Name: Visitation
Start: 2015-12-18T16:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-12-18T19:00:00.000Z
Location: BECKER RITTER ELMBROOK FUNERAL HOME

DIED

December 14, 2015

LOCATION

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

BECKER RITTER ELMBROOK FUNERAL HOME Obituary

Of Brookfield, peacefully left us for Heaven on December 14, 2015 at the age of 76. Beloved husband for 37 years of Maureen (nee O’Hara). Devoted father of Anne-Marie (Michael) Quinn, Donald, Sean (Bridget) and Sarah Horkheimer. Dear brother of Robert (Kathy) Horkheimer and Patricia (Dr. Anthony) Traxler. Also remembered by many nieces, nephews, other family and friends. Preceded to Heaven by his parents Wilma (nee Brehl) and Donald Horkheimer.

Dr. Ron graduated from Marquette College of Engineering in 1962 and then graduated from Marquette College of Medicine in 1967. He served as a Flight Surgeon in the US Navy and then returned to Milwaukee to practice medicine as an emergency room physician until his retirement. Dr. Ron loved gardening, computers, woodworking and genealogy.

A visitation will be held at the Funeral Home on Friday, December 18 from 4 to 7 PM. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Saturday, December 19, PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION OF MASS to St. Dominic Catholic Church, Brookfield (18255 W. Capitol Dr.) A reception will immediately follow Mass. Laid to rest at St. Mary Cemetery, Elm Grove.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus or Wisconsin Right to Life appreciated.

"Forever loved and missed."

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Dear Maureen and family,
It has been 30 years since we were neighbors in Glenn Kerry but we will never forget Ron and your lovely family. Every once and a while Bob would talk to Ron but we lost touch over the last couple of years.

Trying to find words to express how sad we feel when we learned of Ron's passing is impossible. If there were perfect words, we would write them, but words fail to express the sadness we feel for all of you, the comfort we want to give, and the...

December 29, 2015

Maureen and Sean and Family,

I am so sorry I was not able to make it to either service, and I am so sorry for your loss of Ron. You guys created a great family. Much sympathy and many hugs go out to you.

Kathy Schwei

Kathy Schwei

December 19, 2015 | West Allis, WI

Hello Maureen & Family: 12/18/2015

My sincere condolences to you and your dear family on Ron's passing. Many good memories from the Vagabond Ski Club with various trips and places we visited. He was a real good guy and he will be missed by many. May he rest in peace with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Yours in Christ.
Sincerely,
Ronald Schaefer PE/Woodbury, MN
[email protected]
cell/text (808) 561-4581

Ronald Schaefer

December 18, 2015 | Woodbury, MN

My sympathy to the family. He was a great ER physician .

Martha Harycki

December 17, 2015 | Greendale, WI

Dr. Ronald W. Horkheimer, M.D.

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