Reta Rosekrans

Reta Rosekrans

Female 1934 - 2016  (81 years)


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  • Name Reta Rosekrans  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 15 Nov 1934  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 Aug 2016 
    Person ID I35896  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Harry Rosecrans,   b. Abt 1907 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Laura Rosecrans,   b. Abt 1909 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F11520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laverne Ernest Horr, Jr 
    Children 
     1. Terry Laverne Horr
     2. Ronald L. Horr
    Family ID F11461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, September 22, 2016 The Citizen - Auburn, New York - Reta R. Horr - Port Byron - Reta R. Horr, 81, of Centerport Road, Port Byron, passed away Aug. 26, 2016 at her home with her husband by her side. Reta was the daughter of Harry and Laura Rosecrans; she was born in Port Byron on Nov. 15, 1934. She was valedictorian of the 1952 graduating class and attended Auburn Business School. Reta worked at Columbian Rope until she devoted her attentions to raising her family. A member of the Free Methodist Church. Reta resided in Port Byron until muliple myeloma claimed her life. Reta is survived by her husband of 57 years, LaVerne E. Horr; sister, Jean Martin, of Camillus; sons, Terry Horr, of Gray, Maine, and Ronald (Julie) Horr of Port Byron, and grandsons, Justin, Ryan, and Christopher. Calling hours will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 at the Audion Funeral Home, LLC, 218 Main St., Port Byron. Services will follow at 12:15 p.m. from the funeral home. Contributions may be made to Hospice of the Finger Lakes, 1130 Corporate Drive, Auburn, NY 13021 or the Port Byron Fire Department, P.O. Box 367, Port Byron, NY 13140.

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).

    2. [S28] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).

    3. [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Mentz, Cayuga, New York; Roll: T627_2508; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 6-56.