David M. Horton

In Loving Memory

David M. Horton

December 13, 1937 - February 19, 2026

MEXICO, NY - David M. Horton was beloved and looked up to by more people than he'll ever really know. Son of the late Donald and Dorothea Ball Horton. Beloved husband to Edna Hartnett Horton. Loving father to David Jr., Douglas, John, Mike, MaryBeth Horton, Donald, and his much loved step-daughter Deanna McKelvey. Endearing grandfather and great-grandfather to many.

David's first job was setting pins up in a bowling alley in Syracuse. He then enlisted in the United States Army where he served in a tank battalion in Korea. David worked for many years at Cole Muffler before leaving and joining the NY Power Authority as a security guard at the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant where he retired from happily. Even in retirement he took up a job working in Mexico Liquors where many of his friends would stop by just to visit.

He was an outstanding member of his community. David served for many years in the Mexico Volunteer Fire Department as well as serving as Chief. Some may remember him as Father Horton. He was also a member of OS200 as a deputy fire coordinator and fire investigator as well as one of the founders of Donald McFee Ambulance Corp of Mexico. In later years he also spent his free time as a Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 825 of Mexico NY, even sitting on the Eagle Board, and the honorary organizations of Order of the Arrow and the Silver Beavers, helping form young men into great futures.

He will forever be remembered as a man that always loved God, his community, and family above all else.

Funeral Service Information will be as follows:

Funeral Services will be celebrated at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at Harter Funeral Home, Inc., 9 Washington Avenue, Mexico, NY. Relatives and Friends are invited to Calling Hours from 4 - 5 p.m. at the funeral home, prior to the service. There will be a burial service in the spring that will take place in Mexico Village Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to BSA Troop 825, Mexico VFD, or Hospice of CNY.