Milo "Eugene" Horn

August 25, 1930 - October 7, 2019

Milo “Eugene” Horn, 89 Holdrege resident Milo “Eugene” Horn, 89, of Holdrege passed away Monday, October 7, 2019 at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, NE. An open house Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Phelps County Senior Center in Holdrege. Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services of Kearney. Milo “Eugene” was born on August 25, 1930 in Holdrege, Nebraska to Milo William Horn and Viola Ester Marie Peterson. Gene grew up in Holdrege and Ragan, Nebraska and received his education at Holdrege Public Schools. He entered the National Guards on 1950 and served during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on October 14, 1959. He was united in marriage to Joan May Verbeck on August 25, 1952 in Holdrege, Nebraska. The couple made their home in Holdrege, Nebraska where he began a lifelong career as a self-employed brick mason. Gene was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Holdrege. He was an avid outdoors man who enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, archery, storm chasing, pool and billiards table. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Joan May Horn of Holdrege; sons, Tom Horn of Avon, CO and his wife, Dawn of Reno, CO, Steve Horn and wife, Brenda of Grand Island, and Mike Horn and wife, Laurie of Holdrege; daughter, Jeanette (Horn) Young and husband, Randy of Holdrege; 13 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Milo and Viola; and sister, June Viles.