David Horne

David (Dave) K. Horne,

Fargo, age 58, died unex-

pected of a massive heart

attack on Saturday, May

22, 2021, with his wife

Shelley at his side. He

was born November 16,

1962, in Havre, Montana,

to Robert and Deanne

Horne. The second of

three sons, he spent most

of his childhood in St.

Cloud, Minnesota (3

years), Missoula, Montana

(4 years) and Valley City,

North Dakota (6 years)

where he was spoiled by

his great-aunt Charlotte

Graichen. He lived in

Mandan, North Dakota,

four years before he and

his future wife, Shelley

Kautzman, both graduated

with honors from Mandan

High School in 1981. In

high school Dave was ac-

tive in debate, choir,

band, computer club, La-

tin Club and Boys State.

Dave and Shelley were

united in marriage in No-

vember 1982 in Mandan.

David attended Valley

City State University for

one year before transfer-

ring to the University of

North Dakota where he

earned a Bachelor of Sci-

ence with a major in Phy-

sics followed by a

Master’s Degree in Phy-

sics and Computer Sci-

ence. He spent 27 years

driving to and from his

home in Fargo to the UND

Aerospace Center where

he served as an Interac-

tive Systems Analyst and

“jack of all trades” keep-

ing operations on an even

keel. His brilliant mind

and joy of solving elec-

tronic and mechanical

problems made him a

valuable asset to UND,

family and friends.

David loved family

gatherings, reading, cook-

ing, his cats and music of

all kinds, especially bas-

soon or piano when

played by his only child,

Tyler. His joy was attend-

ing Tyler’s band and

orchestra concerts at

Davies High School, F-M

Youth Symphony and

Concordia College. He

had a wide variety of in-

terests and could help

solve most anything. Da-

vid was always, without

fail, supportive of

Shelley’s many hobbies

and interests. He loved to

laugh and talk about

current events. Basically,

he had on opinion about

everything. His family,

friends and co-workers

knew Dave as a

hard-working, energetic,

caring, kind man who was

known always to

lend-a-hand or help out

when needed.

David, who will be

remembered as a loving

son, husband, father,

brother and friend, is sur-

vived by his wife Shelley;

his child Tyler; his

parents Robert and

Deanne Roseth Horne;

father-in-law Tony Kautz-

man, brother Dan (Bobbi)

Horne of Katy, Texas;

brother Richard (Lisa)

Horne of Lenexa, Kansas;

sister-in-law Kathy (Mark)

Peightal of Omaha, Ne-

braska; brother-in-law

Ross (Sandy) Kautzman of

Omaha, Nebraska; nieces

Shantel Horne, Paige

Horne, Kara Peightal;

nephews Sean Horne

(Melissa), Eric Horne

(Melanie), Jay Vandenberg

(Emily), Dena McCright

(Bill), Brandon Peightal,

Kyle Kautzman and

numerous great nieces,

nephews and cousins. Da-

vid treasured his family

and the time he spent

with them.

David was preceded in

death by his paternal

grandparents, Caroline

Graichen Horne and

Harold Horne; his mater-

nal grandparents, Dorothy

Larson Roseth and Carl

Roseth; mother-in-law,

Patricia Kautzman and

numerous aunts and un-

cles.

A Celebration of

David’s Life for family

and friends will be held at

the Boulger Funeral Home

in Fargo, ND, on June 21,

2021, at 1:30 pm. The on-

line guestbook and Cele-

bration will be live

streamed at

www.boulgerfuneral

home.com.

Memorials are suggest-

ed to the UND Founda-

tion, the Robert and

Deanne Horne Scholar-

ship at VCSU, the Fargo

Moorhead Area Youth

Symphony, or the

Fargo-Moorhead Sympho-ny.