Joy Horner
1922-02-06 2003-12-07
HORNER
The death of Joy Horner of Blaine Lake occurred peacefully on December 7, 2003.
The daughter of Reuben and Tillie Briscoe, Joy was born in Saskatoon on February 6, 1922. She attended Bedford Road Collegiate and Saskatoon Normal School. While teaching at Blaine Lake, Joy met Albert Horner, a local farmer, and they were married in 1944. Over the next five years, five children were born. In 1958, Albert was elected MP for The Battlefords. These were the days before air travel to and from Ottawa so he was often gone for months at a time. Joy managed the busy household with five active teenagers.
Joy was a member of the Blaine Lake United Church. She served as church organist and her home was a meeting place for the interdenominational Hi-C young people's group. She was a founding member of the William Diehl Chapter of the IODE and a founding member of the Home and School Association. She was the first president of the Blaine Lake Figure Skating Club, served as Chairperson of the Blaine Lake Branch of the Wapiti Regional Library and was a member of the Blaine Lake School Board. When the children left home, Joy returned to University for Early Childhood Education classes and taught kindergarten on the Muskeg Lake Reservation for ten years. When she retired, she took up ceramics and taught ceramics classes from her home. She served as a delegate to the Canadian Ceramics Association.
Joy was always one of the first to reach out to new people in the community. At her home, the coffeepot was always on and she was never too busy to stop what she was doing to have a visit. In 1995, Joy suffered a stroke from which she made a remarkable recovery except that her speech was left impaired. In 2002, Joy became a resident of the Wheatland Lodge in Leask.
Predeceased by her parents, her brother, Ted, in 1942, and her only son John, in 1992, Joy is survived by her husband of 59 years, Albert Horner; her daughter-in-law, Alice Horner, Saskatoon; and her four daughters and their husbands, Maureen and Tom Barrie, Blaine Lake, Leah and Dave Sheskin, Niagra-on-the-Lake, ON, Rosemary and Dan O'Handley, Kenaston, and Colleen and George Patterson, Moose Jaw. She is also survived by her ten grandchildren: Colleen O'Handley and Andrew Kirk, Airdrie, AB, Ryan and Diane O"Handley, Charlottetown, PEI, Patrick O"Handley, Saskatoon, Colleen (Horner) and Trevor Isley, Saskatoon, Erin (Barrie) and Darren Diehl, Blaine Lake, Megan Patterson, Toronto, Jason and Kyla Horner, Saskatoon, Tom Barrie, Saskatoon, Hugh Patterson, Regina and Michelle Horner, Saskatoon. She is also survived by eight great grandchildren: Shannon Kirk, Jenna Isley, Rachel Diehl, Abby Kirk, Grayson Isley, William Diehl, Morris O'Handley and Jordan Isley.
We will remember and miss Joy's outgoing personality, her sense of humor, her courage and determination, her beautiful smile and those dark brown eyes that could convey so much with just one look. The family would like to thank the Blaine Lake Home Care Workers and the staff of the Wheatland Lodge for their kindness and care.
A service to celebrate Joy's life will be held on Friday, December 12, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. from the Acadia Drive Funeral Chapel (915 Acadia Drive). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Arrangements have been entrusted to Dan Kennedy, ACADIA DRIVE FUNERAL CHAPEL, 955-1600.
The death of Joy Horner of Blaine Lake occurred peacefully on December 7, 2003.
The daughter of Reuben and Tillie Briscoe, Joy was born in Saskatoon on February 6, 1922. She attended Bedford Road Collegiate and Saskatoon Normal School. While teaching at Blaine Lake, Joy met Albert Horner, a local farmer, and they were married in 1944. Over the next five years, five children were born. In 1958, Albert was elected MP for The Battlefords. These were the days before air travel to and from Ottawa so he was often gone for months at a time. Joy managed the busy household with five active teenagers.
Joy was a member of the Blaine Lake United Church. She served as church organist and her home was a meeting place for the interdenominational Hi-C young people's group. She was a founding member of the William Diehl Chapter of the IODE and a founding member of the Home and School Association. She was the first president of the Blaine Lake Figure Skating Club, served as Chairperson of the Blaine Lake Branch of the Wapiti Regional Library and was a member of the Blaine Lake School Board. When the children left home, Joy returned to University for Early Childhood Education classes and taught kindergarten on the Muskeg Lake Reservation for ten years. When she retired, she took up ceramics and taught ceramics classes from her home. She served as a delegate to the Canadian Ceramics Association.
Joy was always one of the first to reach out to new people in the community. At her home, the coffeepot was always on and she was never too busy to stop what she was doing to have a visit. In 1995, Joy suffered a stroke from which she made a remarkable recovery except that her speech was left impaired. In 2002, Joy became a resident of the Wheatland Lodge in Leask.
Predeceased by her parents, her brother, Ted, in 1942, and her only son John, in 1992, Joy is survived by her husband of 59 years, Albert Horner; her daughter-in-law, Alice Horner, Saskatoon; and her four daughters and their husbands, Maureen and Tom Barrie, Blaine Lake, Leah and Dave Sheskin, Niagra-on-the-Lake, ON, Rosemary and Dan O'Handley, Kenaston, and Colleen and George Patterson, Moose Jaw. She is also survived by her ten grandchildren: Colleen O'Handley and Andrew Kirk, Airdrie, AB, Ryan and Diane O"Handley, Charlottetown, PEI, Patrick O"Handley, Saskatoon, Colleen (Horner) and Trevor Isley, Saskatoon, Erin (Barrie) and Darren Diehl, Blaine Lake, Megan Patterson, Toronto, Jason and Kyla Horner, Saskatoon, Tom Barrie, Saskatoon, Hugh Patterson, Regina and Michelle Horner, Saskatoon. She is also survived by eight great grandchildren: Shannon Kirk, Jenna Isley, Rachel Diehl, Abby Kirk, Grayson Isley, William Diehl, Morris O'Handley and Jordan Isley.
We will remember and miss Joy's outgoing personality, her sense of humor, her courage and determination, her beautiful smile and those dark brown eyes that could convey so much with just one look. The family would like to thank the Blaine Lake Home Care Workers and the staff of the Wheatland Lodge for their kindness and care.
A service to celebrate Joy's life will be held on Friday, December 12, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. from the Acadia Drive Funeral Chapel (915 Acadia Drive). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Arrangements have been entrusted to Dan Kennedy, ACADIA DRIVE FUNERAL CHAPEL, 955-1600.