Name: Viewing for Frances E. Horkowitz
Start: 2021-11-19T15:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-11-19T16:00:00.000Z
Location: St. Patrick Catholic Church

Frances E. Horkowitz

November 02, 1926- November 13, 2021

Frances Colameco Horkowitz of Carlisle, 95, born in Philadelphia on November 2, 1926, passed away on November 13, 2021, at Chapel Pointe, Carlisle, PA. Frances was the daughter of Antonio Colameco and Antonetta (Panzano) Colameco of Philadelphia.

She was preceded in death by her daughter Lynne Marie Schwartz and brother Bernard Colameco.

Frances, a graduate of John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls' High School, Class of 1944, received a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University in 1948, married her husband of seventy-two years in 1949 and spent the next thirty-four years as an Army wife raising her three children and moving multiple times from post to post in both the United States and Europe. Her husband's various assignments led her to California, Michigan, Hawaii, Alabama, Texas (twice), Germany (twice), Colorado and Maryland.

Frances's true calling outside the home was community theater. Through the years she acted in, directed, or produced numerous shows including Jesus Christ Superstar, The Diary of Anne Frank, Pippin, Lion in Winter, Murder at the Vicarage, Annie, Under Papa's Picture, Into the Desert, Summer and Smoke, and Master Class, among others.

Locally she was involved with the Carlisle Musical Arts Club, the Carlisle Cantata Choral Ensemble, the Senior Theatre Players, Oyster Mill Theatre, and the Little Theater of Mechanicsburg.

Between shows Frances found time to play an extra in the 1983 movie Lone Wolf McQuade, teach reading to students seeking a high school equivalency certificate and appear in various television and billboard commercials.

Frances is survived by her husband Colonel Gabriel William Horkowitz of Carlisle, daughter Ruth Ann Macfarlane and husband Bryan, of Center Valley, PA, son Carl Gabriel Horkowitz of El Paso, Texas, grandson Benjamin Schwartz of Brooklyn New York, granddaughter Rebecca Garrison and great-grandsons Jack, Levi, and Rhys Garrison, all of Phoenix, Arizona.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00AM on Friday, November 19, 2021, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 85 Marsh Dr., Carlisle, PA 17015. Viewing will be held at the church from 10:00AM until service time. Interment will take place later at Ft. Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Hoffman Funeral Home & Crematory, 2020 W. Trindle Rd., Carlisle, PA 17013. To sign guestbook please visit www.HoffmanFH.com.

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Published by Carlisle Sentinel on Nov. 16, 2021.

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Richard Lake

March 25, 2025

Fran was the heart and soul of Mechanicsburg Little Theater. Even though I´m commenting at a late date, I think fondly about her often and am so grateful she took the time to educate me in my roles on stage at LTM. My fondest memory is playing her husband in one of those plays. Thanks in no small part to her, I felt comfortable in my role on stage in Circle in the Square Theater in NYC. She always said, "The only difference between acting on a Broadway stage versus Little Theater of Mechanicsburg is that they get paid."
Love you Fran. You´ll always be part of my heart.
Richard Lake
Murrells Inlet, SC
Formerally from New Cumberland, PA

Elizabeth L. Hainstock

November 24, 2021

I met Fran decades ago through Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg. They were producing my first play and she was extremely active with the organization. A few years later she played a challenging part magnificently on stage in another production. We remained in contact. Even if it was an occasional phone call or lunch, she became and remained a significant part of my world. We quietly agreed to avoid conversations about politics, which I´m certain enabled the durability of our friendship. Gabe too became a friend, and before I knew him, I had acquired one of his paintings at a gallery without putting together the connection. I now have two paintings which are daily reminders of Fran and Gabe and their long marriage and devotion to one another. I miss Fran, who never feared expressing her opinion to anyone. And I´m guessing that is still the case now.

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Joanne Beecher

November 16, 2021

My dear Fran, I hope that you know what your friendship has meant to me over the years. You have inspired me in so many ways, not only through our theater experiences, but in life. You were a mentor to me. You set an example for all of us and I so admired your ability to make friends with everyone and truly care about them. You were one of a kind and I consider myself so fortunate to have called you my friend. I will truly miss you.

Spookie Ford

November 16, 2021

I am so sorry to read of Frans passing I will always remember our bridge games.She also had me over one day and gave me a lesson in how to make Gnocchi. She was a lovely lady and I was glad to call her my good friend. May God bless your family Spookie

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