Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Horn, Martin F.  January 17, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 19, 2012 
  Martin F. Horn 
  
  WERNERSVILLE Martin F. (Marty) Horn died January 17, surrounded by his 
  immediate family as well as the members of his second family, the wonderful 
  caring staff at Wernersville State Hospital. Marty spent the final months of 
  his life enjoying and looking forward to the daily visits from his family as 
  he fought cancer. Born December 15, 1957, Marty grew up on North 6th Avenue in 
  the "East End" of Lebanon, the youngest of 8 children of George and Margaret 
  (Bennethum) Horn. As a boy he sledded on Humpty Dumpty Hill and played sports, 
  especially pick up games of basketball at the Washy playground. He 
  played "war," constructed forts, and made go karts. Summers he vacationed with 
  his extended family at Rehoboth Beach and visited "The Cottage" of his sister 
  at Spring Lake Park. As a teenager and young adult he practiced guitar for 
  many hours with his band "Epitaph" and drove a gold 1979 Dodge Charger which 
  he remembered even in his final days. He fished and hunted, once bringing down 
  a buck with a shotgun slug. In the months before his death he expressed an 
  interest in fishing again and enjoyed going on a final trip to Stoever's Dam. 
  Along with his father and most siblings he rooted for the Eagles and the 
  Phillies. He worked for a time at the Lebanon Tool Company, exhibiting many of 
  the same skills that made his father, George Horn Sr., such a valued worker. 
  He once used his earnings to present a big new refrigerator to his proud 
  mother. He was a 1976 graduate of Lebanon Catholic High School. After high 
  school he began to develop symptoms of schizophrenia, a disease he struggled 
  with the remainder of his life. Marty spent much of the last 30 years at 
  Wernersville State Hospital. His father George, while still alive, visited him 
  religiously at least once a week, and Marty came home for family gatherings. 
  The staff at Wernersville State Hospital treated Marty with heart-felt concern 
  and love for which his family would like to express their utmost gratitude. 
  Marty also appreciated the care he received and in his final week asked to be 
  taken to the bank to pay the staff for all their help. He is survived by 
  brothers, George M. Horn, Jr. and wife, Jeanette, Mike Horn and wife, 
  Elizabeth, Maryland; John Horn and wife, Ada, and Ronald; sisters, Dolly 
  (Gertrude) and husband, Brian Kildee, Maryland, and Anita and husband, Jim 
  Quinn, Boston. He is also survived by nieces and nephews, Elaine Horn Kramer, 
  Louise Horn Harris, Stephen, Andrew, Gregory, George 3rd Horn; Maureen, 
  Margaret and Brian Kildee; Michael, Juliet, Jennifer Horn; and Christopher and 
  Geoffrey Horn and many grand-nieces and nephews. Marty was preceded in death 
  by his parents, George Horn, Sr. and Margaret, his sister Teresa Horn Peffley 
  and her husband, John. Funeral Mass Saturday 11 a.m. at St. Cecilia's, 202 E. 
  Lehman St., Lebanon. Interment at St. Gertrude's Cemetery. Visitaion Saturday 
  morning from 9 to 11 a.m. at the church.  Thompson Funeral Home, Inc., is 
  entrusted with arrangements.
   
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 19, 2012 
   
  
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