Horn, Herman (d. 1952)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 May 15 p. 3

Birth date: 1881 Sep 2

text of obituary:

PIONEER FARMER OF CORN COMMUNITY CALLED AWAY IN DEATH

Corn, Okla. — Herman Horn, pioneer farmer of the Corn community, died at his home in Cordell on April 24. Funeral services were held at the Herold Mennonite church there Sunday, April 27, Rev. Richard Tschetter and Rev. Elmo Warkentin in charge.

Mr. Horn had farmed west of here from 1894 until his retirement several years ago. He was born in Russia, and came to the U. S. with his parents, settling first in Kansas.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 May 22 p. 8

text of obituary:

HERMAN HORN

Herman Horn, son of Peter and Marie Abrams Horn, was born Sept. 2, 1881, in the village of Hansau, am Trakt, near Saratov, Russia, and died in his home at Cordell, Okla. on Apr. 24, 1952.

When he was but ten days old his parents joined a 72-wagon caravan to Auliata in Asia. His parents remained in Asia only three years, and then, again in wagons, made the trip back to Russia. After six weeks in Russia they came to America. They arrived in the year 1885.

For three years they lived at Burrton, Kansas, and from there they moved to Beatrice, Neb. In 1894 the family moved to Oklahoma and filed on a quarter of land near Cordell. The pionier[sic] years were hard. The hardship of these years kept him from receiving much schooling. He had only three weeks of English school and some German in Beatrice, Nebr.

The father of the deceased undertook the duties of hauling merchandise for the first store in Old Cordell from El Reno, and the deceased often spoke of the hardships he suffered as a boy while on these trips.

When the Herold church organized in 1899 his parents were in the group. He was baptized upon the confession of his faith in Jesus Christ as his personal Savior on June 3, 1900, by Elder Jacob Toews of Newton, Kansas and joined the Herold church. He remained a member of this church until his death.

On August 1, 1918, he was joined in holy matrimony with Margaret Klaassen, whom he has now left behind. We have lived together 33 years, eight months, and 24 days. This union was blessed by two children.

In 1920 we moved to a farm near the Washita River, four miles west and one south of Corn. Here he lived many years in a happy neighborhood with two brothers and their families, farming and taking care of his livestock. In 1950 he turned over the farm to his son.

Twice in his earlier life he had typhoid fever. This left him with a bad case of neuritis, from which he suffered much through the years. It was long his desire to spend the winter in the south, so the winter of 1950-1951 was spent in Weslaco and Del Rio, Texas. Again in the fall of 1951 we left for Hot Springs, New Mexico and Tucson, Ariz. While there, on Oct. 25, he started bleeding from his lungs. Because of the severity of the bleeding, we returned home on Dec. 7. On Feb. 4, 1952, we moved to Cordell.

The doctor diagnosed his sickness as cancer of the lung. All that was done was of no avail. He had some pain, but it was not severe. Death came at 7:30 a.m. on April 24. His death was quiet and peaceful. He reached the age of 70 years, seven months and 22 days.

For some months he prayed for recovery, but yielded to the will of God. He found comfort in the Word of God. He especially enjoyed John 14:1-3 and the many other promises of the Bible. He had the assurance that he was going to be with Jesus and that a mansion in the Father's house was waiting for him. There was grace for every day and every trial. We praise the Lord that His grace is sufficient and that we sorrow not as those who have no hope.

He leaves to mourn his departure his wife Margaret; two children, Clara, Mrs. Alfred L. Schmidt of Cordell, and Theodor of Corn; one son-in-law, and one daughter-in-law, Doris; three grandchildren (of whom the two youngest were born only five and seven weeks ago); one sister, who is also sick in the hospital at this time; two brothers and a great number of nephews and nieces, and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Apr. 27, in the Herold church at 2:00 o’clock. The pastor, Rev. Richard Tschetter, was in charge of the service and spoke words of comfort based on 2 Cor. 5:1-10. Rev. Elmo Warkentine from the neighboring M. B. church assisted with a message from Ps. 49.

The ladies chorus, ladies quartet and a trio brought special numbers in song for the service in the home and in the church. "Meine Heimat ist dort in der Hoeh,” "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour,” “After” and "Fade, Fade Each Earthly Joy” were sung. The church choir and the male chorus sang "Shall We Gather At the River?” and "Jesus Is Able to Keep” at the grave. Burial was made in the church Cemetery.