David Honer

David Peter Honer, age 68 Formerly of Cold Spring February 24, 1942 – July 24, 2010 Mass and Celebration of life of David P. Honer, age 68, of Punta Gorda, FL will be at St. John’s Abbey Church, 31802 County Rd. 159, Collegeville, MN 56321 (near St. Cloud) on Saturday, Aug. 14 with visitation from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. and mass beginning at 2:30 p.m., burial following, and meal with toast/roast of David’s life following, so come prepared with stories and memories! David died peacefully at the Tidewell Hospice House in Port Charlotte, FL on July 24 after a sudden brain tumor diagnosis on May 5, 2010. This journey is documented on www.caringbridge.org and his website name is davidhoner, if you’d like to learn more. David was born in St. Cloud, MN to Norb and Angie (Wolkerstorfer) Honer. He married Martha Otto Honer on September 12, 1969, they divorced in 1989, and made amends via a heartfelt phone call on June 12th. David attended St. Boniface High School where he enjoyed football, basketball, shot put, and discus and was voted in King his Senior Year. David obtained a BA in Econ-Business/ROTC at St. John’s University. He also was a right guard of the championship football team, the St. John’s Johnnies! After four years of ROTC at St. John’s, he joined the army as a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division for two years. He received his CPA license and started with Coopers & Lybrand, then CFO for Naegele Outdoor Advertising, and spent the remainder of his career as CFO with Bob Naegele, Jr. of Naegele Communications where he was also on the Board of Directors for Rollerblade, Inc. David loved nature all his life and felt close to God in all of God’s creations, spending many happy childhood days in Cold Spring, MN at the river fishing. He carried that love of fishing into retirement at age 50 to become an avid “catch and release”, fresh & saltwater fisherman and especially loved fly fishing for trout in mountain streams and made a hobby out of tying his own beautiful flies. He also enjoyed surprising people, traveling all over the world, remodeling/landscaping his home, and enjoyed playing all types of card games, especially poker (a Honer tradition). One of his greatest adventures came June 2nd when during a phone call with Bob and Ellis Naegele, he invited Jesus into his heart and felt a peace and tranquility he had never experienced before, and began to share this passionately with everyone he met! Survivors include his sister, Karen Honer Paron; nieces/nephews, Amanda Paron, Johanna (Daniel) Paron Picard, Denise (Jim) Honer Rinne, Wanda Marie (Buddy) Honer Gau; great nieces/nephews; former wife, Martha Otto Honer; former sister-in-law, Geri Schriefels Honer Novotny; lifetime family friends, the entire Muggli family-especially classmate, Louise; many other friends and relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Patsy; brother, Ron; niece, Tracey; nephew, Steven; many relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to: The Caring Bridge website, &/OR Port Charlotte Tidewell Hospice House (also, please write your congressmen and tell them not to let Medicare reduce funding to Hospice programs as they are planning to do by 30% because these much-needed houses and programs are already operating on a shoestring), &/OR a program for underprivileged children to experience the joys of fishing (specific program is undetermined at the time of this writing).

David Honer

August 14, 2010