Hilda Horn was born September 24, 1910 in Bessie, OK to C.H. and Matilda (Hinz)
Dalke. On September 29, 1929 she married Edd Horn. The couple had three
children, Eddie Lloyd, Chester Roy and Evelyn Ruth. Hilda went to be with the
Lord on Monday, July 15, 2002. She was 91.
Hilda was a member of the Herold Mennonite Church. She enjoyed studying her
bible, gardening, sewing, crocheting, and cooking. A homemaker all her life,
Hilda also served as a cook at the South School in Cordell and for many years
at the Cordell Christian Home.
Hilda was a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-
grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son
Eddie Horn, her brother Alfred Dalke, her brother Herman Dalke, and her sister
Elsie Chester. Hilda is survived by her son Chester Horn and wife Gaye of
Cordell, her daughter Evelyn Workman and husband Melvin of Edmond, OK, her
daughter-in-law Lois Horn of Sayre, five grandchildren, Dean Horn of Sayre,
Janet Gorrell of Truth or Consequences, NM, Chet Horn of Mustang, Derek Workman
of Edmond and Brad Workman of Edmond, eight great-grandchildren: Ryan Horn,
Kyle Horn, Nathan Horn, Trey Whitehead, Josh Gorrell, Sierra Gorrell, Caleb
Horn, and Daniel Workman; and two great-great-grandchildren: Tyler Whitehead
and Kaylee Whitehead. Hilda is also survived by her brother August Dalke and
wife Clara of Clinton, her brother C.H. Dalke, Jr and wife June of Cordell, her
sister Martha Baergen of Bakersfield, CA, her sister-in-law Dora Dalke of
Clinton and a number of relatives and friends.
