- "Harold "Buzz" Hortness, age 69, of Armour, SD, died Saturday, January 31, 2015, at the United Living Community in Brookings, SD. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16, at Peever Lutheran Church in Peever, SD. Visitation will be at the church one hour preceding the service. Harold "Buzz" Hortness was born in Graceville, MN, on December 4, 1945, to Harold and Viola (Nelson) Hortness. He grew up and attended school in Peever, graduating high school in 1963. Buzz attended Huron College and graduated from General Beadle State College in 1967. That summer he married Eloise Hansen in Summit. The fall of 1967 he began coaching and teaching at Pierpont High School, followed by a longer stint coaching and teaching junior high science in Webster. He refereed numerous basketball games, sold insurance for a time, and most recently lived in Armour, SD, area, where he retired from Mid-River Pork in 2007. Buzz enjoyed fishing, playing cards, telling jokes and stories, gardening, outdoor seasonal decorating, and sharing sports trivia. Sports were his passion: the Vikings, SDSU basketball and football, Dakota State baseball, and most especially the Minnesota Twins. He was particularly proud of being listed in the SD amateur baseball record book for several pitching accomplishments and of being selected to officiate at numerous SD state high school basketball tournaments. Survivors include three daughtersLori Lahr of Sioux Falls, Missy Hortness (Jason Hammer) of Webster, and Kelly (Jerad) Rouge of Tyler, MN; ex-wife Eloise Hortness of Webster; four grandsonsJayden Hortness, Hunter Lahr, Griffin and Cooper Rouge; and siblings Mary (Jerry) Fiedler of Brookings, Margie (Mike) Frank of Norfolk, NE, and Joel (Bonnie) Hortness of Peever. He was preceded in death by his parents. ..."
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1945 - 2015 (69 år)
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