Mary Day Mills

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Mary Day (Mills) Hornaday, 75, died Tuesday June 13 in the John Stoddard Health Care Unit at Wesley Acres after a prolonged illness. A visitation will be held Thursday, June 15, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Dunns Funeral Home, 2121 Grand Ave. A memorial service will be held Friday June 16 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Pauls Episcopal Cathedral, 815 High St., with a luncheon reception immediately to follow at the Wakonda Club.
Mary Day Mills was born on Nov. 14, 1930 in Minneapolis, Minn., the daughter of Miles M.(b: 1901) and Marian Mills (b: 1903). In 1933 the family moved to Des Moines, where Mary attended Greenwood School, Callanan Junior High School and Roosevelt High School, where she graduated in 1948. She attended Frances Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Ill. and Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. before graduating from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in sociology in 1952. She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
In 1953 Mary married William R. Hornaday, Jr.(Dr. William R. Hornaday Jr., MD) and in 1961 they moved to Des Moines, where Mary helped her husband start his urology practice, reared two children and devoted her time to a variety of charities and civic endeavors. She brought her exemplary leadership skills and commitment to service to the Des Moines Junior League, the United Way of Central Iowa and the Des Moines Science Center. She served twice on the board of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa, and on the vestry of St. Pauls. In the 1980s, she was instrumental in the preservation of the Sylvan Theater in Greenwood Park.
Mary was a woman of unbounded energy, especially on the tennis court, where she excelled. She loved traveling, gardening, watching the birds outside her kitchen window, solving puzzles and playing cards "pitch, cribbage and bridge being her games of choice. She was devoted to a succession of family and neighborhood dogs, but her chief love in life was people. She will be remembered and missed by the many relatives and friends who often joined her over a cocktail or a few of her beloved Hydrox cookies and a glass of milk, to enjoy lively "and often colorful" conversation. To all who knew and loved her, Mary was a woman of uncommon zest, kindness, generosity and acerbic wit.
Mary Hornaday is survived by her husband, William R. Hornaday, Jr. and her brother, Miles M. Mills, Jr., both of Des Moines; her son, William R. Hornaday III, of Denver; her daughter-in-law, Martha B. Hornaday, of Denver; her daughter, Ann Hornaday Greenia, of Baltimore; her son-in-law Dennis F. Greenia, of Baltimore; grandsons William R. Hornaday IV, of The Weitz Company, Phoenix, AZ, and Curtis James Hornaday, of Phoenix, AZ; and granddaughter USAF Staff Sgt. Victoria Mary Katharine Greenia. She was preceded in death by her parents. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa and the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, Inc. ARRANGEMENTS BY ILES FUNERAL HOMES ~ DUNN'S CHAPEL. -

Mary married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Miles married Marian Wells Prindle in 1925. Marian (daughter of Charles Comstock Prindle and Mary Lois Day) was born on 21 Dec 1901 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; died on 19 Jul 1998 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Mary Lois Day on 27 Mar 1889 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Mary was born on 30 Apr 1866 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; died on 5 Jun 1933 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Elizabeth Comstock on 12 Jun 1851 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Prentice Adams Comstock and Lynda Mira Banning) was born on 31 Mar 1828 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Feb 1923 in Hartford, Michigan, USA; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Former Resident Brought Back For Burial
The death of Mrs. Mary E. Prindle, a former, and one of the earlier resident of Wabasha, occurred at Hartford, Mich.at
9 P.M. on February 2, death being due to bronchial pneumonia. The body was shipped to Wabasha on Saturday and reposed in the Peterson Chapel 'till Sunday at 2 P.M. when services were held at the Episcopal church, and interment was made in Riverview cemetery, Rev. Hilmer of Winona officated.
Deceased was born in Connecticut March 31, 1828. The Prindle family came to Wabasha in an early day, and for a number of years, Mr. Prindle operated a large dry good store on Main street, just west of the present Hoffman Hotel. Mr. Prindle died in 1869, and the family continued to live here for about ten years. Two children survive, being Mrs. Mamie Nooney of Hartford, Mich, with whom she had spent her declining years, and a son Charles Prindle of Minneapolis. Those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. Chas. Prindle and son Day of Minneapolis and Mrs. Markus of Rush City, Minn.
This obituary was published on Feb. 28, 1923, in the Wabasha County Herald.