Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Daoutis) Horton , Anastasia "Peacha"  June 9, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Horton, Anastasia Daoutis     
1928 - 2005 
 
Anastasia Daoutis Horton 
Services: Thurs., June 16, 2005 

Anastasia Horton, also known as Peacha, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2005, 
in Hermosa Beach, CA. She was born April 17, 1928, in Bakersfield, CA, 
daughter of Pauline and Louis Daoutis. After getting her teaching degree at 
UCSB she began her teaching career in Bakersfield. She accompanied a 
girlfriend to a teaching job interview in El Segundo and also landed a 
teaching job. This led to the meeting of her future husband, Tom Horton. They 
eventually settled in Hermosa Beach, raising their two children by the beach 
and feeding friends and family delicious food throughout their happy marriage. 
Peacha served her community as a teacher for over 25 years. Two years after 
the death of her husband she took early retirement. This started a time in her 
life of traveling with good friends and family to places all over the world, 
tennis and golf, gardening, and hoping for her kids to settle down, get 
married and procreate. Her children finally granted her wish, delivering four 
loving grandchildren. Peacha also found a new partner to share her beach home, 
Tom Pappas. They had been friends since childhood in Bakersfield. They enjoyed 
a life together, sharing each others families and friends. After recuperating 
from a stroke in 1992, she worked hard to be able to play tennis and golf once 
again. Peacha was always there to help out friends and family. She loved to 
spoil her grandchildren, watch an exciting golf and tennis match on TV, 
puttering in her garden, and playing bridge with her girlfriends every Friday 
afternoon. Starting in February 2004, Peacha started symptoms of an unknown 
muscular wasting disease. After one year, the diagnosis was Amyotrophic 
Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrigss Disease. Her decline was rapid 
but many friends and family were able to visit and see her sunny smile once 
more. Survivors include her daughter, Kathleen Horton of Santa Barbara, CA; 
son, Tom Horton of Hermosa Beach, CA; brothers, John, Jim and George Daoutis 
and her sister, Elizabeth Doremus. Also left to mourn her passing are her 
blessed grandchildren, Madeline, Tommy, Cole and Shayna. Trisagion and Funeral 
service will be at St. Katherine Greek Eastern Orthodox Church, 722 Knob Hill, 
Redondo Beach, CA 90277, on Thursday, June 16, 2005 (Trisagion at 11:00 a.m. 
and Funeral Service at 12:00 p.m.). Interment will follow at Green Hills 
Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be 
made to The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assoc., 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 
150, Calabasas Hills, CA 91301. 

Doughty-Calhoun-OMeara Funeral Directors 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/14/2005.  


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