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[[Obituary:
http://classifieds.mainetoday.com/classified/leon-scott-horr-65-scarborough-leon-scott-horr-65-cape-elizabeth-and-long-island-passed-a
Leon "Scott" Horr, 65
SCARBOROUGH -- Leon "Scott" Horr, 65, of Cape Elizabeth and Long Island, passed away Aug. 12, 2009, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, after a courageous battle against cancer.
Scott was born in Portland on Feb. 4, 1944, the son of Leon and Leila Horr. He is survived by his wife Sharron "Cheri"; son Jason; daughter-in-law Kathy; three grandchildren, Erika, Tory and Kierra; and a son Kory.
Scott was a summertime lobsterman all his life and taught school for the South Portland School Department for 32 years. He served in the U.S. Army as an instructor during the Vietnam War. He was a devoted husband and a loving father and grandfather.
Visiting hours will be 2-4 p.m., with a funeral service at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, at the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Rd., South Portland.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Long Island Fire and Rescue on Long Island, Maine.
Leon "Scott" Horr

Leon married Living [Group Sheet]

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http://www.umaine.edu/folklife/wmw445.htm

LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
ORO Maine Folklife Center na750 IN HOUSE ONLY
Phys descr 1 transcript, (295p.)
8 audiotape reels (4 hrs.)
3 photographs
Note Completed for UMO course: Folklore 107, also Folklore 197, in 1973. Audiotape reference numbers are T582-T589. Photograph reference numbers are P442-P444
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Horr, Joe
Horr, Evelyn
Horr, Leon
Horr, Leila
Contains interviews with Joe and Evelyn Horr, and Leon and Leila Horr, about lobster fishing, fishing, clamming, trawling, swordfishing, shad fishing, and the Seventh Day Adventist Church. (Lobsterman's Life Project.)
Materials located in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine, Orono
Archival materials accessed through user request to staff.

Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58855696

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Portland Press Herald (ME) - November 27, 1996
Deceased Name: ROGER W. BRUNS
Roger W. Bruns, 81, owner and operator of Bruns' Esso Station for 35 years, died unexpectedly Monday in a local hospital.
From 1942 to 1977, Mr. Bruns ran the busy Esso filling station at Valley and Congress streets near Union Station.
''He was there when the trains were driven with coal,'' said his son, Wayne T. Bruns, referring to the nearby Union Station railway station on St. John Street that was closed in 1960 and torn down in 1961.
Mr. Bruns limited his business to the selling of gasoline, oil changes and fixing flat tires. ''The station had a pit instead of a lift,'' said his son, ''and that usually was filled with water.''
Something else he did from his lot was provide guidance to lost drivers. ''He gave out directions more than anything else,'' said his son. ''Some tourists, even though they went by only twice a year, they tooted their horn, because he was there for so many years.''
''It was a popular station,'' said his daughter, Sherry Horr. ''People all seemed to like him, even though he was a man of few words.''
Mr. Bruns always wore an Esso uniform with a black bow tie, said his daughter, and he put in long days, from early in the morning until whenever he decided to go home. ''It was just the old-time filling station - a little place with a heater in the corner.''
His customers, as well as his friends from the Portland Eagles Club next door, often crowded into the office just to pass the time and talk, said his daughter.
Mr. Bruns retired in 1977 after he burned his hands in an accident at the station. The station made way for a medical office building about 1980.
He was a member of the Portland Eagles.
Born here, a son of Thomas and Admah Goodwin Bruns, he was a 1933 graduate of Deering High School.
Mr. Bruns lived for more than 50 years on Mabel Street, and spent summers on Long Island for many years.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Ruby Johnson Bruns; a son, Wayne T. of Westbrook; a daughter, Mrs. Leon (Sherry) Horr of Cape Elizabeth; four grandchildren, Karen Marcisso, Jason Horr, Robin Doody and Kory Horr; and two great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. today in Brooklawn Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Hay & Peabody Funeral Home, 749 Congress St.

Roger married Ruby Johnson. [Group Sheet]