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[July 07, 2009]  Robert Leon Horn, 54, of Roanoke, Va., an Illinois native, died Saturday, July 4, 2009, at 1 p.m. at his home. He was raised in Lawndale.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 10, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Tim Crump officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be in Lawndale Cemetery, Lawndale, with military rites conducted by Lincoln American Legion Post 263.

Mr. Horn was a retired union electrician.

He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

He was born Dec. 9, 1954, in Peoria to Robert E. and Anna L. Hougham Horn. He married Marcia Loeffler in 1977, and they later divorced.

He is survived by one daughter, Melissa Ann Horn; two sons, Kyle R. Horn and Travis William Horn, all of Arkansas; one brother, David (and Renee) Horn of Decatur; and one grandchild.

He was a proud member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

He graduated from Lincoln Community High School in 1973.

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He joined the Marine Corps on a delayed entry program while in high school, served in Vietnam and was honorably discharged in 1976 after receiving numerous citations. He was proud to have been a Marine.

He loved pro football, NASCAR, hunting and fishing, and any kind of historical re-enactments.

Memorials may be made to American Legion Post 263.

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