Alva Baxter Horine ca. 1891

Alva Baxter Horine ca. 1908

Alva Horine and Blanch Deem July 4, 1911

Alva Baxter Horine & Lousetta Blanche Deem 50th Wedding Anniversary - July 4, 1961

K4 Alva Baxter Horine, born August 17, 1890, died July 4, 1970 in Eaton, Ohio, buried Monroe Cemetery, Preble Co., Ohio. Married November 15, 1911 to Lousetta Blanche Deem (view Marriage Certificate), born July 11, 1891 Hamburg, Ohio, died March 14, 1967, buried Monroe Cemetery, Preble County, Ohio. Thirteen children.

Blanche's father was John Howard Deem, born January 24, 1855 in Scuffletown, Ohio. He was a farmer and teamster. Her mother was Lydia Catherine Petry Deem, born November 29, 1863 in Monroe Township Preble Co., Ohio. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren.

Alva was a scrap metal dealer and furrier. His hobbies included Mushroom and berry hunting, as well as Pinochle and other card games

Alva Horine and Blanche Deem were married November 15, 1911. They lived in the Eldorado, Ohio area; Alva was a farm hand. Then Alva moved the family to Eaton, Ohio (about 1921) on Mechanic Street. Then they moved to West Alexandria on State Route #35, east of Eaton, in 1924. In the short time they lived at this location, Blanche, Helen, Dwight, and Dale Horine came down with typhoid fever. [black tongue and bowel trouble]. They were fed tapico cooked in water and lemonade. Mom (Blanche) was taken to the hospital suffering a miscarriage while suffering with the typhoid fever. Dwight and Helen were taken to Grandma Horine's on the farm in Castine, Ohio where Aunt Mendia took care of them. Dale was taken to Grandparent Deem's home (John and Catharine Petry Deem) to be cared for.

While living in West Alex. on route #35 by the Twin Creek, Dale was hit by a car, thought to be a Model A. The people who hit him turned around and then drove Dale and Mom to Dayton to the hospital where they had to put a metal plate in Dale's head. Uncle Ernest and Aunt Mary Deem (Blanche's brother from West Alexandria) were at our (Alva Horine's) house at the time Dale was hit; Alva and Dwight were fishing out of town.

We moved to Eaton again about November, 1925 on North Maple Street. Dwight was in fourth grade in Alex and when the family moved to Eaton, he was put back in 3rd grade. Helen was in 8th grade and she was put back in 7th because Eaton was a class A district and West Alex. was a class C district. At this time Alva worked at the fur house of Harry Fudge and Joe Glick hauling coal; then he went into business for himself at Bob Nunlist in the fur business. Eventually the fur business became bad so he went into the waste management business [junk-recycling].

Alva and Blanche lived their lives out in the white house on North Maple Street in Eaton. A big red climbing rose grew up the wall behind the glider couch on the front porch, a favorite spot to sit and visit. Alva was known for his mushroom hunting and berry picking; he knew the best spots in a wide area. He and Blanche were long time members of the Eagles F.O.E where he excelled at pinochle. He instilled the love of card games in his children who gather still to this day to play Hand and Foot (a form of canasta), Euchre, Pinochle, and other games. Blanche raised twelve children on potpie and other good farm-like cooking. The grandchildren who grew up on this delicious treat are still making her sugar cookie recipe.

Mrs. Blanche Horine

Mrs. Blanche Horine, 75, 1029 North Maple St., died Tuesday. She was a member of the Eaton Eagles Auxiliary.

Survivors include her husband, Alva; six sons, Dwight, Raymond, Ralph and Robert, all of Eaton, Dale of West Alexandria and Junior of Dayton; six daughters, Mrs. Helen Zimmerman of Richmond, Ind., Mrs. Thelma Agne of Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs. Mary Tingle of West Alexandria, Mrs. Joan Hangen of Bradenton, Fla., Mrs. Gene Dehart and Mrs. Doris Clark of Eaton; three brothers, Harry Deem of New Carlisle, Ernest Deem of West Alexandria and Russel Deem of West Alexandria and Russel Deem of Ashtubula; one sister, Mrs. Irene Somers of Dayton; 26 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Services for Mrs. Horine will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Girton-Schmidt Memorial Home here with Rev. Harley Brown officiating. Burial will be in Monroe Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday.

L1 Helen Eva Horine, born April 27, 1912, died June 22, 2008.

L2 Dwight Leroy Horine, born April 17, 1914, died July 24, 2004.

L3 Raymond Frank Horine, born September 24, 1915, died November 2, 1980.

L4 Ralph Leonard Horine, born March 19, 1917, died January 25, 2007.

L5 Mildred Irene Horine, born April 15, 1919, died May 19, 1919 (view Death Certificate).

L6 Dale Deem Horine, born August 23, 1920, died November 22, 1998.

L7 Thelma Marie Horine, April 17, 1922.

L8 Alva Junior Horine, born June 27, 1924, died January 23, 1980.

L9 Mary Alice Horine, born November 30, 1926.

L10 Phyllis Jean Horine, born April 24, 1928.

L11 Doris June Horine, born April 13, 1930.

L12 Robert Emil Horine, born August 22, 1934.

L13 Norma Joan Horine, born March 9, 1936.