Milrae Eloise Horn

Milrae E. Horn age 88, of rural Broken Bow died Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Jennie Melham Medical Center in Broken Bow after a lengthy battle with dementia.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the Burr Oak Church, south of Broken Bow.  Burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery.  A visitation will be held on Friday, November 22, 8 AM to 8 PM at Govier Brothers Mortuary with the family greeting friends 5 PM to 7 PM at Govier Brothers.  Memorials may be given to the Homeward Trail Bible Camp. Words of encouragement or remembrance may be left at www.govierbrothers.com 

Milrae Eloise Horn was born on January 26, 1931, to Rex and Esther (Morris) Thomas in Kearney, NE. She lived in Dawson County until the age of nine when she moved to Custer County. She graduated from Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis, Nebraska. After high school she taught for two years in rural schools. She was married to Dean Horn on February 4, 1951 at Sumner, NE.  Four children were born to this union Steve, Nancy Jeff and Kristi. Milrae was a 4-H leader for 40 years as well as the director for Burr Oak VBS for almost that many years. The most important decision in her life was when she accepted Christ as her personal savior at a missionary conference when she was 27 years old.

Milrae is survivors include her children; Steve (Jennifer) Horn of Broken Bow, Nancy (Mike) Jochum of Beatrice, Jeff (Janice) Horn of Lincoln, and Kristi Horn of Broken Bow, eight grandchildren, eight great- grandchildren, one brother-in-law Gale Horn of Puerto Rico, one sister-in-law Elaine Thomas of North Platte, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dean, parents, a brother Richard Thomas and a sister Marjorie Karlberg.