Mac Hornecker
April 10, 1943 — October 10, 2011
Mac Hornecker
Edward "Mac" Arthur Hornecker, 68, died Monday October 10th, in Arkadelphia Arkansas. Mac was born April 10, 1943 at the Hornecker Hospital, Sheldon Missouri to Gordon and Pauline Hornecker. He was the youngest of three children.
Mac graduated Nevada High School and attended Joplin Junior College where he received an Associates Arts degree in 1964. He went on to obtain a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the Kansas City Arts Institute in 1968, and a Masters in Fine Arts form the University of Oklahoma in 1970, specializing in sculpture. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Buena Vista University.
In May of 1965, Mac married Marie Elaine Baysinger in Joplin, Mo. After graduate school, they moved to Storm Lake, Iowa where he was a Professor of Art at Buena Vista University from 1971 until his retirement in 2001. He taught for 30 years at BV, which was his first teaching job. Among his many accomplishments at BVU were starting both the printmaking and graphic design programs. Upon retirement from BVU they moved to Arkadelphia, Arkansas where he returned to academia as an Adjunct Professor at Henderson State University, until his death. It has been said that one of Hornecker's strengths was molding an average student into a success and doing far more than improving their technique; he improved their confidence and sense of self-worth.
Mac is survived by his wife, Marie; sister, Mary Ann Clark and husband Paul, Nevada MO; daughter Marcy Hornecker, Cincinnati OH; daughter Melissa Baldwin and husband Mike, West Lafayette, IN; daughter-in-law Beth MacLeod, Duxbury, MA; and sister-in-law Patricia Angeley, Danbury, TX. He had three grandsons; Maclain and Andrew Baldwin, and Noah Hornecker. He was preceded in death by his son Med Hornecker; sister Bonnie Willers and her husband Don; and his parents.
A celebration of Mac's life will be held 2 PM Saturday, October 15 in the Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home Chapel. The family will greet friends immediately after the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Buena Vista University Art Department and/or the Henderson State Art Department.
Mac graduated Nevada High School and attended Joplin Junior College where he received an Associates Arts degree in 1964. He went on to obtain a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the Kansas City Arts Institute in 1968, and a Masters in Fine Arts form the University of Oklahoma in 1970, specializing in sculpture. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Buena Vista University.
In May of 1965, Mac married Marie Elaine Baysinger in Joplin, Mo. After graduate school, they moved to Storm Lake, Iowa where he was a Professor of Art at Buena Vista University from 1971 until his retirement in 2001. He taught for 30 years at BV, which was his first teaching job. Among his many accomplishments at BVU were starting both the printmaking and graphic design programs. Upon retirement from BVU they moved to Arkadelphia, Arkansas where he returned to academia as an Adjunct Professor at Henderson State University, until his death. It has been said that one of Hornecker's strengths was molding an average student into a success and doing far more than improving their technique; he improved their confidence and sense of self-worth.
Mac is survived by his wife, Marie; sister, Mary Ann Clark and husband Paul, Nevada MO; daughter Marcy Hornecker, Cincinnati OH; daughter Melissa Baldwin and husband Mike, West Lafayette, IN; daughter-in-law Beth MacLeod, Duxbury, MA; and sister-in-law Patricia Angeley, Danbury, TX. He had three grandsons; Maclain and Andrew Baldwin, and Noah Hornecker. He was preceded in death by his son Med Hornecker; sister Bonnie Willers and her husband Don; and his parents.
A celebration of Mac's life will be held 2 PM Saturday, October 15 in the Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home Chapel. The family will greet friends immediately after the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Buena Vista University Art Department and/or the Henderson State Art Department.
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