{"id":1864,"date":"2014-10-08T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T17:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2014-10-11T19:13:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T19:13:01","slug":"joseph-r-ahearn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1864","title":{"rendered":"Joseph R. Ahearn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Joseph R. \u201cJoe\u201d Ahearn \u2013 83 \u2013 of\u00a0 County Rt. 15, Bath, formerly of Hornell & Howard, died unexpectedly at his home.<\/p>\n

Born in Hornell on March 11, 1931, he was the son of John & Lila (Burroughs) Ahearn.<\/p>\n

Joe grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1949).\u00a0 He was a veteran of the US Air Force, serving his country for 8 years during the Korean Conflict.\u00a0 While serving in the Air Force, he was stationed in several locations, including Guam and Amarillo, TX.<\/p>\n

Following his honorable discharge from the Air Force, Joe lived in Hornell for several years.\u00a0 He moved to Howard, NY in 1969 and has resided in Bath for the past 16 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joe served as a General Insurance Agent for Allstate Insurance in Hornell for over 30 years, retiring about 20 years ago.\u00a0 For over 20 years, he (along with his wife, Carolyn) owned & operated a horse farm, raising riding horses and draft horses.\u00a0 He also loved dogs and throughout the years adopted several dogs from the Hornell Humane Society.<\/p>\n

He was a member of the Hornell Elks Lodge and was an avid reader who especially enjoyed reading books on American History.\u00a0 In his later years, Joe enjoyed woodworking, making furniture and other smaller objects.<\/p>\n

Joe was married on June 21, 1969 to the former Carolyn Doorley who died in 2013.\u00a0 He was also preceded in death by his former wife, Patricia Bridges Ahearn; 2 step-sons, John Rixford and David Rixford; 3 brothers, Jim Ahearn, Jack Ahearn, Bill Ahearn; 1 sister, Betty Moss.<\/p>\n

Surviving are 4 sons, Joseph (Lisa) Ahearn, JR of Austin, TX, Dr. David (Minako) Ahearn of Atlanta, GA, Steven (Valerie) Ahearn of Charlotte, NC and Marc (Margie) Rixford of Howard; his daughter-in-law, Pam Rixford of Dallas, TX; 2 brothers, Mike Ahearn of Painted Post, NY and Jerry Ahearn of Genoa, NY ;\u00a0 sister, Molly Holmes of Hornell; 11 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

At Joe\u2019s request there will be no prior calling hours.\u00a0 Friends are invited to attend a Graveside Memorial Service on Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Howard Cemetery.\u00a0 Joe\u2019s son, Dr. David Ahearn will officiate.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n

Joe\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to the Hornell Humane Society, 7649 Industrial Park Rd., Hornell, NY 14843.\u00a0 To print a memorial form, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph R. \u201cJoe\u201d Ahearn \u2013 83 \u2013 of\u00a0 County Rt. 15, Bath, formerly of Hornell & Howard, died unexpectedly at his home. Born in Hornell on March 11, 1931, he was the son of John & Lila (Burroughs) Ahearn. Joe grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1949).\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1873,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}