Baker-Swan - Memorial

Francis H. Horan

	Calling Hours: Friday, March 02, 2007 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Baker-Swan Funeral Home	Funeral Service: Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:00 AM Blessed Sacrament Church
Born: Sunday, December 05, 1926 Died: Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Obituary

ANDOVER Francis H. Frannie
Horan, 80, passed away Tuesday
(Feb. 27, 2007) at Jones Memorial
Hospital.

Mr. Horan was born on Dec. 5,
1926 in Hornell to William Leo
and Alice (Smith) Horan. He was
a 1944 graduate of Andover
Central School. He served in the
United States Army 88th Division
Blue Devils from 1946-1948. On
Oct. 29, 1960 in Hornell, he
married Jeanette P. Ball,
who survives.

Frannie was a cement mason
for the International Union
of Bricklayers and Allied
Craftworkers for 31 years
until his retirement in 1992.

In addition to his wife, Frannie
is survived by two daughters,
Sandra (Jim) Sparatta of
Flemington, NJ and Linda
(Dale) Adams of Andover;
three sons, Timothy (Erin)
Horan of Fairport, Douglas
(Gina) Horan of Hemlock
and Donald (Sherry) Horan
of Wellsville; one brother,
John E. Horan of Syracuse
and several nieces, nephews
and cousins.

He was predeceased by a
sister, Mary Alice Murray.

Frannie was an avid hunter.
He was a hunter safety
instructor for 30 years, a life
member of the National Rifle
Association and a member
of the Cardinal Pistol Club.
He was a life member of the
American Legion, served as
president of the Andover
Central School Board and
was a 35 year member of the
Andover Lions Club. He was
a committed and long time
member of Blessed Sacrament
Church. Additionally, he was a
little league coach, Boys Scout
leader and a New York Mets fan.
But more than this, he will always
be remembered as a loving and
devoted husband, father and grand-
father. He cherished greatly the time
spent with family and friends.

Friends may call on Friday from
2 - 4 p.m. and from 6 - 8 p.m. at
the Baker-Swan Funeral Home,
Andover. There will be a Mass
of Christian Burial on Saturday
at 11 a.m. at the Blessed Sacrament
Church, Andover with the Rev.
Vincent Becker as celebrant.
Burial with full military honors
will follow in the Gate of Heaven
Cemetery.

Memorials in Frannies name may
be made to the Andover Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 726, Andover,
NY 14806 or to American Heart
Association, 25 Hazelwood Dr.,
Suite 116, Amherst, NY 14228.

The Garden of Promise
There is a place, I have been told,
Beyond an open gate
All have been invited
Where friends and loved ones wait
It holds eternal promise
Of everlasting peace
No pain or sorrow ever comes
And teardrops there have ceased
Abundant life is evident
Constant, fresh and new
A garden of provision
With Eternity in view
The promise is awaiting
A place we can abide
Fulfilled for all who answer
The call to come inside.