Mary Lou HORAN

HORAN, CARLSON, FORBES, SIEMENS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/1/2006 at 18:36:13

Clear Lake (IA) Mirror Reporter
25 February 2004

Mary Lou Horan, 67, of Opportunity Village, Clear Lake, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004 at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa, Mason City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Clear Lake, with Monsignor Robert Hogan officiating. Interment will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Calvary Cemetery, Eagle Grove, Iowa with the Rev. David Beckman officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. the day of the service at the church. Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, is in charge of the service. Memorials may be directed to Opportunity Village of Clear Lake.

Mary Lou was born April 10, 1936 in Clarion, Iowa, one of two daughters of Joseph Augustus and Alma H. (Carlson) Horan. She grew up in Clarion, attending St. John's Catholic School. Mary Lou became a resident of Opportunity Village in Clear Lake in 1976 and since then has enjoyed many activities there including music, crafts, and computers. She had a great love of dogs and loved visiting with her family and friends. Mary Lou was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake. She is survived by her brother-in-law, Dick Forbes and his wife, Beverly, of Eagle Grove; three nephews, John Forbes and his wife, Cindy, and their children, Adam and Meredith, all of Urbandale, Iowa, Brian Forbes and his wife, Kate, and their children, Lauren and Grant, all of Tulsa, Ok., and Mark Forbes and his wife, Karen, and their son, Spencer, also of Tulsa; and one niece, Monica Siemens and her husband, Ron, of Goldfield, Iowa. Mary Lou was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Patricia A. Forbes.