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- L[ester] Milton VAN HORN, 88,
died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1999, at home.
- Memorial services will be held at a
later date. Henning Funeral Home, Milton, is assisting the family.
[Thursday edition, p. 4]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- L[ester] Milton VAN HORN, 88,
of Milton, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1999, at
- home.
- He was born Feb. 26, 1911, in Brookfield,
N.Y., the son of Herbert C. VAN
- HORN
and Abigail BABCOCK VAN HORN. He married Mary VAN
HORN on May 6, 1933, in Maryland; she preceded him in death
Oct. 2, 1961. He married Ruth REDLAND on Sept. 22, 1967,
at St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Monica,
Calif.
- Milton graduated from Bound Brook High
School, New Jersey, in 1931. He
- received B.A. and B.S. degrees in 1935
from Salem College, West Virginia, and a M.S. degree in 1936
from West Virginia University. He continued post graduate studies
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 1937 through 1982,
he taught at Milton College as professor of biology, serving
as department chairman from 1955 until 1982, and dean of the
college from 1955 until 1963. During World War II, in addition
to teaching at the college, he was a meteorology instructor for
Navy personnel and worked nights manufacturing military shells
at the converted Oldsmobile Division-Fisher Body plant in Janesville.
He served as Milton Village Treasurer from 1953 until 1961 and
was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church. From his
retirement in 1982 until his death he continued to lead an active
outdoor life. He cultivated a large garden and orchard and was
an avid camper, hunter, fisherman and naturalist.
- He is survived by his wife, Ruth; six
children: Rachel VAN HORN and husband,
- Karl HICKEY of Denver, Colo.,
Jonathan VAN HORN of St. Paul, Minn., Robert (Rita) VAN
HORN of Kansasville, Judith (Rolland) MAXSON of San
Clemente, Calif., David VAN HORN of Shannock, R.I., Peter
(Penny) VAN HORN of Pewaukee; five grandchildren; and
nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents;
a brother Elston; and a sister, Stella GAUCH.
- A memorial service will be held at
4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 3, 1999, at the Milton
- Seventh Day Baptist Church. rev. Elmo
FitzRandolph will officiate. Interment will follow at the Milton
Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend these events and greet
the family at 6:30 p.m. at The Gathering Place. Memorials may
be made to Quetico Foundation, Friends of the Boundary Waters
Wilderness, Wisconsin Public Radio, Rock County Conservationists
or Main Hall Preservation Society. Henning Funeral Home, Milton,
is assisting the family. [Thursday edition, p. 4]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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