Jack James Hort

February 9, 1925 - February 18, 2017

Jack James Hort was born to Mary Elizabeth (Goeringer) and John Peter Hort February 9, 1925 in Cherokee, Oklahoma and passed away at Alva, Oklahoma February 18, 2017 at the age of 92 yrs. and 9 days old. He attended the Cherokee School System thru the 12th grade. Jack was inducted into the United States Army in 1943 and served in W.W. II until May, 1946. In the Army he was a sheet metal worker and a Carbine Sharpshooter. He served in Burma and China and earned the American Theater Ribbon and Good Conduct Ribbon. Jack worked at Wichita Boeing Aircraft as an aviation sheet metal worker until retiring after 35 yrs. and moving back to Alva, Oklahoma. He was a motorcycle enthusiast, owned a Harley and he loved watching races at area tracks and at Dodge City, Kansas. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, a sister; Marjorie Weber and brother; Rev. Carl Hort. He is survived by a niece; Marie Hort, nephew; Andrew Hort, cousins; Jeanene Bender, Royce Bender, Edna Meyer and Dean Honer of Alva, and other relatives and friends. Memorials in his name may be made thru Wharton Funeral Chapel to the Alva Zion Lutheran Church.