Horner, Stanley Lynn

(Age 94) Passed away July 2, 2010 at Spokane, WA. Stanley L. 
Horner was born April 17, 1916 at Tekoa, WA to Frank S. and 
Clara G. (Burger) Horner. He attended schools in Tekoa and 
graduated from Tekoa High School in 1934. Stan married Lois 
Hench, his high school sweetheart, June 2, 1937 at the Tekoa 
Methodist Church in Tekoa. Stan and Lois celebrated their 73rd 
Anniversary on June 2, 2010. In Stan's early years he worked at 
the Maple Service Station in Tekoa, WA and was a partner with 
David Akers for two years. Stan also had a mail route in DeSmet 
and Tensed for two years and also delivered groceries along 
with the mail. At the age of 24 in 1940 Stan hired out on the 
Union Pacific Railroad as a brakeman and later on as a 
conductor until November 1976 when he retired. Stan went 36 
years on the railroad without an accident. After retiring, Stan 
became a mentor to many of the young railroaders to help 
them get started "on the right track". Stan and Lois lived 32 
years in Tekoa and then moved to Bayview, ID where he built a 
home in 1965. Stan fished everyday and canned and smoked 
blue backs for the winter. Stan began going to Lake Pend 
Oreille in the early 1950's and built a rounded-front boat that 
slept four. He built it in his Tekoa home basement and then 
had to figure out how to get it out! He later moved up to a 21' 
fishing boat. In the early 1960's Stan was an avid hunter with 
Dave Cohn, Jack Kramer, Bruce Nearing, Joe and Leon Wolfe, 
Judy Cohn and others, and they always came home with deer 
and elk. After living at their lake home for 38 years Stan moved 
to Harbor Crest in June of 2006. Stan was very proud up until 
his fall on June 17th that he never had to walk with a cane or 
walker and told Vicki this every week as he walked her out to 
the car. Stan and Lois also wintered 17 years in Mesa, AZ. Stan 
was active in two motorcycle groups which he started. An "off 
road" and "on road" group which also took two different kinds 
of motorcycles. Stan led a group of 10 guys and he never took 
them on a left hand turn. They may have had to ride miles to 
get to their destination to avoid this turn! Stan also square 
danced, ballroom danced and played golf. Stan was the 
handy-man of the park and all his neighbors and friends came 
to Stan's shop for tools, parts and help. Stan leaves a wife, 
Lois, at their Harbor Crest Apartment; a son Robert and wife 
Lucy in Malabar, Florida; a daughter, Vicki and husband Tim at 
Farmington, WA. Stan has five grandchildren, 14 great-
grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. Also 
surviving is Stan's sister Mildred and her husband Melvin Derry 
of Scottsdale, AZ. A memorial service will be held on Friday, 
July 16, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. at the Harbor Crest Retirement 
Community Library, 3117 E. Chaser Lane, Spokane, WA, 99223. 
Memorial gifts may be given to the Harbor Crest Resident 
Council, c/o Harbor Crest Retirement Community. Urn burial 
will be at Goldenrod Cemetery in Tekoa at a later date. Kramer 
Funeral Home, Tekoa, WA is handling the arrangements. 

Published in Spokesman-Review from July 11 to July 12, 2010