Vernon T. "Ted" Hornback

HORNBACK, Vernon
T. ''Ted''
Born on October 3, 1931 in Bowling Green, KY, Ted Hornback Jr. died on September 22, 2005, just short of his seventy-fourth birthday. He is survived by his beloved wife of forty-three years, Patricia Barrett Hornback; his three sons, Ted and Jim of Sacramento and Bob of Atlanta, GA; foster son, Maurice Jordan of Sacramento; grandchildren Rosalind and Genevieve Hornback and Lillyanna Jordan; his brother, Prof. Bert G. Hornback of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and sister, artist Ann Hornback Williams of New Orleans, LA. He began his forty-five year career teaching English and American literature in 1953 at St. Louis University. After receiving his Masters degree there in 1955 and serving in the U.S.A.F. from 1955-57, he taught at Southern Illinois University from 1959 to 1963 before receiving his Ph.D. from St. Louis University in 1963. He then became an English professor at California State University, Sacramento, where he taught for thirty-seven years and served as Chair of the English Department for twenty-eight years. A funeral Mass will be held on Monday, September 26, at 11:00 a.m. at Presentation Catholic Church with a reception immediately following. The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the California State University, Sacramento, Emeritus Association Library Fund or the Jesuit High School Faculty Endowment.