A visitation for Dakota will be held Wednesday, July 28, 2021 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors, 4400 W. Waco Drive, Waco, Texas 76710. A Chapel Service will occur Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 10:30 AM at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. Interment will follow shortly at Rosemound Cemetery, 3201 S. 12th Street, Waco, Texas 76706.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.connally-compton.com for Dakota Horton's family.
Our dearest Dakota left this earth and joined her Lord Jesus in Heaven. Dakota was born on August 15, 1997, in Waco, Texas, and spent her formative years there with her mother, Stephanie Horton, sister Paige Hanzlicek, and brother Chase Davis. Dakota enjoyed playing Volleyball at Bosqueville Junior High School, and then she attended University High school where she enjoyed spending hours in the library reading. During these years growing up, she spent most of her time with family including several cousins in the China Spring area. In late 2016, Dakota moved to Arlington, Texas where she lived with her grandparents (Robert and Terri Reeves), whom she loved dearly. The following year, she moved to Dallas to live with her older cousin, Shelley Comer, husband Josh and their 3 children. Dakota became a part of their family as a “big sister” to her 3 younger cousins Barrett, Berkley and Brady for the last 4 years of her life. In 2017, Dakota accepted the Lord Jesus Christ and was baptized with many family in attendance. Dakota attended Richland Community College beginning in 2018 and completed her Associate of Arts degree in Summer 2020, making her the first person in her family to graduate from college.
Dakota was known for her vibrant personality and her ability to love and see the best in people. She was a nurturing, caring person who always thought of others first. Dakota was such a blessing to her family and friends, always willing to help others without limits. Dakota loved Jesus, life and all things happy, and she had a special love for dogs in the family and at work. She enjoyed time with family, planning movie nights (with sour gummy worms), shopping and outings to the swimming pool or the lake house. Paige remembers Dakota as an amazing sister. “She loved to make everyone laugh and smile, she always found a way to be the shoulder to cry on when you needed one. She was my first best friend. She will always be in my heart…I will remember her smile and all the times we laughed together”. Finally, her mother, Stephanie Horton remembers Dakota as an amazing daughter and person who loved to poke fun at her…the way she said and did things, she always made us all laugh. We will miss her so very much.
Dakota is preceded in death by her great grandparents “Granny” Thelma and Jack Scarborough, and her grandfathers Edward Horton and Kenneth Sandel. Dakota is survived by her mother, Stephanie Horton of Clifton, Texas, Father John Sandel of Centerville, sister Paige Hanzlicek & husband Kevin of Valley Mills, and brother, Chase Davis of Fort Worth, aunt Patricia Ramirez and uncle Joseph Horton. grandparents Robert & Terri Reeves of Grand Prairie, Sandra Sandel of Centerville, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins across Texas and elsewhere.
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