Pete "Dutchie" Horn

Name: Visitation
Start: 02/01/2019 12:00 PM
End: 02/01/2019 01:30 PM
Location: Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home

June 21, 1938 — January 28, 2019

George Pete (Dutchie) Horn, the only son of Pete and Helen Horn passed from this life on January 28, 2019 at the Renaissance Care Center, where he was loved by all the nurses and nurses aides that took care of him. He was born on June 21, 1938 in Gainesville Texas and attended Gainesville High School. He married Shirley Ann Browning on June 2, 1957. He graduated from the college of Mortuary science in 1961 and worked as a mortician and ambulance driver for George J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home until May of 1975 when he bought Aughtry's Flowers and ran the flower shop with Shirley until retirement. After Shirley's passing in 1999, Dutchie married Carolyn Sue Dishman in 2001 and shared a home with her until his passing.

Dutchie was elected school board member for Gainesville School board several times and he was a member of the Gainesville Optimist Club and Whaley United Methodist Church.

Dutchie rode motorcycles as a hobby and had a wood shop and could build or fix anything. He treated everyone he ever met all the same no matter their station in life and never met an enemy.

Dutchie is preceded in death by Shirley Horn, Pete and Helen Horn, as well as many of his brother and sister in-laws he counted as family, and his beloved dog Molly.

He is survived by Sue Dishman of Lindsay, his daughter's Pam Horn Russell of Gainesville and Debbie and Andre Olivas of Big Spring, Texas. His granddaughter, Holli Russell of Callisburg, his grandson, Pete Russell and C.J. Cantrell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and his great-grandson Lance Perry of Callisburg, along with many nieces and nephews.

Serving as pallbearers are: Darryl Russell, D.J. Cantrell, Lance Perry, Pete Russell, Bryce Medelline, Matthew Poe.

Memorial contributions may be made to Home Hospice of Cooke, Grayson, and Fannin Counties.

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Visitation

Friday, February 1, 2019

12:00 - 1:30 pm (Central time)

Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home

602 Lindsay Street, Gainesville, TX 76240

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Graveside Service

Friday, February 1, 2019

Starts at 2:00 pm (Central time)

Fairview Cemetery

710 Fair Avenue, Gainesville, TX 76240