Carrole Lee Horn, 82, Beaver Creek, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surrounded by her family.
A memorial service was at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Palisade Lutheran Church in rural Rock County. Burial was in the Beaver Creek Cemetery.
Carrole Emery was born on Jan. 1, 1940, to Milo and Edna (Samuelson) Emery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She graduated from Beaver Creek High School in 1957 and from Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls in 1984.
Carrole married Harvey Horn on May 31, 1958, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. After their marriage, the couple lived in rural Luverne. They later moved to rural Hardwick.
After Harvey’s death in 1981, Carrole moved into Luverne. She moved to the place where she grew up in rural Beaver Creek in 1995. Carrole worked in Personal Lines and Specialty Insurance at Tri-State Insurance in Luverne. She later worked as a custodian at the Luverne Public School and as a caregiver at Poplar Creek Estates.
She was an active member of Palisade Lutheran Church in rural Rock County, where she served as president of the WELCA for over 20 years and on the building committee. She was a member of the Extension Club and bowling league, and she served as a 4-H leader and a Girl Scouts leader.
She enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking, canning and very much enjoyed her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Carrole is survived by her six children, Candace (Michael) Reese of Luverne, Kimberly (Jeffery) Wells of Big Lake, Judith (Rick) Teune of Bourbonnais, Illinois, Harvey M. (Dawn) Horn of Zimmerman, Valarie (Michael) Kastner of Slayton, and Melinda (Jack) Bendix-Horn, of Lenexa, Kansas; 12 grandchildren, Alyssa, Samantha, Joshua, Dustin, Taylor, John, Tanner, Tucker, Katarina, JT, Kyle and Jason; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harvey; and a granddaughter, Deanna Joy Green on Nov. 12, 1997.
Arrangements were provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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