Mary
Jane "Taanou" (Running Crane) Horn, 87, a cook and store
owner, and one of the oldest residents of Heart Butte, died of
natural causes Monday at her home.
A wake is in progress at the Heart Butte Community Center.
Rosary is 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Anne's Catholic Church where
funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will follow
in the Horn Family Cemetery on Horn Ridge. Whitted Funeral
Chapel of Cut Bank is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include daughters Elaine Hart of Vancouver, Wash.,
and Mary Louise (Howard) Little Dog, of Horn Ridge at Heart
Butte; sons Burton (Jodi) Horn of Horn Ridge at Heart Butte, and
Darrel "Gordo" (Rita) Horn of Heart Butte; a sister, Rose Sure
Chief of Browning; grandchildren she raised, Richard Horn of
Heart Butte, Tammy Morrow of Vancouver, Wash. and Gabriel Little
Dog of Heart Butte; a great-grandson, Jeffrey Horn, of Heart
Butte; 39 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Richard
Horn; five brothers; three sisters; and grandchildren Darla
Horn, Howard "Harry" Little Dog and Angelo Horn.
Mary Jane was born Dec. 10, 1917, in the Badger Creek area to
Edward and Lilly "Nellie" (Spotted Eagle) Running Crane. She
grew up at Badger Creek and the surrounding area, and also lived
and attended grade school at the Holy Family Misson at Two
Medicine. She also attended school in Bismarck, N.D.
She married Lawrence Richard "Nomski" Horn on Aug. 25, 1932,
at St. Peter Claver Church at Heart Butte.
She worked as a cook and nurses aide for Browning Hospital
and then was co-manager of H-B Industries along with being a
cook at the Heart Butte School at the same time before retiring
in 1979. Since then she had operated Mary Jane's Sweet Shop out
of her home.
She enjoyed crocheting, listening to Indian music, playing
bingo, stick games and traveling.
Mary Jane was loved by many and will be deeply missed by all
whose lives were touched by her. "Gram we love you!"