Joseph E. "Joe" Van Horn, age 99, went to be with the Lord on November 15, 2014.
Joe is survived by his wife of 72 years, Helen, his son, Joe Van Horn Jr., his daughter, Margaret Van Horn, grandchildren, Rebecca Kneemiller and her husband, Robert, Brad Siebold and his wife, Laura, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter and his family and friends.
Joseph was preceded in death by his grandson, Travis, his parents, Erwin and Eloise and his brother, Bill.
Joe was born in Oklahoma and graduated from Clinton High School and Oklahoma State University, BS EE. Joe and Helen met in Drumright, Oklahoma and were married two months before he was deployed to the South Pacific in World War II. Joe returned home only once during the war and was discharged as a 1st Lt. in the United States Army Signal Corp.
Joseph spent 28 years with the Bell System and the Bell Labs where he was a system engineer on projects such as the Transatlantic Cable, the development of microwave communication, and missile guidance systems. Joe eventually retired from Aerospace Corporation and spent many later years as a systems engineer consultant.
Joe loved fly-fishing and played golf all his life.
Services will be held on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Hoffmantown Church, 8888 Harper Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM. Private burial will follow on Thursday, November 25, 2014 at Santa Fé National Cemetery, Santa Fé, NM.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hoffmantown Church in his name.
Joe is survived by his wife of 72 years, Helen, his son, Joe Van Horn Jr., his daughter, Margaret Van Horn, grandchildren, Rebecca Kneemiller and her husband, Robert, Brad Siebold and his wife, Laura, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter and his family and friends.
Joseph was preceded in death by his grandson, Travis, his parents, Erwin and Eloise and his brother, Bill.
Joe was born in Oklahoma and graduated from Clinton High School and Oklahoma State University, BS EE. Joe and Helen met in Drumright, Oklahoma and were married two months before he was deployed to the South Pacific in World War II. Joe returned home only once during the war and was discharged as a 1st Lt. in the United States Army Signal Corp.
Joseph spent 28 years with the Bell System and the Bell Labs where he was a system engineer on projects such as the Transatlantic Cable, the development of microwave communication, and missile guidance systems. Joe eventually retired from Aerospace Corporation and spent many later years as a systems engineer consultant.
Joe loved fly-fishing and played golf all his life.
Services will be held on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Hoffmantown Church, 8888 Harper Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM. Private burial will follow on Thursday, November 25, 2014 at Santa Fé National Cemetery, Santa Fé, NM.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hoffmantown Church in his name.
Joseph E. "Joe" Van Horn, age 99, went to be with the Lord on November 15, 2014.
Joe is survived by his wife of 72 years, Helen, his son, Joe Van Horn Jr., his daughter, Margaret Van Horn, grandchildren, Rebecca Kneemiller and her husband, Robert, Brad Siebold and his wife, Laura, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter and his family and friends.
Joseph was preceded in death by his grandson, Travis, his parents, Erwin and Eloise and his brother, Bill.
Joe was born in Oklahoma and graduated from Clinton High School and Oklahoma State University, BS EE. Joe and Helen met in Drumright, Oklahoma and were married two months before he was deployed to the South Pacific in World War II. Joe returned home only once during the war and was discharged as a 1st Lt. in the United States Army Signal Corp.
Joseph spent 28 years with the Bell System and the Bell Labs where he was a system engineer on projects such as the Transatlantic Cable, the development of microwave communication, and missile guidance systems. Joe eventually retired from Aerospace Corporation and spent many later years as a systems engineer consultant.
Joe loved fly-fishing and played golf all his life.
Services will be held on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Hoffmantown Church, 8888 Harper Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM. Private burial will follow on Thursday, November 25, 2014 at Santa Fé National Cemetery, Santa Fé, NM.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hoffmantown Church in his name.
Joe is survived by his wife of 72 years, Helen, his son, Joe Van Horn Jr., his daughter, Margaret Van Horn, grandchildren, Rebecca Kneemiller and her husband, Robert, Brad Siebold and his wife, Laura, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter and his family and friends.
Joseph was preceded in death by his grandson, Travis, his parents, Erwin and Eloise and his brother, Bill.
Joe was born in Oklahoma and graduated from Clinton High School and Oklahoma State University, BS EE. Joe and Helen met in Drumright, Oklahoma and were married two months before he was deployed to the South Pacific in World War II. Joe returned home only once during the war and was discharged as a 1st Lt. in the United States Army Signal Corp.
Joseph spent 28 years with the Bell System and the Bell Labs where he was a system engineer on projects such as the Transatlantic Cable, the development of microwave communication, and missile guidance systems. Joe eventually retired from Aerospace Corporation and spent many later years as a systems engineer consultant.
Joe loved fly-fishing and played golf all his life.
Services will be held on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Hoffmantown Church, 8888 Harper Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM. Private burial will follow on Thursday, November 25, 2014 at Santa Fé National Cemetery, Santa Fé, NM.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hoffmantown Church in his name.
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