Margaret Jean Horner

June 4, 1921 - February 11, 2015

Margaret Jean Horner was born on June 4, 1921, to Russell Wallace Peterman and Ruth May (Orton) in Glendale, California. She passed into His presence on Feb. 11, 2015, at the age of 93. Margaret played the violin for the Glendale Symphony Orchestra for 10 years beginning in high school. She earned an Associate Degree in Music. She continued to pursue her love for music at UCLA when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She left college to join the Navy. Margaret married George Thomas Horner on April 23, 1949. They had three children. Twin girls Alison and Jeri and then a son, George Jr. She was devoted to her family. Her children and grandchildren gave her great joy. Alison and Merle Storm of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Jeri Connors of Redding, California; and George and Valerie Horner and their sons, George III, Jonathan and Robert of Prescott Valley, Arizona. For the last nine years, Margaret has called Arizona her home. She got to see her grandsons grow into fine young men. In the early morning of Feb. 11, 2015, Margaret was freed of her earthly pain, into the joy of her homecoming to see her Savior face to face. A memorial in her honor will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Grace Baptist Church in Chino Valley, Arizona. Information provided by survivors.