Nevada. He is survived by one son, Dee Earl Hornbacher, and one daughter, Sarah Ann (Sally) Hansen, both of Nevada. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mable Bascom of Keene, Texas, and Mrs. Alice Jorgensen of Longmont, Colo.; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mrs. Hornbacher was preceded in death by her husband in 1963, her parents, and two brothers.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 15, 1973 at 1:30 p.m., from the Nevada Seventh Day Adventist Church, with Elder D. E. Howe officiating.

Friends may call at the Ryan Funeral Home until noon Tuesday.

A memorial fund has been established.