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Donald Merrill “Don” Horning

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Donald Merrill “Don” Horning

Birth
Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
3 Dec 2003 (aged 73)
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Richfield, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.687035, Longitude: -77.1088765
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Donald M. ‘Don' Horning

RICHFIELD — Donald M. Horning, 73, of R.R. #1 Richfield, died at 5:04 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003 in the emergency room of Lewistown Hospital.
Born August 29, 1930 in Mifflintown, he is the son of the late Charles H. and Mary Pearl (Naylor) Horning. His wife, Lorene D. (Varner) Horning, whom he married on August 1, 1953, survives.
Also surviving are children Tammy L. Casey and husband Michael, Millerstown, Troy D. Horning and wife Angela, Richfield and Tiffany Boone, Mifflintown; siblings Charles Horning, Lewistown, Mrs. Dale (Elizabeth) Kauffman, Mexico, Mrs. Robert (Sandra) Henry, Dauphin, Robert E. Horning and wife Nancy, Sellersville, Keith Horning, Harrisburg; two grandchildren, Amisha and Brandon Boone; and his father-in-law, Emory E. Varner, R.R. #1 Richfield.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Alice Middleswarth and Virginia Yohn.
He was a 1948 graduate of Juniata Joint High School, Mifflintown.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1948 to 1950.
After his service in the Navy, he was employed by the Naval Depot, Mechanicsburg, then he worked at Standard Steel, Burnham and he later retired with 30 years of service as a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Richfield.
He was a member of the Richfield United Methodist Church, a past assistant to the scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop #61, Richfield, past member of the Richfield Lions Club, member and driver for the Richfield Ambulance Company, and for his membership to the Harrisburg CLC Community Blood Bank, he was awarded a pin for being a Gallon Donor.
His hobbies included attending yard sales, watching football games and especially woodworking, where he enjoyed creating heirlooms for his family.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday from the Richfield United Methodist Church, with the Pastor Vernon E. Shenberger officiating. Interment will follow in the Richfield Union Cemetery, Richfield, where full military burial honors will be accorded by the Juniata County Veterans Council.
Friends may call 4-9 p.m. Sunday at the McAlisterville Chapel of the Brown Funeral Homes, Inc., 16 Westfall St., McAlisterville with the family present 7-9 p.m.
The family requests that memorial donations be made to Gideon's International Juniata Camp No. 3714.7, Box 91, Mifflintown, PA 17059.

Donald M. ‘Don' Horning

RICHFIELD — Donald M. Horning, 73, of R.R. #1 Richfield, died at 5:04 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003 in the emergency room of Lewistown Hospital.
Born August 29, 1930 in Mifflintown, he is the son of the late Charles H. and Mary Pearl (Naylor) Horning. His wife, Lorene D. (Varner) Horning, whom he married on August 1, 1953, survives.
Also surviving are children Tammy L. Casey and husband Michael, Millerstown, Troy D. Horning and wife Angela, Richfield and Tiffany Boone, Mifflintown; siblings Charles Horning, Lewistown, Mrs. Dale (Elizabeth) Kauffman, Mexico, Mrs. Robert (Sandra) Henry, Dauphin, Robert E. Horning and wife Nancy, Sellersville, Keith Horning, Harrisburg; two grandchildren, Amisha and Brandon Boone; and his father-in-law, Emory E. Varner, R.R. #1 Richfield.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Alice Middleswarth and Virginia Yohn.
He was a 1948 graduate of Juniata Joint High School, Mifflintown.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1948 to 1950.
After his service in the Navy, he was employed by the Naval Depot, Mechanicsburg, then he worked at Standard Steel, Burnham and he later retired with 30 years of service as a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Richfield.
He was a member of the Richfield United Methodist Church, a past assistant to the scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop #61, Richfield, past member of the Richfield Lions Club, member and driver for the Richfield Ambulance Company, and for his membership to the Harrisburg CLC Community Blood Bank, he was awarded a pin for being a Gallon Donor.
His hobbies included attending yard sales, watching football games and especially woodworking, where he enjoyed creating heirlooms for his family.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday from the Richfield United Methodist Church, with the Pastor Vernon E. Shenberger officiating. Interment will follow in the Richfield Union Cemetery, Richfield, where full military burial honors will be accorded by the Juniata County Veterans Council.
Friends may call 4-9 p.m. Sunday at the McAlisterville Chapel of the Brown Funeral Homes, Inc., 16 Westfall St., McAlisterville with the family present 7-9 p.m.
The family requests that memorial donations be made to Gideon's International Juniata Camp No. 3714.7, Box 91, Mifflintown, PA 17059.



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