Alan Horton

A memorial service for Alan B. Horton will be at 2:30 p.m on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Gillette, Wyoming with Bishop Jed Jensen officiating. A private cremation service was held at an earlier date.Inturnment will take place at the Elliot Cemetery in Wilson, Wyoming on the Memorial Day weekend. Alan, age 57, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at the Campbell County Memorial Hospital of an extended illness.Alan Burnell Horton was born on November 1, 1950 to Morris and Clare Jean (Johnston) Horton in Jackson, Wyoming. Alan was raised and educated in the Jackson and Pinedale area and graduated from Jackson Hole High School in 1969. While in high school, he participated in many sports and lettered in football.Alan met and later married Perry Kerns in Jackson Hole on October 11, 1998.In the early 1970's to the late 1990's, Alan worked in various construction jobs throughout Wyoming. In 2003 he moved to Gillette to be near family and was employed with Hettinger Welding as a crusher foreman. Due to health reasons Alan retired in 2007.He loved to fish, and won several Jackson Lake Fishing Derby trophies. Playing Poker was a passion of Alan?s and the family labeled him the "Poker Guru". Alan enjoyed hunting, coin collecting, cooking his favorite Chili, and was an avid reader of Western books. Alan will be remembered by family and friends as a good, kind and loving man.He was a member of the LDS Church.Alan is survived by his wife, Perry Horton of Gillette, Wyoming; his father Morris Horton of Gillette, Wyoming; four sons, Jason and Josh Horton of Gillette, Wyoming, Jarrod Horton of Jackson, Wyoming and Blake Dietrich of Gillette, Wyoming; one daughter, Dani Bonawitz of Wendall, Idaho; one sister Debbie Horton of Apache Junction, Arizona; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.Alan was preceded in death by his grandparents, his mother, Claire Jean, one brother Terry Horton and numerous aunts and uncles.A memorial has been established in Alan's name and memorials can be sent in care of the Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court, Gillette, WY 82716.Condolences and tributes of Alan will be shared at the burial in Wilson, WY and can be sent to the Walker Funeral Home via the internet: www.walkerfuneralgillette.com