Dorothy Horn

April 8, 1913 - August 21, 2014

Dorothy LaRue Finley Horn, 101, of Blair, Nebraska and former resident of Bloomfield, Iowa passed away August 21, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair. She was born the night of April 8, 1913, in Grove Township, Davis County, Iowa, to Arthur Ernest Finley and Elsie Dooley Finley. She was raised in the Jaybird School/Wesley Chapel South Church neighborhood and graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1932. Dorothy married DeMar L. Horn December 31, 1943 in Lancaster, Missouri. He preceded her in death December 15, 1993. The couple lived on a farm four miles northeast of Bloomfield for 37 years, moving into Bloomfield in 1983. She moved to Marquis Place in Elkhorn, Nebraska in May 2010. In April 2011, she moved to Good Shepherd Lutheran Community in Blair, Nebraska. From 1933 to 1946, she taught in the Davis County rural schools of Hutchings, Bethel, Jefferson/Monterey, Jaybird, Hardy, Pleasant Knoll, and Benton. She was a farm wife, mother, and driver for Brownies, 4-H, music lessons and swimming lessons. She cooked at the Davis County Hospital from 1963 to 1978. Dorothy loved to read, piece small quilts, play dominoes, and bake cookies, pies, and angel food cakes. She liked to watch Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, The Waltons, and Little House on the Prairie. On the farm she had a large garden and orchard. She canned fruits and vegetables as well as made jelly and jam. She liked to reminisce about the old days, her school teaching days, and her former students. She was a member of the Locust Grove Church and the Bloomfield United Methodist Church and active in the Locust Grove Ladies Aid and Bloomfield United Methodist Women. She is survived by two daughters, Deanna B. Horn of Johnston, Iowa, Donna M. Horn of Omaha, Nebraska; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; infant daughter, Sandra Kay; sister, Elsie Mae Wintermote; brother, Arthur Ernest “Jack” Finley; and nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 25, 2014 at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Pastor Tim Frasher officiating. Burial will be at the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday with the family present to greet friends from 4-6:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials have been established to the Alzheimer’s Association and the Bloomfield United Methodist Church.