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Velma Elizabeth Horansky 1914 - 2011

Velma Elizabeth (Martin) Horansky of Canton, Stark County, Ohio was born on June 8, 1914 at Mercy Hospital in Canton to Frederick J Martin and Laura E (Schario) Martin. She married Julius Horansky, and they were married until Julius' death in 1960. Velma Horansky died at age 96 years old on April 30, 2011, and was buried at Calvary Cemetery 3469 Lincoln Way E, in Massillon.

Velma Elizabeth (Martin) Horansky

Canton, Stark County, Ohio 44706

June 8, 1914

Mercy Hospital in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, United States

April 30, 2011

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1914

Birthday

June 8, 1914

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Mercy Hospital in Canton, Stark County, Ohio United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

English and Native American
Nationality & Locations

Born in Ohio
Religious Beliefs

Catholic: St. John's the Baptist in Canton
Professional Career

Sales Clerk at Oneil's. Clerk at Martin's Pastry Shop
Personal Life & Family

39n's, religious affiliations, loved to knit and crochet and work on her family genealogy.
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2011

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April 30, 2011

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Calvary Cemetery 3469 Lincoln Way E, in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio 44646, United States
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Velma Elizabeth Horansky lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.

The average age of a Martin family member is 72.

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Elaine Marie

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Velma was my Nana. She was a very sweet person and I will always remember her for being so loving. She would read me books before bedtime and take me to the movies. I loved spending the weekends with her. First I would get dropped off at the pastry shop where she worked. She would give me a little job to do until closing and then I would help her clean, I did the windows. Sometimes I would go back and learn how to make cream sticks and fill them by Hugo, who worked nights. He was very nice and would let me have a cream stick after I made one. Nana also cleaned the offices upstairs, so I helped her up there too. Then she would drive us home. She had lived out in Waco, in North Industry, in a house that my grandfather built by hand. But after he passed away, it was too far out in the country and she sold the house and bought a mobile home in a very nice park, near her sister, Etta Mae, and her husband and close to where I grew up. She would often take us to her home and I loved getting away from my family (it was not a very good environment). Nana knew this and took me often. I would sleep in her bed and my sister, who was very hyper slept in the second bedroom. I loved the smell of the room, the heat of the heated blanket, and the glow of it's light. But I woke up before dawn every Saturday and would stand at the windows looking for the birds who were also just rising. She would tell me gently, "the birds are still asleep, go back to sleep." I would . We got up in the morning and made pancakes or French toast, hot tea and toast. I never really noticed when I was little, but thinking back, she didn't have much...but Nana never seemed to need much. After we ate, we got dressed and cleaned and then took a walk. Usually to some places across the highway, man I don't know how we made it across there every time, to see it now, there is so much traffic. But we would look at new mobile homes, check out the pools, go to a few stores, and then maybe eat at Red Barn or the PDQ. Then head home, but play in the field across the street where I would find wild flowers and take them to her home to plant. As I got older I helped her around the home cleaning and maintaining the home. We took trips to Indiana and California on the train and I took her down south to Myrtle Beach once. She moved to an apartment and I continued to help her. She showed me how to crochet and research the family genealogy, that she had done since the 1950s. She told me of the homestead there was in southern Ohio and a cemetery, of the butter churn that she had and of the spinning wheel and family album that she couldn't find. I still have the little ceramic dog that her great aunt gave her and a bear milk pitcher. I was given all of her records and have continued her work mostly by myself..and I found that homestead area and the cemetery! Also she said there was a picture of an indian at one of their homes down in Belmont. DNA showed that her daughter, my mother, had Native American in her blood and mine showed Cherokee markers. Near the homestead is an area that Native Americans used for ceremonies as far back as 750 AD (Kent State University research). I am working on Nana's data nightly and home to write a book. I miss my Nana and I hope that I continue to be like her. I am a teacher and work with young children with disabilities, crochet blankets, ride my motorcycle across the US, drive my Jeep Wrangler on back dirt roads in search of historical information on our family. I work hard, like my Nana, and live a peaceful life, which is what my Nana wanted for me.

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