ALAN ARNOLD HORNING

Wasilla resident Alan Arnold Horning, 13, died Oct. 9, 2003, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage of head injuries he sustained in an ATV accident without wearing a helmet.

Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church of Wasilla, 1375 E. Bogard Road in Wasilla. Pastor Rodney Kovtynovich of Schrock Road Community Church officiated.

Alan was born Feb. 1, 1990, in Aberdeen, Wash.

He became a resident of Alaska in May 2002.

He was an eighth-grade student at Palmer Junior Middle School.

Alan was a member of Schrock Community Church.

His family wrote, "Alan loved all animals, but could never get enough of any horse. Alan was a very free-spirited boy with lots of spunk and a knack for living life to the fullest. Shoveling snow or mowing lawns for many local business owners, tending to animals or taking out trash for neighbors, Alan handed out more hugs and handshakes and touching the hearts of most everyone he met. This last year of his life here in Alaska will truly hold our most favorite memories. Alan was an organ donor. Six of his organs were donated so that life could live on in six other children, including a leukemia patient, a burn victim and several heart patients."

He is survived by parents Richard Horning of Tacoma, Wash., and Jenni Horning of Wasilla; grandparents Richard and Vicky Horning Sr. of Tacoma and Arnold and Carol Walker of Hoquiam, Wash.; brothers Andrew Horning of Wasilla, David Rule of Tacoma, Wash.; sisters Amy Titus, Jennifer Horning and Jessica Horning of Tacoma, Wash.; nieces Angelina, Alyssa, Jennifer and Devon and nephew Dakota, all of Tacoma; four uncles, six aunts and 17 cousins all residing in Washington.

Memorial donations may be sent to HC 33, Box 3007-T, Wasilla AK 99654.

Alan's ashes are going into many lockets for family members to be sprinkled in places he never got to see.

Arrangements were made by Valley Funeral Home & Crematory in Wasilla.