Thomas Horn

CARTERVILLE - Thomas "Chic" Horn, 61, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, surrounded by his fam-ily.

Services will be at 7 p.m. Saturday in Riggin-Pillatsch and Burke Funeral Home in Carterville, with the Rev. Paul Hicks officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Handicap Deer Hunters at Crab Orchard Refuge, c/o Bob Bush, 2958 S. Wolfcreek Road, Carbondale, IL 62902 or to the Hunting and Fishing Days Youth Outdoor Education Foundation, P.O. Box 571, Carterville, IL 62918. Envelopes will also be available at the funeral home.

Tom was born on Oct. 18, 1951, in Herrin, to Thomas R. and Georgia (Logan) Horn. He married Charmaine Anna Gant on Dec. 24, 2000, in Carterville.

He is survived by his wife, Charmaine Horn of Carterville; sons and daughters-in-law, Shawn and Tammy Horn and Shane and Stepha-nie Horn, all of Carterville; granddaughters, Ella Grace and Adelyn Horn, both of Carterville; sister, Sherry Jenkins of Carterville; uncle and aunts, Frank and Lyda Horn of Carbondale, and Jean Horn of Pinckneyville; several nieces, nephews and cousins; mother-in-law, Dorothy Karavites of Carterville; sister in-law and brother-in-law, Sharon Burns and Carl Runge of Crab Orchard; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, John and Jodi Gant of Benton, Scott and Kim Gant of Carterville and Curt and Lori Mitchell of Carterville; special friends, Beth Comer, Mike Skelcher, Bob Bush, Mike Frost and a host of many other close friends.

Tom was preceded in death by his parents.

He was the Head of Security at John A. Logan for 32 years. In his earlier years, he worked for his dad at the Barbara Kay Coal Mine in Crab Orchard. Tom also owned and operated C.H. Excavating in Carterville.

Tom was a member of the Masonic Lodge 802, HRC Retrieving Club and Bass Buster at Shawnee Bass Club. He was a volunteer fireman and baseball and softball coach.

He taught CPR for the American Red Cross, and he also taught Hunters' Safety courses at John A. Logan.

Tom was an avid outdoorsman and loved to hunt and fish. He enjoyed helping the disabled and handicapped kids deer hunt through Crab Orchard Refuge. He was also a noted dog trainer.

His family would like to express their appreciation to all those for their love and support during Tom's illness, but especially Bob Bush for the time he spent taking "Chic" to all his treatments.

To view this obituary and sign the guest register, visit www.rigginpillatschburkefh.com.