OBITUARY: Dr. Philip Starr Horton, Mitchell Co., Iowa


[Mitchell Co., Press-News online -- Posted Dec. 25, 2002]


                         Dr. Philip Starr Horton

Dr. Philip Starr Horton, 80,  died in the early morning of Dec. 18, 2002
of cancer at his home in Iowa City. 

His life and faith was celebrated at Lensing Oak Hill on Saturday, December
2l with the Rev. Kenneth Royar officiating. Graveside services were at the
Osage Cemetery followed by a memorial gathering of friends at the First
Baptist Church in Osage. 

Dr. Horton was born December 26, 1921 in Osage to Guy Lewis and Fern Starr
Horton. Philip attended Osage Community High School where he graduated in
1940.

He attended Cornell College before enlisting in the Army Air Corps to serve
in World War II. 

He was united in marriage to LaVonn Gordon on September 1, 1946 at Barnum,
Iowa.

After graduating from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1950
he practiced with his father in Osage for 20 years. Upon completion of his
master's degree, he taught at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry
in the Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, and retired as a
Professor Emeritus in 1989.

He was a member of the American Dental Association, the American Academy
of Dental Radiology, and was active in Iowa City Noon Rotary, and Rotary
International. He and his wife lived in Iowa City for 25 years prior to
living in Fairfield from 1995-2000 where they were members of the First
United Methodist Church.

Philip served as a volunteer missionary dentist for three to four month
periods in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Africa over the course of 10 years
under the auspices of Rotary International. 

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Margaret Horton
Keller and Joyce Horton Beisswenger. 

He is survived by his wife LaVonn; his children Dr. Douglas Horton of
Cedar Rapids, and children Ben and Susy;  John and Tammy Horton of Topeka,
Kansas, and children Jenna, Sarah, and Christopher; Jeannine Wiegert of
Iowa City and children Katie and Krista; Steve and Merrilee Horton of
St. Paul, Minnesota; brother, Robert of Santa Barbara, CA as well as
21 nieces and nephews. 




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