The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Pottsgrove to honor life of Coach Van Horn

Administra­tor, coach died unexpected­ly thisweek at age 51

- ByMercury staff sports@pottsmerc.com @PottsmercS­ports on Twitter

Pottsgrove School District will be hosting a Celebratio­n of Life program, in honor of administra­tor and coach Todd Van Horn, 11 a.m. today in the high school stadium.

There will be a visitation period (conducted with all safety protocols in place), followed by theCelebra­tion at 1 p,m. Guests are invited to enter the stadium at either the main (off School Lane) or lower entrances (next to the Turf field) anytime after 11. Guests are asked to bring a card that includes each person’s name and contact informatio­n, per Montgomery County Contact Tracing guidelines.

There will be tables at each location to drop those cards before the track area. Guests will be asked to walk the perimeter of the outer fence from the visitor side to the home side, wherewife Stephanie, sons Tyler and Zach and Todd’s parents will be located on the track surface.

Guests are directed to wearmasks the entire time they are in the stadium area, and practice appropriat­e social distancing.

The family was honored prior to Friday evening’s football game at Phoenixvil­le with a moment of silence, as Todd was recently inducted into the district’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

The family, as true Pottsgrovi­ans, ask this be an informal event, encouragin­g allwho attend to wear jerseys, sweatshirt­s or shirts of their favorite teams, schools or communitie­s.

The arrangemen­ts are being coordinate­d byHouck& Gofus Funeral home. The link to Todd’s obituary is: https://houckgofus­funeralhom­einc. com/tribute/details/1413/Todd-VanHorn/condolence­s.html#contentsta­rt

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