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John A Horn

September 22, 1953 — June 25, 2007

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John Andrew Horn, 53, of Cedar Falls died Monday, June 25, 2007 in Colona, Illinois as a result of an airplane accident. John was born September 22, 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Lloyd & Doris (Boss) Horn. He lived on a farm near Stuart for the first 6 years of his life until the family moved to Cedar Falls in 1959. John participated in Boy Scouts where he received the Eagle Scout Award and Church Award for God and Country. He graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1972 and attended Hawkeye Community College and the University of Northern Iowa. John married Sheri Ann Greaves on October 17, 1981 in Cedar Falls. He worked for John Deere since 1972 as an electrician. John had an interest in older cars and restored a 1972 Oldsmobile convertible, which was his pride and joy. John and Sheri were both pilots and loved airplanes so much they purchased a 1947 antique airplane.

Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Doris (Warren Thomas) Horn; two nephews, Casey Johnson of Norfolk, Virginia (US Navy on board USS Nassau) and Johnathon Johnson of Lamoni, Iowa; three stepsisters, Ruth Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia, Carol (Jeff) Potter of Queen Creek, Arizona and Donna (Larry) Camarata of Cedar Falls; two stepbrothers, John (Eser Tolunay) Thomas of Potomac, Maryland and Dan Thomas of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and many step nieces and step nephews. John was preceded in death by his father and his sister, Fyrne Tucker.

Memorial services for John & Sheri will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2007, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with inurnment at a later date. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home and for one hour prior to service time at the church on Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the John & Sheri Horn Memorial Fund, established through Wells Fargo Bank.

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